REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA
GAUTENG DIVISION, JOHANNESBURG


CASE NUMBER: 2025-088917


DELETE WHICHEVER IS NOT APPLICABLE

1.REPORTABLE: NO
2.OF INTEREST TO OTHER JUDGES: NO
3.REVISED: NO

14 AUGUST 2025 Judge Dippenaar



In the matter between:



CHRISTINE VEENA GOVINDSAMY FIRST APPLICANT
KREETIV COMMUNICATIONS CC SECOND APPLICANT

and

MS. MOLOGADI GERALDINE KGANAKGA FIRST RESPONDENT
MR. ERNEST PHEEHA KGANAKGA SECOND RESPONDENT
BOB CUTS HAIR SALON (PTY) LTD THIRD RESPONDENT

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JUDGMENT

Delivered: This judgment was handed down electronically by circulation to the parties’
legal representatives by e-mail and uploading it onto the electronic platform.
The date and time for hand -down is deemed to be 10h00 on the 14th of
AUGUST 2025.


DIPPENAAR J:

[1] The facts in this urgent application constitute a cautionary tale of abuse of process.
[2] The first applicant, Ms Govin dsamy is the sole member of the second applicant,
Kreetiv Communications CC (‘Kreetiv’). The first respondent is Mrs Kganakga, who is the
sole director of the third respondent, Bob Cuts H air Salon (Pty) Ltd (‘Bob Cuts’) . She is
married in community of property to the second respondent, Mr Kganakga.
[3] This is the return day of an order granted by an Acting Judge in the urgent court
on 19 June 2025. Why the application was entertained in the urgent court and a rule nisi
was granted remains unclear. From the record it does not appear that any reasons for the
granting of the order were provided. At the time the rule nisi was granted, the parties
were self-represented. The applicant is again self -represented on the return date. The
respondents obtained legal representation on 14 July 2025 and are represented by an
attorney and counsel.
[4] It is further unclear why the matter was again enrolled on an urgent court roll.1 The
applicants advanced no cogent reasons for the application to be heard on an urgent basis
and I would have been entitled to strike the matter from the roll for this reason. However,

1 The applicant had also enrolled the application on the unopposed motion roll but filed a notice of
removal shortly before the hearing.

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I was urged by the respondents to entertain the matter. Considering the facts, I am
satisfied that the application is urgent from the perspective of the respondents.
[5] In relevant part, the order granted on 19 June 2025 provides as follows:
‘A. URGENCY AND PROCEDURE
1. The application is heard as urgent under Rule 6(12) of the Uniform Rules of Court.
2. Non-compliance with ordinary time periods, forms, and service rules is condoned.
B. INTERIM RELIEF (IMMEDIATE EFFECT)
3. Pending the return date in Prayer D.1:
1. Preservation Interdict (Rule 45):
Respondents are restrained from selling, transferring, disposing of, encumbering,
or dealing with any assets in their joint estate (movable or secondary immovable
property).
2. Attachment Authority:
The Sheriff is authorised to:
Attach and take custody of all movable assets and secondary immovable
property of the Respondents;
Safeguard assets as security for the judgment debt.
3. Rule Nisi Operates as Interim Order:
The rule nisi in Prayer C.1 is interimly [sic] effective pending the return date.
C. RULE NISI (RETURNABLE ON 5 AUGUST 2025)
4. Respondents to show cause on 5 AUGUST 2025 at 10:00 why final orders should not be
granted:

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1. Execution Order (Rule 46):
Immediate execution of the judgment debt (R1,856,362.94 + interest
of R866,220.49 + costs, Case No. 5772/2020) against:
Movable assets and secondary immovable property of the Respondents;
Joint estate of the First and Second Respondents
2. Final Preservation Interdict (Rule 45):
Finalisation of the restraint in Prayer B.3.1 until full debt settlement.
3. Payment and Liability Declarations:
The First Applicant is entitled to R700,000 by virtue of the cession (Annexure
FA4);
The Second Applicant is entitled to the balance of the debt;
Respondents are jointly and severally liable for:
R700,000 (to First Applicant);
Balance (to Second Applicant).
4. Execution Pending Appeal (Section 18(3)):
Orders in Prayer C.4.1 shall not be stayed by any appeal or leave to appeal.
D. DIRECTIONS AND RETURN DATE
5. Return Date:
The rule nisi is returnable on 5 August 2025 at 10:00.

