INTRO PART 1 :
THE CRIMINAL CONSORTIUM
A SELECTION OF THE CONSORTIUM'S CRIMES
The landlords and their collaborators committed over THREE HUNDRED CRIMINAL OFFENCES during the 18-month campaign. The crimes committed by and the actions of the Consortium include, but are not limited to:
Four unlawful arrests involving three different individuals, including the housekeeper of 16 Leirmans Road and the property manager.
The wrongful imprisonments, including property manager Ollie Sokanyile, who was arrested and imprisoned out of spite for aiding guests and staff during the July illegal evictions and assaults, and myself detained illegally twice.
Six malicious prosecutions – where knowingly false charges were laid to motivate arrest and detention simply for strategic advantage in the civil court proceedings.
ARREST AND UNLAWFUL DETENTION AS A WEAPON
How the Consortium Used Imprisonment to Eliminate Legal Opposition
This timeline chart exposes how arrests — and more critically, periods of detention — were deliberately timed to remove me as a legal opponent at key moments in the Consortium’s campaign.
Detention was not used to investigate alleged crimes but to silence opposition and prevent me from defending myself or instructing attorneys to challenge their lies in court.
The chart shows detention periods in white, while civil court hearings, fabricated filings, and media attacks by Media24 are marked in yellow, blue, and red — revealing precise coordination.
The goal was simple: with me silenced or physically absent, landlords including Keith Broad, Inge Broad, Paula Disberry, and Raj Moonsamy could submit perjured affidavits unopposed, relying on SAPS actors like Serg Duna, Serg Stevens, and Bellville Commercial Crime Unit to enforce this silencing.
The alignment with Media24’s defamatory articles proves this was no coincidence — it was a criminal strategy executed through calculated collaboration.
Abuse of the criminal justice system for advantage in the civil courts: All three sets of charges coinciding precisely with the three most significant dates in the civil court proceedings, where my absence was essential for success: the August charges just three days before the spoliation proceedings I launched, the December charges immediately prior to Keith’s attempt to railroad through a fraudulent application to take back the property and less than twenty-four hours after he submitted that application, and the March charges, just two days prior to the final hearing of that matter. The statistical odds of this being chance and of the multiple other such “coincidences” exceed those of a lottery win.
Using arrest to disguise and execute illegal evictions; voiding PIE and all of the protections afforded to tenants in their home.
STATISTICAL IMPOSSIBILITY OF COINCIDENCE
Impossible Convergence of Criminal Charges, Civil Hearings, & Media24 Lies
Every major event in this campaign—from civil court case hearings, illegal arrests, trumped up charges, malicious prosecutions, unlawful detentions, Media24’s defamatory coverage, occurred entirely within two critical time points, marked on the chart by the two blue lines:
The start and end of Wouter de Swardt’s involvement in the coordinated effort to take back the properties which in itself coincided with the first and last successful such property grab.
The sequence of SAPS actions (arrests, detentions), court filings, and media attacks moved in exact alignment with the attempts to unlawfully seize properties.
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The sequence of SAPS actions (arrests, detentions), court filings, and media attacks moved in exact alignment with the attempts to unlawfully seize properties.
When the final property was forcefully taken back, all activity - ‘legal,’ criminal, and media- immediately ceased. activities that should have had no relationships to the landlords own personal and private goals – supposed criminal investigations, supposed investigative reporting, supposed criminal trials or proceedings through the criminal justice system – all ceased.
Proving the campaign was not about justice, but a calculated strategy to unlawfully dispossess tenants under the guise of procedural legitimacy.
Using detention to consolidate those illegal evictions and remove the chances of my recovering the properties.
Two dozen illegal attempts to seize the properties, with SAPS either complicit or turning a blind eye, including:
Wouter de Swardt and his hired criminal thugs-for-hire, on 22 July storming the house and trying to eject the lawful paying guests and on 24 of July forcing their way in, beating up the occupants, throwing them out on the street, and refusing to leave.
THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF COINCIDENCE
Impossible Convergence of Criminal Charges, Civil Hearings, and Media24 Lies
This chart tracks the exact overlap between the key civil court filing periods, the arrests, detentions, major court hearings, and Media24's defamatory articles
Events that should bear no relation to each other, yet each aligns exactly with the Consortium's active campaign strategy.
Whether assessed over the life of the leases or the full span of relationships with the owners, these timeframes - measured in years - show arrests and detentions landing precisely within the narrow filing windows, often just days wide.
The synchronised bursts of legal and media action are not coincidental. They prove the campaign was coordinated, calculated and criminal.
Obtaining a Protection Order by Perjury, reversing the roles of that day, claiming Keith Broad lived at the property with his family, that the thugs were mine and that I had sent them to intimidate him in his family home.
Deceiving the Courts into issuing a Protection Order that blocked me, the staff, and guests from going within 500 meters of the property, excluding me from my own home and any guests from staying.
PERJURY & ABUSE OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM TO ADVANCE PERSONAL OBJECTIVES
Keith Broad and Wouter de Swardt's 500 meter Exclusion Zone Around My Own Home
PROTECTION ORDER PROHIBITING: "Setting foot within 500 meters of my family home16 Leirmand Road "
When Keith Broad and Wouter de Swardt committed perjury to obtain a protection order, flipping the roles of the 22 and 24 July claiming it was me who broke into their home and the thugs were mine, he obtained a condition barring me from going within 500 meters of my own home Leirmans Road to void the inebitabke High Court judgement against him
And in doing so by using the three complaints from a full year earlier in the Omicron chaos that had already been dismissed as being entirely civil matters with no criminal element or culpability by the investigating officer at the time, and the file closed.
Executing the December arrest illegally, with no lawful right or permission to do so, circumventing the four separate rejections and mounting the entire December 14 operation, including my arrest, by piggybacking on the (unlawful) search and seizure warrant, which itself made no mention of and gave no right of arrest.
The extraordinary abuse of SAPS resources - Inexplicably, unjustifiably, and unlawfully motivating an operation on a colossal scale, that included the investigating officer Sergeant Stevens, multiple senior officers from Bellville Commercial Crime Unit and from the Hawks, a dozen uniformed officers, senior officers from Hout Bay SAPS (South African Police Service), and astonishingly a fully armed swat team, the special task force, who blew their way through every door, arresting me at gunpoint.
CORRUPT MANEUVERS
KEITH BROAD'S APPLICATION SUBMITTED 13 DECEMBER 2022 & SERG STEVENS SEIZURE WARRANT SUBMITTED 13 DECEMBER 2022
On December 13, 2022, two legal actions unfolded in perfect synchrony: Keith Broad submitted his appeal against the November court ruling, while Serg Stevens applied for a seizure warrant that would prevent any defense against that appeal.
The warrant was not only timed to coincide with the application but was illegally used to confiscate critical equipment and ensure absence by illegally arresting me - an absence that was necessary for Keith Broad to secure a favourable ruling. The evidence exposes a deliberate obstruction tactic. where 'legal' mechanisms were weaponized to eliminate opposition and manipulate judicial process.
Equally unlawfully, having at its head, leading, managing, and coordinating the arrest and operation, was not the investigating officer or one of the senior officers from Bellville Commercial but Wouter de Swardt, a private civilian with no position or rank in the police force.
While Wouter de Swardt ran a parallel but secret, unofficial, and illegal police operation at 16 Leirmans Road on behalf of Keith Broad, executed under the cover of the main (unlawful) arrest, and in the shadow of the massive police operation at my home. An operation for which there was absolutely no right to do so.
Taking advantage of the opportunity that the distraction that my arrest provided, to enter the property as a legitimate police operation, arrest the housekeeper, confiscate the keys, escort him to where I was being arrested and then let him go after I had been taken away. ..Overheard telling Inge Broad “we have got him. He won’t be coming back this time.”
