Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club (Pty) Ltd v Moira Tlhagale Sport Marketing and Management (Pty) Ltd and Another (25792/2021) [2025] ZAGPJHC 844 (19 August 2025)

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Contract Law

Brief Summary

Contract — Breach of contract — Payment obligations — Plaintiff, Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club, claimed R7 912 905.00 from defendants, Moira Tlhagale Sports Marketing and Management and Pitso Johnny Hamilton Mosimane, for breach of contract regarding marketing services. Defendants contested enforceability of the contract. Court found in favor of the plaintiff. Legal issue — Whether the defendants were liable for the payment claimed by the plaintiff under the terms of the contract. Holding/Conclusion — Defendants ordered to pay the plaintiff R7 912 905.00, with interest at 7% per annum from October 2021, and to bear the costs of the trial, including the costs of the application to compel.

## REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

## IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA, GAUTENG LOCAL DIVISION, JOHANNESBURG

CASE NO: 25792/2021

In the matter between:

MAMELODI SUNDOWNS FOOTBALL CLUB (PTY) LTD

Plaintiff

AND

MOIRA TLHAGALE SPORTS MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT (PTY) LTD PITSO JOHNNY HAMILTON MOSIMANE

First Defendant Second Defendant

JUDGMENT

MIA J:

2020. 2024

- 2024
- 1.1.3.1.

paid

- 8.1-
- 8.2
- advance.

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- cancelled

dispute

Club me contracts

Sundowns.

non- instance discussed .

Record

unenforceable a

Sundowns' TSM

a fairness, honoured. Beadicat1

circumstances'

If, upon.

benefits .

intervals_

## ORDER

## [70] Consequently , make the following order:

- 1 The defendants shall pay to the plaintiff; jointly and severally; the one paying the other to be absolved, the sum of R7 912 905.00
- 2 The defendants are ordered to pay interest on the above amount at the rate of 7% per annum from 10 2021 to date of payment. May
3. The defendants are ordered to pay the costs of the trial, including the costs of the application to compel, on Scale C of the amended Uniform Rules of Court and that such costs should include the costs of two counsel.

S C MIA JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA GAUTENG LOCAL DIVISION , JOHANNESBURG

Adv