Sodwana Bay racist evicted from guest house

The racist owner of the Sodwana Bay guest house and his partner have been given 20 days to vacate the property after breaching the lease agreement. A Weekend Witness report notes Andre Martin Slade gained notoriety in 2016 when he sent an e-mail barring black people from the guesthouse. Now Slade and his Slovakian partner‚ Katarina Krizaniova‚ have appeared in the KZN High Court (Pietermaritzburg) to personally challenge an application brought by the Ingonyama Trust to have them evicted. Judge Rishi Seegobin said that Slade had entered into a long lease with the trust that started in May 2009 and was to run until November 2048. Slade breached the agreement by establishing and running a guesthouse and by failing to pay rent – amounting to R62 584 – as at February 2018. Seegobin added that Slade was given permission to occupy the land by some other tribal chief and added that the trust is not the legal owner of the property and, accordingly, the Zulu king has no right to the land. Instead of addressing the case, Slade embarked on an ‘unnecessary and fruitless tirade’, the judge said. ‘In any event, in light of Slade’s own views of black people and the extremely hurtful and racist views he holds against them, perhaps it is time that he is removed from their midst in northern KZN,’ added the judge.