"They told me they would shoot me if I resisted" - 16 Lerimans Road Housekeeper
HOUSEKEEPER’S INVENTORY: UNDENIABLE PROOF AGAINST PAULA DISBERRY’S FRAUDULENT CLAIMS
Detailed Documentation That Exposes the Malicious October 2022 Prosecution
This inventory list, prepared by the housekeeper and used directly by Darren Russell, ensured the complete, professional, and indisputable return of all property.
Despite the transparent process, Paula Disberry and the consortium fabricated allegations, using these false charges in October 2022 to maintain an active docket for their coordinated legal attacks.
The document itself dismantles every claim they made—every item accounted for, every step documented, zero evidence of wrongdoing.
Their malicious prosecution was never about justice, only about sustaining their campaign.
Illegal Property Grab: That afternoon passing the keys to the landlords Keith and Inge Broad.
Illegal Property Grab / collusion: Similarly, Wouter de Swardt and Sergeant Stevens coordinating with the landlord of 32 Fisherman’s Bend, Raj Moonsamy, in the precision-timed illegal occupation of the property minutes after I was taken away, with the landlord’s personal assistant following a few minutes later, two of his managers a few minutes after that, all pre-arranged, going into a private meeting with Wouter de Swardt. Only moments before, Sergeant Stevens had handed my house keys to Wouter de Swardt, who proudly passed them to the landlord at that meeting.
Executing the arrests, detentions, and attempts to reject bail, a year and a half of persecution and the total destruction of my reputation on the basis of a non-existent docket. What passes for a docket reveals why the magistrates rejected every request for an arrest and/or seizure warrant.
THE "DOCKET" IN NAME ONLY. THE WAFER THIN FOLDER THEY CALLED A "DOCKET"
Irrefutable legal outcomes proving my position was substantiated, the opposing claims dismantled, yet detention was still executed before judgements could be known
A table exposing the complete lack of investigative activity from SAPS, Bellville Commercial Crime Unit, Hout Bay & Camps Bay SAPS, while all documented movements align directly with civil court deadlines dictated by private individuals.
The table presents irrefutable proof that no genuine police investigation took place.
Sergeant Stevens, Sergeant Duna, Bellville Crime Unit, Hout Bay & Camps Bay SAPS contributing nothing to criminal inquiries - ZERO EVIDENCE GATHERING, NO PROCEDURAL ACTION, AND NO INDEPENDENT CASE DEVELOPMENT.
Interfering in Justice by so doing, as the purpose of the change had been to make the offences a Schedule 5 offence putting it on a par with rape and murder and switching the onus on the magistrate to grant bail unless significant reasons existed to reject it, to one where the onus was to reject bail unless significant issues existed to grant it.
The intentional sabotage of the December bail appearance. Having been granted bail of R2,000, as I was leaving, on the instruction of Wouter de Swardt the investigating officer told the prosecution a series of lies; including that a) there were five more charges to be added, b) serious matters from Paarl and c) that I was wanted by the Home Affairs dept for deportation, had intentionally avoided extending my visa, having never done so since arriving. Sergeant Stevens knew all that was untrue and still had illegal possession of my passport at the time. As a result, the bail was rescinded, and I was sent to Pollsmoor to fight a protracted and equally sabotaged bail application.
Nothing was heard of those five charges or the issues from Paarl again, and the docket reveals they never existed in the first place.
CALCULATED CRIMINAL STRATEGY
Every major event in this campaign occurred entirely within two critical timeframes, marked on the chart by the two blue lines.
The sequence of SAPS actions (arrests, detentions), court filings, and media attacks moved in exact alignment with the attempts to unlawfully seize properties under lease agreements. When the final property was forcefully taken back, all activity - 'legal', criminal, and media - immediately ceased.
