Kleuterzone liquidators file urgent court application
The joint provisional liquidators of the Kleuterzone group of schools have approached the Western Cape High Court (Cape Town) for urgent relief to prevent Ludus Holdings from restructuring, disposing of, or interfering with several nursery and pre-primary schools previously operated within the group, according to Moneyweb.
Kleuterzone and its underlying companies, as well as the founder and director, Anthonie Bougas, were officially sequestrated earlier this year after the scheme collapsed.
In an application, liquidators Johannes Muller and Madeleine Kuilder asked the court to grant an interim preservation order restraining Ludus, its directors Francois and Michiel Smuts, and Kind Academy, pending the outcome of statutory liquidation inquiries.
The matter is set down on the urgent roll for 12 December 2025.
The liquidators want the respondents to be prevented from interfering with bank accounts, movable assets, contracts, goodwill, business operations, staff and electronic systems linked to the schools.
Further, the application requests an order directing the respondents to deliver, within 48 hours, full banking and transactional records for all business conducted under the Ludus or Kind Academy structures since March.
The respondents have until today to file opposing papers, with the applicants expected to file replying affidavits on Monday.
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