Illustrative image: Nicole Johnson after appearing in the Khayelitsha Regional Court in Cape Town on 1 November 2019. | Graphic: Vecteezy
She was initially denied bail in October 2023 and subsequently launched another application based on “new facts”.Johnson appealed both those decisions and that culminated in this month’s high court judgment which found she should not be released from custody. “I do not trust anyone to run the businesses and have not as a result empowered anyone to be able to run the businesses. Without me the businesses will fail.”
The agreement cancellations were because she had breached a clause in that she had been absent – presumably because she was in custody – from the business for longer than 30 days.Daily Maverick previously reported that in December 2023 the City of Cape Town confirmed it had blacklisted seven companies linked to her “based on the risk they pose to the city’s reputation”.Johnson was saddled with even more business problems earlier this year.
In an affidavit of her own, Johnson had asserted: “I am the only person in the business that can change the price of fuel at the fuel pumps.” Fear, violence and extortion in Cape Town — luxury venue Ayepyep closes amid claims of gangsterism and threats
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