‘Ayepyep made R2.26m in April’: Alleged 28s leader’s wife hits back

Nicole Johnson – who is the wife of alleged 28s gang leader, Ralph Stanfield – countered DJ Sumbody’s business partner Kagiso Setsetse’s court interdict pertaining to Ayepyep Cape Town.

According to News24, Johnson denied allehations that Setsetse is scared of her husband, claiming that outside of their working relationship they had a social relationship. Johnson also disputed claims that the nightclub had been running at a loss.

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AYEPYEP CO-OWNER, KAGISO SETSETSE’S COURT ORDER

In the court papers, Setsetse – who co-owns Ayepyep in Pretoria and Cape Town with slain musician DJ Sumbody – accused Stanfield of highjacking the Cape Town establishment and threatening them.

His urgent court order, which he applied for at the Western Cape High Court in April, came five months after DJ Sumbody – real name Oupa John Sefoka – was murdered in a hail of bullets in Woodmead, Johannesburg.

Setsetse, who fled to Dubai in April, said that he will not return until the suspected gang boss is arrested. He claimed Stanfield had deceived him and his late business associate about providing security for the nightclub or his wife’s role in the company.

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Setsetse also said that the suspected mafia boss allegedly demanded shares and told him and DJ Sumbody to issue the share certificate to his mother-in-law, Barbara Johnson. When they refused, Stanfield allegedly threatened to close down operation and threatened staff.

“He proceeded to show us a video of a story on the news of luxury vehicles being vandalised at a business located in Cape Town for which he claimed that he was responsible,” Setsetse alleged.

Stanfield allegedly started demanding full ownership of Ayepyep Cape Town and proceeded to replace all the speed points with those belonging to his wife’s cousin who was receiving all the club’s funds. In addition, he reportedly denied Setsetse access to the CCTV cameras.

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JOHNSON RUBBISHES CLAIMS BY DJ SUMBODY’S BUSINESS PARTNER

However, Johnson claims Setsetse allegations are false.

In her application, she alleged that Setsetse and DJ Sumbody had told Stanfield about an extortion threat, allegedly by people with connections to Nafiz Modack and Jerome “Donkie” Booysen.

Johnson said that because her husband’s “ties to Cape Town-based security services” and with “knowledge of the manner in which business was conducted in the city” he offered to help.

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The court papers reveal that Ayepyep Cape Town had a monthly turnover of about R6 million on average since its inception in 2021. Setsetse, DJ Sumbody, Johnson (as the general manager) and her mother (who is allegedly a shareholder) received R150 000 salaries each, the alleged gang leader’s wife disclosed.

According to Johnson, a revenue of R2.26 million was collected between 10 and 21 April. She further accused Setsetse of blocking her from Ayepyep’s bank account and her work email address to prevent her from obtaining the evidence regarding their communications. In addition, she said Setsetse was misappropriating company funds and making unauthorised transfers to his personal accounts and those of the Pretoria establishment.

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In the court papers, Setsetse was warned that Barbara intended to launch an application in terms of Section 162 of the Companies Act to have him declared a delinquent director because of his “unlawful action”.