Lekota was not of sound mind says court, his lover ’emptied’ his bank account weeks before his death

The Pretoria High Court addresses financial concerns over the estate of late Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota’s estate. The Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, delivered a scathing judgment regarding the lover of veteran politician and Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota and mother of his child, who is said to have “emptied” his current bank account weeks before his death earlier this month. The court was also told that the lover, only identified as Adv A to protect their 16-year-old son, had failed to take the court into her confidence and explain the payments to herself from the joint bank accounts of Lekota and his wife Cynthia, starting from May last yearup to February this year.

The court was also told that the lover, only identified as Adv A to protect their 16-year-old son, had failed to take the court into her confidence and explain the payments to herself from the joint bank accounts of Lekota and his wife Cynthia, starting from May last year In his judgment delivered on Monday, Judge Anthony Millar said: “Thedeath of Mr Lekotacould never have provided a respite for (Adv A) in having to account for her actions with regards to the joint estate. The withdrawal of money and emptying of Mr Lekota’s current account on February 12 required explanation. None has been furnished”.

Judge Millar ordered that the now deceased Lekota was of unsound mind and incapable of managing his own affairs from May last year up to his death on March 4. This will mean that all the withdrawals Adv A made from his account were without his consent. The legal feud started off a few weeks before his death when his wife Cynthia obtained an in camera order that a curator be appointed to obtain his medical records from his treating doctor.

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This was done as she wanted to protect their joint assets and suspected he was not lucid. Judge Millar ordered that the medical records be delivered to him in a sealed envelope, after which he approved the appointment of Lekota’s son, Kotane Lekota, as curator responsible for managing the estate and financial affairs.

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