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6. Filing Deadlines:2
7. Rule 46A Compliance:
The Sheriff must submit a Rule 46A(2)(a) report on executability of property
by 30 JUNE 2025.
E. COSTS
8. The cost for disbursements of this application (including reserved disbursement costs) are
reserved.’
[6] The applicants presently seek the following order:
‘A. CONFIRMATION OF RULE NISI & FINAL EXECUTION
1. The rule nisi issued on 18 June 2025 is confirmed to the extent set out below.
2. The Applicants are authorised to execute the judgment under Case No. 2020/5772
(Johannesburg), including accrued interest and costs, against the property of the First
Respondent and against the joint estate of the First and Second Respondents, jointly and
severally, the one paying the other to be absolved, subject to paragraphs 4–6 below.
B. CESSION: PAYMENT DIRECTION
3. The cession of a portion of the judgment debt is noted and given effect to:
5.1 The first R700,000.00 (seven hundred thousand rand) shall be paid to the First
Applicant;
5.2 All amounts recovered thereafter shall be paid to the Second Applicant (Kreetiv
Communications CC);
C. MODE OF EXECUTION & SAFEGUARDS (RULES 45/46/46A)
4. The Sheriff shall first execute against movable property, and may employ Rule 45(12)
procedures for attachment of debts.

2 The dates provided are not relevant to the issues and have been excluded.

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5. If movable property is insufficient, the Sheriff may proceed against immovable property
other than the primary residence, subject to Rule 46.
6. The primary residence of the Respondents is excluded from execution under this order
unless and until a further order is obtained under Rule 46A.
D. STAY PENDING RESCISSION / APPEAL
7. The operation and execution of this order shall not be suspended by any application for
leave to appeal or appeal in terms of section 18(3) of the Superior Courts Act 10 of 2013.
E. COSTS
8. The First and Second Respondents shall pay all disbursements relating to this application,
jointly and severally’

[7] It is immediately apparent that the relief, both as granted on 19 June 2025 and as
sought in these proceedings is extensive and far reaching, lacks urgency and should not
be determined in an urgent court. In various respects the relief is unsubstantiated on the
papers, either in law or in fact or both. Considering that the applicants seek final relief,
the Plascon Evans 3 principles must be applied. The respondents’ version must be
accepted. It is not palpably false or untenable. As illustrated later, the applicants’ affidavits
and the oral submissions made at the hearing lack candour and in material respects do
not disclose all the true facts.
[8] The respondents contended that the rule nisi should be discharged and the
application dismissed. They further sought the setting aside of the attachments made by
the Sheriff pursuant to various writs of execution issued by the applicant s against the
respondents’ movable and immovable assets and a stay of execution pending the
finalisation of their intended rescission application against the default judgment obtained
by the applicant.

3 Plascon Evans Paints (Pty) Ltd v Van Riebeeck Paints (Pty) Ltd 1984 (3) SA 623 (A) at 634H-625C.

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[9] The respondents advanced three points in limine: First; that the applicants lack
locus standi and that the default judgment underpinning the default judgment is a nullity
as Kreetiv is and was at the time deregistered. Second; that the addition of the first
applicant as judgment creditor, together with the joinder of the first and second
respondents as judgment debtors is impermissible. Third; lis alibi pendens, given that an
earlier urgent application launched by the applicant remains pending.
[10] The respondents further seek condonation for the late delivery of their answering
affidavits. The present application was launched on 1 1 June 2025. According to the
respondents, the application was not served on them. However, it appears that an email
was sent to the first and third respondents on 11 June 2025. They must have had notice
of the applicat ion as the first applicant appeared in person at the hearing in the urgent
court. According to the respondents their a nswering papers were delivered on 15 July
2025 but were erroneously filed under an earlier urgent application launched by the
applicants. The applicants did not alert them to the fact that those papers were delivered
in the wrong application. Answering papers were filed in the present application on 29
July 2025, after the respondents discovered their error. It is in the interests of justice to
grant the condonation sought and to hear the application on its full facts. The applicants
are not prejudiced in any way.
[11] It is necessary to set out the relevant facts in some detail. Underpinning the present
legal proceedings is a default judgment gr anted by the registrar of this court under case
number 5771/2020 on 8 May 2025 in terms of r 31(5) in an amount of R1 856 362, 94,
together with interests and costs on an attorney and client scale. The judgment was
granted in favour of Kreetiv against Bob Cuts. At the time, Kreetiv was legally represented.

