Pretoria – Rugby legend Naas Bothas estate was provisionally sequestrated by the high court in Pretoria on Thursday, after a bank claimed he owed it more than R1.1 million on a mortgage bond for a property in Mooikloof, east of the city.
Hendrik Egnatius Botha popularly known as Naas was not at court, nor did he oppose the provisional sequestration application, although the papers were served on him by the sheriff.
He also did not submit an affidavit to the court setting out his possible defence.
Judge Peter Mabuse gave the retired Springbok fly-half until June 15, to oppose the application and give reasons as to why he should not be finally sequestrated.
Botha, a four-time Rugby Player of the Year winner, has been involved in a six-year f…
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