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Court orders sale of five Sandown properties linked to Mkhize

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The Durban High Court ruled on Monday that a curator bonis must sell the properties to help settle tax debts owed to the South African Revenue Service (SARS). The sale should raise about R25m in cash.

Judge Jacqueline Henriques ruled in an urgent SARS application. The money from the sale must go into an interest-bearing trust account. SARS has a month from the order to bring an action to make the properties or the proceeds executable against the tax debts of Shauwn Mkhize and the Zikhulise Group.

The judge said the properties must be sold to stop a rapid fall in their value. She named runaway maintenance costs, mounting municipal arrears and heavy security expenses. Security costs are R188,000 a month, and four of the properties owed about R1.8m to the municipality at 3 October 2025.

The five properties have a collective market value of R35m and a collective forced sale value of R24.5m. Their total municipal value is R22,831,000. The judge said the grounds of opposition from the respondents were without merit and fell to be dismissed.

At 19 September 2025, Mkhize owed R13.3m in personal income tax. Her personal liability for the Zikhulise Group tax debts, including interest, was R112.5m. The judge said the factual foundation for SARS's case is left entirely unchallenged.

Key facts

Who
Shauwn Mkhize (businesswoman whose properties are subject to the sale; owes personal income tax); Jacqueline Henriques (judge presiding over the high court application); SA Revenue Service (applicant seeking the sale; creditor for unpaid tax); Zikhulise Group (company with outstanding tax debts owed to SARS)
What
Judge Jacqueline Henriques ruled in an urgent SARS application that five Sandown properties linked to Shauwn Mkhize must be sold, with full proceeds held in an interest-bearing trust account, to halt erosion of their value. SARS has a month from the order to institute an action to make the properties or proceeds executable toward Mkhize's and the Zikhulise Group's tax debts.
When
26 October 2026
Where
Sandown, Johannesburg, Durban
Status
Reported

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