granted in favour of Kreetiv against Bob Cuts. At the time, Kreetiv was legally represented.
It was undisputed that Kreetiv’s claim was based on a breach of contract a lternatively
damages. Default judgment was granted after the striking of Bob Cuts’ defence. Its
counterclaim in the action remains pending. Significantly the Kganakgas were not parties
to the action. Neither was Ms Govindsamy.

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[12] That notwithstanding, the applicants have embarked on no less than two urgent
applications in order to levy execution against not only Bob Cuts, but also agai nst the
Kganakgas. In these proceedings, Ms Govindsamy purports to represent both applicants.
She did not seek legal representation. In her founding affidavit, Ms Govindsamy baldly
and falsely alleges that judgment was granted jointly and severally against Bob Cuts and
Mrs Kganakga.
[13] The first applicant, Ms Govindsamy, has simply informally joined herself to
proceedings aimed at execution of a default judgment in proceedings to which she was
not a party, whilst no formal order for her joinder was ever sough t or granted. To do so,
she relies on a ‘cession’ agreement, allegedly concluded between herself and Kreetiv on
22 May 2025 in terms of which R 700 000 of Kreetiv’s claim was ceded to Ms Govindsamy
in consideration for funding provided to Kreetiv. The cession is underpinned by a loan
agreement concluded between Ms Govindsamy and Kreetiv. Both agreements are signed
by Ms Govindsamy on behalf of the respective parties.
[14] On 5 June 2025, the applicants launched an urgent application under case number
2025-084572, which was removed from the roll by Raubenheimer AJ to afford the
applicants an opportunity to seek legal advice on the issue of champerty 4 in relation to
the loan agreement and cession concluded between Ms Govindsamy and Kreetiv, upon
which she relies for her locus standi. It appears that the court thus had concerns regarding
the validity of the cession agreement and Ms Govindsamy’s locus standi . (It bears
mentioning that those concerns remain in the present application.) The respondents’
version was not gainsaid by the applicants under oath. The respondents invoked the lis
pendens doctrine and contend that this first urgent application remains pending and that

4 Champerty pertaining to litigation funding where a funder who is not a party to the dispute or the litigation
agrees to finance the litigation, in return for which the funder receives a share of the litigation proceeds from
the litigation proceeds if the funded party is successful in the litigation.
See PriceWaterhouseCoopers Inc & Others v National Potato Co-operative Ltd and Another [2015] ZASCA
2 (4 March 2015) para12, referring in fn 8 to PriceWaterhouseCoopers Inc & Others v National Potato Co -
operative Ltd and Another 2004 (6) SA 66 (SCA).

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the current application deals with the selfsame issues between the same parties based
on the same cause of action.
[15] During argument, whilst not disputing that the first urgent application was removed
from the roll, the applicant contended that she had withdrawn that application. Thereafter,
she contended that she ‘abandoned’ it. No proof of such withdrawal was ever provided.
The respondents had opposed that application and delivered opposing papers. It is highly
unlikely that they would have done so if the application had indeed been formally
withdrawn. Had the application been formal ly withdrawn in court, this would have been
recorded in the court’ s order. It was not. There is thus no corroboration for Ms
Govindsamy’s version. That version is inconsistent with the available facts.
[16] Having regard to the trite requirements of the doctri ne of lis pendens, they have
been met as the parties and cause of action are the same and the same remedy is being
pursued.5 It is thus open to this court to stay or dismiss the present proceedings on this
basis.6 Once the necessary requirements have been established, it is presumed that the
second application is vexatious. Here, the applicants have not established any facts that
disturb such presumption. It is within a court’s powers to regulate its own procedures and
in the course of doing so, to stay or dismiss proceedings in appropriate circumstances.7
In the present circumstances, dismissal would be appropriate.
[17] The applicants have even more fundamental issues. I agree with the respondents’
complaints regarding how Ms Govindsamy simply informally added not only herself, but
also the first and second respondents as parties to the proceedings aimed at execution
of the default judgment . The applicant made out no case for the validity of the cession
and loan agreements relied on for Ms Govindsamy’s locus standi nor that they were
concluded for a lawful and bona fide purpose. The facts indicate the opposite . Similarly,

