As if being divorced by her husband of 26 years and being penniless was not enough, Pumza Myemane is being sued by Jesus Christ Family Church for R2.4-million they allege she stole from tithes over three years.
Myemane is the estranged wife of controversial church leader, “apostle prophet doctor professor” Andile Myemane.
The church has asked the court to order Myemane to pay the money she allegedly defrauded from them.
To add to her legal woes, Myemane is being taken to court by Sisilana over the lavish Beacon Bay home they bought together.
In court papers, Sisilana said she and her late husband had bought the mansion with the Myemanes and each partner owned a quarter of the property. Now she wants the house sold so she can get her and Pangalele’s portion.
“To this end, it is my duty by law to prepare and finalise a liquidation and distribution account of the said deceased estate as required by law,” she said in her papers where the Myemanes and Pam Golding Properties are cited as respondents.
“I personally engaged both respectively and at different occasions, to convince them to allow the sale of the said property to continue as I held that a further delay in me winding up the deceased’s estate could cause irreparable harm to both creditor and heirs,” she added.
However, Myemane believes the new court application is being brought to force her hand during the divorce proceedings she is defending against her husband.
“I trusted because they are my family and at the time they approached me to sign (authorising the sale) I was not aware that they had such intentions such as to divorce me and marry ,” she said in her court papers.
Myemane said since her brother had died in 2008, Sisilana had never demanded her share of the house.
“She has taken or decided to institute this application only to frustrate me financially as she is aware I depend on the support of who has stopped supporting me,” she added.
The matter returns to the East London High Court on December 10. — siyab@dispatch.co.za
Church sues woman for R2.4m
Myemane is the estranged wife of controversial church leader, “apostle prophet doctor professor” Andile Myemane.
The church has asked the court to order Myemane to pay the money she allegedly defrauded from them.
To add to her legal woes, Myemane is being taken to court by Sisilana over the lavish Beacon Bay home they bought together.
In court papers, Sisilana said she and her late husband had bought the mansion with the Myemanes and each partner owned a quarter of the property. Now she wants the house sold so she can get her and Pangalele’s portion.
“To this end, it is my duty by law to prepare and finalise a liquidation and distribution account of the said deceased estate as required by law,” she said in her papers where the Myemanes and Pam Golding Properties are cited as respondents.
“I personally engaged both respectively and at different occasions, to convince them to allow the sale of the said property to continue as I held that a further delay in me winding up the deceased’s estate could cause irreparable harm to both creditor and heirs,” she added.
However, Myemane believes the new court application is being brought to force her hand during the divorce proceedings she is defending against her husband.
“I trusted because they are my family and at the time they approached me to sign (authorising the sale) I was not aware that they had such intentions such as to divorce me and marry ,” she said in her court papers.
Myemane said since her brother had died in 2008, Sisilana had never demanded her share of the house.
“She has taken or decided to institute this application only to frustrate me financially as she is aware I depend on the support of who has stopped supporting me,” she added.
The matter returns to the East London High Court on December 10. — siyab@dispatch.co.za
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