Tekkie Town cries ‘sabotage’ in bitter toe-to-toe with Pepkor

Tekkie Town founder Braam van Huyssteen is seeking R4.7m in damages from Steinhoff-controlled Pepkor and its top executives.Tekkie Town founder Braam van Huyssteen is seeking R4.7m in damages from Steinhoff-controlled Pepkor and its top executives, accusing the JSE-listed retail group of “maliciously damaging” and “sabotaging” distribution premises he had let to it.

Van Huyssteen and Mostert are seeking the damages from Pepkor and its executives, including CEO Leon Lourens, Pepkor Speciality CEO Corne Klem and Tekkie Town CEO Riaan van Rooyen. Mostert said that based on “certain testimonies and evidence we have obtained”, it was “clear” the reason the building was stripped was “predominantly to cause harm to Braam van Huyssteen and entities associated with him”.

“Strangely, the complainants refused to attend any property handover meetings or inspection meetings, despite the numerous attempts Pepkor made to set up such meetings.” Van Huyssteen and Mostert have since been involved in a drawn-out battle to get the Tekkie Town business returned to them. That separate court case is expected to be heard either later this year or in 2021.

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