The Economic Freedom Fighters have vowed to do everything in their power to help a Nyanga woman get back her vehicle which was sold fraudulently by scammers who conned her at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Earlier this year, Nikiwe Mhlonyane’s story was published in Vukani (“Police failed me, says woman caught in car scam”, Vukani, April 7) .
The story detailed how Lentegeur SAPS failed to follow a High Court ruling which determined that they must confiscate the car keys from a Brackenfell car dealer who had bought the vehicle, until the matter is resolved in court.
EFF Cape Metro region commander Mbulelo Dwane said they were dismayed with how the police had handled this matter.
He said they had asked deputy provincial police commissioner General Maurice Manci to transfer the case from the Lentegeur police station to the provincial office.
“We want the police to re-open the case so that the perpetrators, including the car dealer, can be brought to book and Mrs Mhlonyane get her vehicle back,” he said.
A distraught Ms Mhlonyane told Vukani: “The police did not care from the onset. I told them what the scamsters did to me and who bought it from them. Instead of properly investigating and charging (the business) for buying a car with no proper paperwork, they dismissed me.”
The Motor Industry Ombudsman Of South Africa has urged Ms Mhlonyana to seek legal assistance.
Meanwhile, a city-based legal firm has volunteered to step in to help Ms Mhlonyana and will next week file summons in Bellville Magistrate’s Court to have the car returned to its owner.