concluded for a lawful and bona fide purpose. The facts indicate the opposite . Similarly,

5 A copy of the founding papers in the first urgent application was attached to the respondents’ answering
papers.
6 Legend Spunbond (Pty) Ltd v Nefdt and Another [2025] ZAGPJHC 563 (3 June 2025) para 12.
7 Caesarstone Sdot-Yam Ltd v World of Marble and Granite 2000 CC and Others 2013 (6) SA 499 (SCA)
para 49.

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it was improper to simply add the first and second respondents as parties to the processes
aimed at execution of the default judgment. The process employed by Ms Govindsamy is
impermissible and unsustainable at law. It smacks of mala fides. The applicants cannot
simply circumvent relevant procedures for their own convenience. To do so would
constitute an abuse of process.
[18] The challenge to the locus standi of the applicants also has merit. In their opposing
papers, the respondents provided documentary evidence in the form of a Bizportal report
dated 14 July 2025, emanating from a platform developed by CIP C. The document
reflects that Kreetiv was in the process of deregistration on 29 August 2014 due to annual
return non- compliance. The document further reflects no further entry of importance other
than that on 16 November 2024 , the status of a reinstateme nt application was reversed
to deregistration. According to the report, Kreetiv’s current status is ‘Deregistration final’.
[19] In argument, the respondents further relied on a judgment of Senyatsi J in
proceedings in this court in Kreetiv Communications CC v Harrington NO and Others 8
wherein it was held that Kreetiv had ceased operations in August 2020 and by February
2021, its net asset value was nil. An application for security for costs was granted on the
basis that Kreetiv’s claims were mala fide , vexatious and frivolous. This bolsters the
respondents’ case that the present application similarly, is vexatious and an abuse.
[20] From the available undisputed facts, the following is relevant. The alleged loan
agreement concluded between Kreetiv and the Bob Cuts which underpins the default
judgment, was concluded on 01 July 2019, at a time Kreetiv was deregistered. The same
position endured during the litigation and when default judgment was granted in Kreetiv’s
favour. The same position pertains to the time the alleged loan and cession agreements

favour. The same position pertains to the time the alleged loan and cession agreements
in terms of which Ms Govindsamy allegedly took cession of part of Kreetiv’s claim against
Bob Cuts, which was concluded on 22 May 2025. It was also the position when the

8 Kreetiv Communications CC v Harrington NO and Others [2024] ZAGPJHC 795 paras 6 and 19

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present application was launched and the rule nisi was granted. The locus standi of
Kreetiv was thus properly challenged.
[21] The challenge to the first applicant’s locus standi similarly has merit. She is not a
creditor of Bob Cuts in her own right. Insofar as Kreetiv sought to transfer cert ain of its
rights in the default judgment to Ms Govindsamy, Kreetiv, at the time a deregistered entity,
had no rights to transfer. The applicants further made out no proper case for the validity
of the cession or loan agreement relied on which allegedly un derpin Ms Govindsamy’s
locus standi. She could thus not validly be substituted or added as judgment creditor in
any enforcement proceedings of the default judgment granted against the third
respondent, leaving aside for the moment the procedural irregulari ties in that approach
and the fact that no court order was sought or granted to join her.
[22] No evidence was placed before the court that Kreetiv was in fact in existence at
the time these contracts were allegedly concluded. It is trite that an applicant must make
out its case in its founding affidavit and cannot do so in reply. Disturbingly, Ms
Govindsamy did not disclose the deregistration of Kreetiv in any of the legal proceedings,
a material non disclosure which taints her veracity and the validity of the legal proceedings
themselves.
[23] The respondents’ challenge called for a comprehensive reply by the applicants,
requiring that the full facts be put up pertaining to Kreetiv and its status at all times material
to the events canvassed in the papers and in the legal proceedings. That was not
forthcoming. Instead, in reply a one page certificate from CIPC dated 23 July 2025 was
provided, titled ‘Abridged certificate for annual returns’ as constituting ‘proof that Kreetiv
is in business’ . The document simply reflects Kreetiv‘s status as ‘in business’. The
applicants elected not to put the full facts before the court but baldly made the averment