Proving the campaign was not about justice, but a calculated strategy to unlawfully dispossess tenants under the guise of procedural legitimacy.
The highly questionable seizure of all my equipment, data and documentation and the explicitly illegal retention of my equipment, whereby every request over the last two years for its return has been unlawfully rejected
The theft of my passport in early 2022. Stolen by Paula Disberry and then illegally retained, with the explicit intention of making extending my visa impossible and compromising my immigration status, passing it to Wouter de Swardt who then passed it to Sergeant Duna/SAPS (South African Police Service), something we only discovered when he was cross-examined. All of whom would go on to exploit my visa status to deny bail and propagate the myth that it was intentional on my part, while hiding the evidence contained in my passport.
The theft of my replacement passport, stolen within days of its receipt from the UK. On this occasion Paula Disberry instructed Wouter de Swardt to get it, exploiting their relationship with Denis Dalton and Johan Schalkwyk and the position of trust they enjoyed at the time. Again, illegally retained to deny me the ability to extend my visa, with gloating messages sent by Paul Disberry and Peter van Wyk, including pictures of them holding my passport.
THEFT OF DARREN RUSSELL'S PASSPORT AND REPLACEMENT PASSPORT BY PAULA DISBERRY
The Undeniable Alignment Of Criminal Charges and Consortium Strategy
My passport was stolen by Paula Disberry in early 2022, and its replacement in October 2022. Passed to SAPS, my original passport was illegally held for over a year and my replacement passport has not been returned to this day.
All to make visa extensions impossible and then exploit the position they created.
The theft of possessions, including millions of rands worth of artwork and furniture.
The theft of rental premiums, exceeding R100 million.
The theft of my jewellery collection, valued at R15 million.
FINANCIAL SABOTAGE, REVENUE DESTRUCTION
Documented targeted financial damage - tracking lost assets, attacks on revenue, and the correlation between orchestrated arrests, court actions, and defamatory media coverage
This evidence-driven financial analysis tracks asset destruction & revenue loss across a plotted timelines, exposing how coordinated legal, criminal, and media actions systematically dismantled projected financial stability.
The figures reveal the direct correlation between SAPS arrests, civil litigation, and Media24 coverage - all strategically aligned with critical financial downturns.
The data indisputably proves that these events were not incidental but a calculated effort to cripple economic viability & destroy legitimate business operations.
Each financial decline is mapped directly to criminal & judicial interference - showing deliberate economic sabotage executed with precision over time!
Perjury: False testimony from SAPS officers, with almost everything they said other than name and rank was a lie and where both magistrates had criticised their conduct and testimony.
Indeed, both magistrates and both bail applications independently of each other and unknown to each other were scathing about the case, the conduct and the investigating officers.
The magistrate in the first bail application called for an investigation. Something that very rarely happens. Then independently and unconnected the magistrate in the second bail application also called for an investigation. The fact that happened on both occasions speaks volumes.
Perjury and obstruction of justice. The constant and constant lies told in court to justify my detention and deny bail, including false claims that I was wanted for deportation or had overstayed my visa, that money laundering charges were to be added, that more time for further investigation was necessary due to the need to request phone and bank recorded (14 months after the supposed crime took place and two months after my arrest).
PERJURY, ONE EXAMPLE OF MANY
One of Dozens Of Examples of Keith Broad's Perjury & Contempt of Court
Absolute, categorical and irrefutable proof of very significant perjury. A black and white example, one of many, of Keith Broad's tactics, character, methods and lies. Signed, sealed ad submitted to the courts
Every single application Keith Broad submitted was a masterclass in both perjury and deception. He knew no judge would grant an eviction order against a tenant who was up to date with their rent, had conducted themselves perfectly and who had spent a fortune on the property.
It was therefore essential Keith Broad lie to achieve that goal, which then made it essential to remove the opposition and destroy the ability to attend and defend.
