THE court battle to force Msunduzi Municipality to cancel its R27 million sponsorship of Royal AM FC might have received some traction following two court judgments against the team and its owner, Shauwn Mkhize, for not being tax compliant.
The Sunday Independent has seen Durban High Court orders revealing that both the team and its multimillionaire tenderpreneur owner combined owe Sars about R50m in outstanding tax payments.
The first order identified the defendant as Mabong Flora-Junior Mkhize in a case brought to court by the Sars commissioner.
The court delivered the warrant of execution against the Royal AM president on August 21, ordering the sheriff or deputy sheriff to “attach and remove the