applicants elected not to put the full facts before the court but baldly made the averment
‘any issue regarding Keetiv’s status has been cured and does not prejudice the substance
of this application’.

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[24] It is unclear whether the document provided in reply is the complete document, nor
was a comprehensive report from CIPC placed before the court. The applicants’ version
pertaining to the circumstances pertaining to Kreetiv’s deregistration and what transpired
thereafter remains opaque and the full facts are not addressed. No proper evidence was
presented that the deregistered corporation Kreetiv, was ind eed properly reinstated and
its deregistration voided. For purposes of the present application, the respondents’
version must be accepted.
[25] Once a company has been deregistered and removed from the company register,
it is dissolved.9 The deregistration of Kreetiv put an end to the existence of the entity and
its legal personality ceased to exist. 10 The legal position pertaining to the reinstatement
of deregistered close corporations and its legal effect is regulated by the Companies Act
71 of 2008.11 It is not for present purposes necessary to consider that issue in detail. It
may well have significant relevance in the respondents’ proposed rescission application
of the default judgment and it is best left to that court to determine the issue, lest it be
prejudged in the current application. Even if it ultimately transpires that Kreetiv’s
deregistration has been reversed and it has been reinstated, that does not avail her.
[26] Ms Govindsamy, as the sole member of Kreetiv, would have had knowledge of its
deregistration, but at no stage during any of the legal proceedings between the parties
disclosed this material fact. Ms Govindsamy pertinently did not disclose the true facts to
the court, either in relation to the default judgment or the subsequent proceedings which
followed and the various steps taken by her. As she was legally represented, at least at
the time the default judgment was sought a nd granted, this fact should have been
disclosed to her legal representatives. The true facts were also not disclosed in this

disclosed to her legal representatives. The true facts were also not disclosed in this
application. Such mendacious conduct on the part of Ms Govindsamy is destructive of

9 Newlands Surgical Clinic v Peninsula Eye Clinic 2015 (4) SA 34 (SCA).
10 Juliana and Associates CC v Fikeni NO and Others [2015] ZAGPPHC 754 para 12.2
11 Absa Bank Ltd v Companies and Intellectual Property Commission and Others 2013 (4) SA 194 (WCC)
specifically paras 41and 43-48.

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her bona fides in relation to the legal proceedings between the parties, and specifically in
relation to this application.
[27] Kreetiv’s deregistration further means that at the time of launching the present
application both the applicants lacked locus standi, a material fact that was not disclosed
to th e court . That of itself evidences that the present application is an abuse. The
deregistration of Kreetiv would further be destructive of the validity of the default judgment
granted in its favour on 8 May 2025 and all the execution steps taken thereafter. It would
also mean that the ‘cession agreement’ of 22 May 2025 is invalid. Insofar as the loan and
cession agreement are concerned, the arrangement between the applicants for the
funding of litigation in return for a share of the claim, appears dubious a nd prima facie
concluded for an ulterior purpose. It may well be unlawful. It is not necessary to finally
determine that issue in the present application. It was not properly addressed by the
parties, either in the papers or in argument. Of relevance in th e present context is that
this supports the respondents ’ contention that the present application is an abuse of
process.
[28] Accepting that Kreetiv did not exist at the time the default judgment was granted
and any subsequent execution processes were effected, those steps would constitute a
nullity and cannot be enforced. A deregistered legal entity does not, in the words of the
Constitutional Court 12 ‘enjoy a zombie afterlife’ to thwart the conclusion that the applicant
has not established that Kreetiv existed when the default judgment was granted , when
execution was levied and when the present proceedings were launched and the rule nisi
was granted.
[29] The position for the applicants gets worse. Not only did they impermissibly seek to
enforce a judgment that was patently invalid at the time it was granted, they impermissibly
sought to add the first and second respondents, against whom no judgment was obtained,

sought to add the first and second respondents, against whom no judgment was obtained,

12 Aquila Steel (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd v Minister of Mineral Recourses and Others [2019] ZACC 5, para
98.