Witness intimidation and harassment; whereby Paula Disberry, Keith Broad, Wouter de Swardt , SAPS, Bennet etc identified persons useful as witnesses then harassed, threatened, and intimidated them telling them they would serve ten to thirty years in prison if they did not testify to a script prepared for them and sign witness statements written for them.
WOUTER DE SWARDT, PAULA DISBERRY, KEITH BROAD, SAPS THREATING 10 TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON UNLESS THEY SIGNED WITNESS STATEMENTS WRITTEN FOR THEM
CRIMINAL COERCION & INTIMIDATION TO FORCE FABRICATED TESTIMONY ABOUT FRAUD
Direct transcript exposing how Wouter De Swardt, Paula Disberry, Keith & Inge Broad, and Bellville Commercial Crime Unit, aided by SAPS (South African Police Service) Hout Bay, attempted to force falsified testimony under oath through threats of imprisonment.
Following the August arrest, Chandre Abrahams, Portfolio Manager, became the target of a coordinated effort to manipulate legal proceedings.
She was handed a scripted witness statement, ordered to sign, and pressured to testify falsely. When she refused, she was threatened with 10-30 years in prison - a deliberate attempt to construct a fabricated case against her.
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"They told me I would do ten to thirty years if i did not testify as they instructed"
Conspiracy to Commit Fraud & The Creation of thousands of victims, by deliberately keeping Booking.com unaware of the arrests, detentions, and evictions, they ensured guests remained in the dark until AFTER their arrival, leaving hundreds of families homeless and out of pocket.
These victims were then to be manipulated into filing criminal charges, which were misrepresented as evidence of fraud on my part. The reason Inge Broad and Wouter de Swardt were at the property, camping out in the hope of catching and turning one of their victims and purposely talking them out of the real solutions of calling Booking,com or their card company, and towards loss and the police.
...All funded by the South African taxpayer…..
…Inexplicably, not a single one of the above has ever been reported by Media24.
...And thanks to Media24 and SAPS, so far, they have got away with it.....
THE MORE THAN 100 ATTACKS BY THE CONSORTIUM
The table is a chronological list of the attacks by the landlords in their attempts to retake the properties. The scale, scope, illegality, immorality and hypocrisy of these attacks clearly show who the villains and victims were, who the aggressors were, and what the real goal was. Notice the attacks, including those via SAPS, Media24, and attempts to arrest, detain and extend detention cease once their goal was achieved.
The Personal Cost
The price of standing my ground against this criminal conspiracy was devastating.
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Everything I owned was taken from me. My properties, my possessions, my furnishings, my savings, my jewellery—everything I had spent years building. All of it, stolen.
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I was thrown into Pollsmoor Prison for nearly a third of that harrowing year—a deliberate, calculated act designed to break me and ensure my silence. They intended to keep me there for years.
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By the time of the July illegal evictions, I had gone from owning six residences and R20 million in movable assets to being left with nothing but the clothes on my back.
My homes—beautifully transformed properties I had designed, built, and furnished with my own hands—were stripped bare. The furnishings, the artwork, the high-end interiors that had turned these properties into Cape Town’s most exclusive luxury rentals—they took it all.
And they didn’t stop at material possessions.
They destroyed my financial standing, my business, my reputation—and they weaponized the justice system to ensure I couldn’t fight back.
.......And thanks to SAPS and Media24, so far, they have gotten away with it!!! ......
FINANCIAL SABOTAGE, REVENUE DESTRUCTION
Documented targeted financial damage - tracking lost assets, attacks on revenue, and the correlation between orchestrated arrests, court actions, and defamatory media coverage
This evidence-driven financial analysis tracks asset destruction & revenue loss across a plotted timelines, exposing how coordinated legal, criminal, and media actions systematically dismantled projected financial stability.
The figures reveal the direct correlation between SAPS arrests, civil litigation, and Media24 coverage - all strategically aligned with critical financial downturns.
The data indisputably proves that these events were not incidental but a calculated effort to cripple economic viability & destroy legitimate business operations.
