A Soweto woman, Busisiwe Phokotje, is planning to take a Mozambican foreign national to the small claims' court after he allegedly refused to give her a R100,000 share from a R600,000 house sale he concluded last year. Phokotje obtained a letter of demand from the Orlando magistrate's court and intends to serve it to Carlos Thomas Hungwang (47) in a bid to force him to pay her the R100,000 commission fee he allegedly promised her after she managed to find a client to buy one of his houses.
According to documents, Hungwang concluded a R600,000 house sale last month with Phokotje's brother as the buyer. According to WhatsApp voice notes and text messages exchanged between Hungwang and Phokotje between December 11 and December 20 last year, the Mozambican committed he would pay Phokotje R100,000 if she managed to get a client for him for the house. However, Hungwang denied he promised to pay Phokotje R100,000.
Phokotje said that in 2021, Hungwang told her he was selling stands and houses and asked her to inform him if she knew anyone who was interested in buying any of his properties. She brought her brother as a client to Hungwang because he was interested in buying the R600,000 property. After the sale was concluded around December 20, Phokotje called Hungwang regarding her payment and he refused to give her the money.
Phokotje said on December 26, last year, she went to the Lenasia South police station to open a case against Hungwang but was told she could only open a case because “this was an agreement between two people” and that she should get a letter of demand from court. Hungwang denied that he promised to pay Phokotje R100,000 as a commission fee and said he had an agreement with her brother and not her.