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as judgment debtors for purposes of execution. The first applicant’s averment that
judgment was granted jointly and severally against the respondents is a patent falsehood.
[30] Whether there may be any claim against the first and second respondents is
another matter. The applicants have not established any proper case for liability on their
papers. The procedure adopted in the present instance is impermissible. The liability of a
surety is in any event ancillary to the principal debt. Where that debt is invalid, no claim
arises against the surety. The ‘suretyship’ on which the applicants rely is in any ev ent
dubious and it is doubtful whether it is in its terms compliant with s 6 of the g eneral Law
Amendment Act 50 of 1956 and enforceable. It is not necessary for present purposes to
finally determine that issue. The fact remains that execution cannot be le vied against a
party against whom no judgment exists. The applicants’ attempts to obtain an order
against the first and second respondents were improper.
[31] The respondents have further illustrated , at the very least on a prima facie basis,
prospects of success in the proposed rescission application against the default judgment.
As pointed out by the respondents, a registrar may only grant default judgment where the
claim is for a debt or liquidated demand. According to them, the main action is premised
on an alleged breach of contract based on the impugned 2019 agreement allegedly
concluded between Kreetiv and Bob Cuts and in the alternative damages is claimed. At
the time the default judgment was sought and granted , the applicant was legally
represented by Du Toit attorneys. Absent a liquidated claim, default judgment should not
have been granted. Those averments were not meaningfully disputed by the applicants.
The respondent’s have thus established a prima facie right to relief. They have further
established a risk of irreparable harm and that no suitable alternative remedy is available

established a risk of irreparable harm and that no suitable alternative remedy is available
to them. Given the facts, the balance of convenience is clearly in their favour.
[32] I am persuaded that the respondents have established the necessary
requirements to stay the warrants of execution issued and/or executed pursuant to the
default judgment obtained under case number 2020/5772 and have established both

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grounds for interim interdictory relief and that such a stay is in the interests of justice. 13
The writs of execution which include the levying of execution against the first and second
respondents are patently improper and unenforceable. Execution falls to be stayed in the
interests of justice. A court cannot and should not countenance a flagrant abuse of its
processes. On the present facts, the absence of a formal counter application for a stay
of the warrants does not change that position.
[33] In reply, the applicants disclose d that further attachments were made of three
immovable properties of the respondents pursuant to writs issued under case number
2025-088917, i.e. in the present application, in an amount of R 2 722 583.43. Those writs
were executed against all three of the respondents in this application and were served on
1 and 2 July 2025 respectively by way of affixing. The first and second respondents are
reflected as execution debtors, together with the third respondent. For reasons already
provided this is irregular. Moreover, it constitutes a further abuse of process, given that
only a rule nisi existed at the time the writs were executed. The writs should not have
been issued whilst the return date of the rule nisi was pending and whilst the applicants
were fully aware that the application was being opposed by the respondents. Those writs
fall to be set aside.
[34] Ultimately, the very fact that the urgent court was approached for the relief sought
by the applicants constitutes a further abuse of process. The relief sought was not urgent
in nature and no case for urgency was cogently made out in the papers as clearly required
by r 6(12). Whether the applicants approached a congested urgent court in the hope that
the application papers would not be scrutinised in great detail is a possibility, although it
remains a matter of speculation. Not so, that the ap plicants did not take the court into

remains a matter of speculation. Not so, that the ap plicants did not take the court into
their confidence and did not disclose all the relevant facts in their founding papers. That
is a matter of fact.