Each financial decline is mapped directly to criminal & judicial interference - showing deliberate economic sabotage executed with precision over time!
My Fatal Success
I devoted my time, expertise, life savings, and a great deal of love to transforming these properties. They were meant to be both my home and my retirement income. I am incredibly proud of what I created. The tens of thousands of photos and videos documenting the properties before, during, and after my work are indisputable proof of my commitment, investment, and vision. It is no exaggeration to say that I created one of the most spectacular collections of villas in Cape Town.
The Success That Made Me a Target
Ironically, the very success of these transformations became my downfall.
It was not just the properties that I transformed, but also their capital values, rental values, and financial potential—assets that the landlords could not access while I remained their tenant.
The numbers tell the story:
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16 Leirmans Road—When I began my lease in October 2021, the property was valued at R18 million. Just a year later, in December 2022—within days of my arrest—Keith Broad listed it for R31 million—a staggering 70% increase in just 12 months, during a year where Cape Town house prices had remained flat.
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Short-term rental income before and after my transformation—Prior to my lease, the Broads generated around R40,000 per month in rental income at Leirmans Road. Within days of my arrest, they listed it at R25,000 per day—equivalent to over R600,000 per month—a 1,500% increase.
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Portfolio-wide impact—Across all of the properties, the landlords had earned approximately R3 million per year before my involvement. Thanks to my transformations, I created a rent roll of R30 million annually representing a staggering R120 million premium over the course of five-year tenures.
This was never about unpaid rent, fraud, or contracts. This was about greed—pure and simple. The landlords saw an opportunity to steal back transformed properties and pocket every cent of the financial upside I had created.
.......And thanks to SAPS and Media24, so far, they have gotten away with it!!! ......
CONSORTIUM'S MOTIVE
Landlord Adverts Prove Massive Rental Increases After My Transformations
Irrefutable Evidence: Same Properties, Same Owners — Now Worth 300% TO 1,600% More
These are the landlords’ own property adverts — published after my arrest and eviction — showing rental prices hundreds of percent higher than when I first leased the same units.
The dramatic increases are a direct result of the transformations I carried out during my tenancy, investing my own time and money.
These increases were not due to market conditions or landlord improvements, but to my renovations alone. This strip forms irrefutable evidence of the financial value I added — and exposes the true motive behind the coordinated arrests and illegal evictions: to reclaim my upgraded properties and relet them at vastly increased rents.
The True Motive: A Criminal Scam and the Perfect Con
At first, I believed the landlords were motivated by the vastly increased rental and capital values I had created. What I did not know at the time was that Keith and Inge Broad had always intended to retake the properties once I had refurbished them.
The landlords—Keith and Inge Broad—saw in me a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to secure the sale of their property. Facing crippling debts, they were desperate to sell a property that had remained unsold for over a year. Then, they found me: a tenant who was willing to invest his own money and expertise to vastly improve their property.
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They lured me into a lease agreement under false pretences, promising long-term tenures that would allow me to recoup the millions I would spend on transforming their properties.
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Once I had turned their properties into some of the most valuable short-term rental homes in Cape Town, they began trying to take them back—without compensating me for my improvements.
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They could not legally evict me, as I had abided by all contractual agreements and held long-term leases protecting my tenancy. Contrary to their lies, I paid my rent in full and on time. By the time of the illegal evictions in July, I had already paid over R1,000,000 in rent and utilities.
.......And thanks to SAPS and Media24, so far, they have gotten away with it!!! ......
'HOVE HEAVEN'
Video taken nine months after moving in. The video shows the transformation, especially in comparison to the property at the outset
The Sham Scam Narrative
The lie at the core of this entire manufactured fraud narrative is that I failed to pay rent—that I entered these leases intending to stay a few months, then stop paying and refuse to leave.
The truth is the exact opposite.
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I paid over R6,000,000 in rent, bills, and housekeeping costs.
