De Klerk fights to keep wealth secret in divorce case
Former president FW de Klerk will continue his legal battle to keep his financial status out of the public eye.
Nicole Noordien is divorcing De Klerk's son, Willem, and has demanded R33000 a month in maintenance from the senior De Klerk because his son often missed payments.
It has been reported that a Randburg magistrate ordered that De Klerk make known his finances by today. However, De Klerk won an urgent bid in the Johannesburg High Court on Thursday allowing him to keep his financial status confidential.
The interdict was granted pending the outcome of a review in the same high court.
In court papers, De Klerk claimed he had already given financial support to his son and his two granddaughters by means of a trust.
De Klerk insisted that disclosing his personal finances was administratively illegal, and would infringe his right to privacy and damage his reputation.
De Klerk said that, until his son could afford to pay, money for the children's maintenance and school fees would be drawn from the trust.
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SecretVoice
Posted 263 days agoamaKK
And the soon-to-be ex daughter-in-law needs to take a leap off the highest cliff, sans a parachute. Asking the pop-in-law to declare his assets, and pay her? What an outrage!
ArseneLupin
Posted 263 days agoColourless
Nicole is at work as u view her demmand of pay. De Klerk knws tht if he shud expose his wealth not one person will go down bt many. Nicole is stl doing him a favour bcz she knws in De Klerks clozet thre re skeletons, so this game is very dangerous & its a revolutionary act to fyt a Leader who once led an Era. Bt nw he is gng to pay thru his own blood..... Its a reverse mindset game..... I pray she wins because she has the cards & the is motive for murder even..... THIS WOMAN IS BRAVE & CLEVER.... SHE AINT NO GOLD DIGGER BT A GOLD TAKER FROM THE DIGGER.
Tronn
Posted 263 days agom1si2zi3nzo4
DarrylWatton
i_stub_born
Posted 263 days ago..But it would be expectable that people with high education, high positions or any other high would be more civilized, not the opposite.......
The people who actually rub their hands with genuine glee, are the lawyers.........
QPCLCD308
Posted 263 days agoKafreeMoneykey
Posted 263 days agotruthwins
SA was bankrupted after 1994 through fraud corruption committed by the present regime.
Furthermore note that the rand was strong, the economy vibrant and the credit rating high.
and the government did not have to constantly go overseas to beg for investments,loans and donations.
mugabe1652
Posted 263 days agoTime_Will_Tell
Posted 263 days ago@ SecretVoice, it’s so sad that the flag you use as your picture is imposed on you, if you and Tronns of this country believe democracy is a “sell out” of apartheid. Unfortunately your prosecutions will affect many un-evil white people you clouded in your blanket of apartheid. TimeWillTell
elguevara
Posted 263 days agosold whose country to who exactly? i hope u dont mean that he sold afrikaners' country to Africans. 'Cause if thats the implication, then some serious history lessons need taught.
eppy136667
Posted 263 days agoThis is personal and I'm just wondering how come was there nothing as this bitter said about him by us people fingering out of hatred and anger..
I personally support his (NPW) answer and decision:
If I was in the same situation I'd do the same!
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