“After being confronted about the contradiction by City Press’ sister publication, Rapport, the leader of the official opposition did an about-turn and said he actually rents the home from a friend,”

Clashing records from DA leader Mmusi Maimane and Durban businessperson Wessel Jacobs about the ownership of a Cape Town home worth R4 million have brought about an investigation concerning its ownership.

This house is owned by a shelf company that lists a Durban businessman as its only director and shareholder according to deeds office records.

City Press reports that Maimane recorded the Claremont home like his very own in a parliamentary register just as a house in Weltevredenpark in Roodepoort, Gauteng, in spite of the way that the Claremont home isn’t and has never been in his name.

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“After being confronted about the contradiction by City Press’ sister publication, Rapport, the leader of the official opposition did an about-turn and said he actually rents the home from a friend,” reported the publication.

This house is owned by a shelf company that records Wessel Jacobs as its solitary director and shareholder as indicated by deeds office records seen by the publication. The main home-recorded in Maimane’s name is the Roodeport property.

The house that is being referred to, which is situated about 13km from Parliament, is additionally the house that his wife other and children live in rather than relocating to one of the housing complexes that are allocated to MPs.

At the point when squeezed for answers about the records, Jacobs affirmed to the publication that he was indeed the sole director and shareholder of the company which bought the house for R3.85 million in September 2017. He also stated that Maimane paid rent for the property but refused to produce the lease agreement citing confidentiality reasons.

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As per DA chief whip John Steenhuisen, MPs are just required to reveal rented homes on their revelations of individuals’ interests if the lease they are paying isn’t market-related.

DA sources revealed to City Press this could clarify why Maimane recorded Jacobs, who he likewise considers a long-term companion, on his announcement under the heading, Benefits. Jacobs is likewise the proprietor of Jacobs Capital, a private speculation organization in Durban, and is a trustee of Maimane’s family trust, Kgalaletso Kgosi Trust.

While Maimane would not be drawn on what this benefit comprised, he purportedly as of late told the house that the house in Claremont didn’t belong to him however was rented at a “market related” rate.

An estate agent reached for affirmation evaluated rental rates in this part of Cape Town at between R15 000 and R20 000 per month.

DA federal legal commission administrator Glynnis Breytenbach is comprehended to have explored this issue in 2018 after which she imparted the discoveries of this examination to Maimane. She apparently found no sign that a crime had been committed.

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And now they are coming for Mmusi himself, and there is no one to speak for him… ? pic.twitter.com/mymeu5ENdv — Wele Segalo (@WeleSeg) September 15, 2019