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BULAWAYO lawyer Mlweliwenkululeko Ncube is fighting a $12,000 claim by a man who sold him a BMW X5 last year. Ncube denies that he has failed to pay for the car, which cost him $23,825, and claims Sipiwo Nkomo is bringing forward a malicious claim.Ncube is one of the 12 lawyers the Law Society of Zimbabwe sought to delist countrywide for different professional breaches.
According to summons filed at the High Court in Bulawayo by Nkomo for default judgment, Ncube, of Paddonhurst suburb, bought the car sometime in July last year.
He allegedly paid a deposit of $11,000 but the balance of about $12,000 plus £109 was to be paid before September 30 last year at an interest of five percent per annum.
Ncube allegedly failed to pay the balance until October when he was also charged a further $1, 200 collection fee. The lawyer, in reply to Nkomo’s claim, says at some point he offered to return the car to Nkomo and her son and that she retains $3,000 of his $11,000 deposit but she refused.
Instead, the lawyer claimed, Nkomo offered to extend the payment period by six months.
“I deny that I failed to meet terms of the agreement. Plaintiff is the one who fell into mora and not defendant,” said Ncube in his submissions.
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