13 Gois t/a Shakespeare’s Pub v Van Zyl and Others 2011 (1) SA 148 (LC) para 37; Newnet Properties
(Pty) Ltd t/a Sunshine Hospital v Road Accident Fund [2025] ZASCA 19, para 26.

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[35] For all these reasons, the rule nisi falls to be discharged and the application should
be dismissed. As previously stated, a court would also have been entitled to dismiss the
proceedings based on the lis alibi pendens doctrine. Given the totality of the facts, the
application must be dismissed for all the reasons advanced, primarily on the basis that it
constitutes an abuse of process.
[36] There is further good cause why the rule nisi should be discharged in its totality.
Much of the relief sought by the applicants is improper , not legally sust ainable and no
proper case for such relief is made out on the papers , either factually or legally . The
applicant’s reliance on r 46 to execute the default judgment against the i mmovable and
immovable property of the res pondents is vexatious and devoid of merit. The same
applies to the improper and unsubstantiated application for relief in terms of s 18(3) of the
Superior Courts Act 10 of 2013.
[37] Although Ms Govindsamy is presently self-represented, she is clearly not a normal
lay litigant. She is a sophistic ated and intelligent individual with substantial legal
knowledge. She was able to advance intricate legal arguments on a variety of issues at
the hearing, including on company law and the effects of deregistration of a close
corporation. On her version, she has a Master’s degree. Having previously been legally
represented, she appears to have access to legal representation when she desires it.
Litigation is not a game where a party may seek tactical advantages by concealing facts
and occasioning unnecessary costs. 14 Whilst a matter of latitude must be afforded in
relation to a lay litigant’s pleadings, a litigant cannot hide behind the status of being self -
represented to seek relief to which she is clearly not entitled.
[38] Given the facts, the various instances of abuse particularised in this judgment and
Ms Govindsamy’s conduct in relation to the litigation, a punitive costs order against her is

Ms Govindsamy’s conduct in relation to the litigation, a punitive costs order against her is
warranted. The application is in various respects vexatious and the applicant was not
candid with the court in her affidavits or oral submissions, wherein she distorted the truth

14 Juliana and Associates CC v Fikeni NO and Others, para 19.3 and the authorities referred to in fn9

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on various occasions . Given that I must for present purposes accept the respondents’
version that Kreetiv is deregistered, it would serve no purpose to grant any costs order
against it.
[39] It would further be unjust for the respondents to be left out of pocket15 in opposing
an application which ultimately constitutes no more than a vexatious abuse of process. In
the present instance, the applicant’s behaviour in relation to the litigatio n is tainted by
such turpitude that a court should not come to her aid.16
[40] I grant the following order:
[1] Condonation is granted for the late delivery of the respondents’ answering affidavit;
[2] The rule nisi granted on 19 June 2025 under case number 20 25-088917 is
discharged and the application is dismissed;
[3] The writs of execution issued under case number 2025-088917 against the first to
third respondents and any steps taken pursuant thereto are set aside;
[4] The writs of execution issued under case number 5772/2020 and a ny further
execution pursuant to the default judgment granted by the Registrar on 8 May 2025
under case number 5772/2020 are stayed pending the final determination of a
rescission application to be launched by the th ird respondent within 30 days of date
of this order.

15 Nel v Waterberg Landbouers Ko-op Vereeniging 1946 AD 597 at 607; Swartbooi & Others v Brink 2006
(1) SA 203 (CC)
16 Villa Corp Protection (Pty) Ltd v Bayer Intellectual Property GMBH 2024 (1) SA 331 (CC) para 77.

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[5] The first applicant, Ms Christine Veena Govindsamy , is directed to pay the costs
of the application on the scale as between attorney and client.





_______________________________
EF DIPPENAAR
JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT
GAUTENG JOHANNESBURG


HEARING

DATE OF HEARING : 06 AUGUST 2025

DATE OF JUDGMENT : 14 AUGUST 2025

APPEARANCES

APPLICANT : Self represented

RESPONDENTS’ COUNSEL : Adv. Z. Matondo

RESPONDENTS’ ATTORNEYS : Mokgohloa Attorneys Inc.