Demolition halted by 'stunned' owner
By TMG Editor - 19 February 2014
WORKERS yesterday stopped demolishing an R8.1-million Kenton-on- Sea mansion after it emerged the Ndlambe Municipality had not yet given approval for the owner to break it down.
Matthew Lester said he was absolutely stunned to hear that he was illegally breaking down the house despite being given a six-month Supreme Court of Appeal order late last year to demolish it by June 6 2014.
The Rhodes University tax expert was reacting to comments by Ndlambe Municipality's attorney, Brin Brody, of Wheeldon, Rushmere and Cole Attorneys, that any demolition taking place was without the approval of the municipality, which was still considering how the demolition should take place.
Leseter has stopped the demolition. – David Macgregor
