The rental agent who leased a Cape Town home to television personality Bonnie Mbuli has denied racism is at the core of a dispute between them. Mbuli, a host on the talk show Afternoon Express, said she had often been on the receiving end of racism while trying to find rental accommodation after she moved to the city three years ago.On August 1 she moved into a home in Mowbray with her little boy and her Zimbabwean nanny.Marc Lunau, the rental agent, said he had asked for her nanny's residence permit."We have to know who is on the premises for obvious reasons and for the people who are foreigners we have to make sure that they are legally in the country," said Lunau.Mbuli's nanny doesn't have a residence permit, Lunau said"We cannot be held responsible for holding illegal residents in the owner's house," he said.But Jaco Rademeyer, property professional and the owner of Jaco Rademeyer Estates, said he had not come across a case where residency details had been requested from anyone other than the lessee or buyer of a property."Under the new National Consumer Act, estate agents. sellers and lessors have a declaration relating mainly to property defects which needs to be filled out and signed."Nowhere does it make provision for information regarding the citizenry or work status of anyone who is not the lessee or buyer,'' said Rademeyer.Mbuli has terminated her contract early and is leaving the house on November 1...