The black-on-black K-word case playing out in the Randburg Magistrate's Court heard yesterday that one of Investec chair Fani Titi's employees was reduced to tears by politically-connected businessman Peter-Paul Ngwenya's ‘bad’ treatment when he stormed their offices demanding money‚ notes Legalbrief.

‘There were some tears because I was shocked‚’ Josiah Ndlovu‚ a financial manager at MRC Media‚ said.

Ngwenya‚ who spent almost five years on Robben Island‚ is facing two counts of contravening a protection order Titi was granted against him and one count of crimen injuria for calling Titi a ‘QwaQwa kaffir’ and a ‘bantustan boss’ in an SMS.

In the same SMS‚ Ngwenya tells Aqeel Patel‚ the MD of MRC Media, that ‘you will bleed’ and that Titi ‘will see his mother’‚ which Titi regarded as a threat to his life since Ngwenya knew his mother had died.

The conflict between Ngwenya and Titi‚ who had been friends for 20 years‚ stems from a deal that went sour.

Ngwenya claims that Titi owes him close to R54m. Ndlovu said Ngwenya was shouting and screaming at him demanding that he pay him. ‘It was bad. He raised his voice so high in a manner in which I had never heard him speak‚’ Ndlovu told the court.

Ndlovu said he had received a number of e-mails from Ngwenya prior to his visiting their premises to demand the money. ‘I did not respond to his e-mails because I was waiting on instruction from my director (Patel)‚’ he said. Ndlovu added he processed Ngwenya's payment while he was there as he refused to leave the premises until he had received the money. The state has closed its case and the matter will resume on 24 May.

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