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Across all properties, I occupied them for 52 months yet paid the equivalent of 55 months’ rent.
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This was not a loophole I exploited—this was the very structure of our agreement.
Indeed, this was their motive for entering into the agreement in the first place. Contrary to their claims, Keith and Inge Broad not only knew about and consented to the renovations—they were a fundamental part of the contract.
Similarly, contrary to the fabricated narrative, they not only knew about the rental model—it was the foundation of the agreement, providing the revenue stream from which rental payments would be made. And the single fact that exposes their deception beyond all doubt? The entire business proposal was theirs, not mine.
.......And thanks to SAPS and Media24, so far, they have gotten away with it!!! ......
RENTAL INCOME BEFORE & AFTER: THE PROOF THEY CAN’T DENY
Documented Revenue Growth That Exposes the Consortium’s False Narrative
This table presents undeniable financial evidence of the rental income before and after the property transformations.
The documented figures show massive percentage increases in occupancy rates and per-night earnings—proving that the properties were strategically improved, not mismanaged.
The consortium’s claims of financial misconduct collapse under the weight of these numbers, which are based on their own rental data.
The Proof That Exposes Their Lies
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The renovations were not only known—they were explicitly part of the agreement.
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The short-term rental model was not only understood—it was the agreed-upon method to fund rental payments.
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The properties were in a dire state before my lease.
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I transformed them—receiving universal praise, a flood of compliments, and sheer astonishment at the quality of the improvements.
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There were no arrears. The WhatsApp exports from Keith Broad's own agent, his cousin, and both of our attorneys categorically prove this.
But their deception did not end there. It deepened at every stage, compounding the lies with deliberate sabotage.
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The rent was never in arrears
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The rental income from guests—an income model fully understood and agreed upon—was designed to fund both rental payments and my investment into the properties.
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The Broads deliberately ensured every advertisement that would generate this rental income was removed—actively sabotaging the revenue stream.
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By destroying that income and then attempting to take back the properties, they eliminated any chance I had of recouping the millions I had invested.
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After deliberately ensuring the revenue stream collapsed, they then accused me of being in arrears—fabricating the very problem they had tried to engineer.
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Not only were the renovations known and agreed upon, not only were they substantial improvements rather than the "damage" the Inge and Keith Broad's falsely claimed—but these very renovations were the basis of their scam from the start.
Their plan was simple:
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Induce me into a lease, knowing I would fund and execute high-end renovations at my own expense.
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Once the work was done, manufacture a fake arrears claim, sabotage my ability to pay, and use it as a pretext to seize back the properties—newly renovated and ready for resale at vast profit.
And to crown their deception, they executed one final masterstroke: They had Media24 rewrite the story—erasing their fraud, vilifying me, and turning themselves into the victims.
.......And thanks to SAPS and Media24, so far, they have gotten away with it!!! ......
CONSORTIUM'S OWN ADVERTISING: PROOF OF PROFIT
Profit as a direct result of upgrades carried out by me. Exposing the financial motive behind The Consortium
This is an state agent's advertisement, published in December 2022 and January 2023, listing the property for R31 million - a full R13 million higher than the landlord's own public listings just 18 months earlier, when they failed to sell it in its original, dilapidated condition. A direct result of upgrades I carried out during my lease from October 2021 - July 2022, at my own expense. Every improvement, every furnishing, every fix was done by me, under a five-year lease the landlords NEVER intended to honour.
Within days of the illegal arrest they had corrupt SAPS officers execute, the property was back on the market - this time transformed & commanding a vastly inflated price tag.
Proof of motive - money, plain & simple. Wouter De Swardt, Paula Disberry, Keith & Inge Broad, & Raj Moonsamy, backed by allies inside SAPS and Media24.
Keith Broad's R31 Million resale listing exposes the financial
motive. It's hard, time-stamped proof! A criminal strategy to strip me of my lease, steal the value I had created & cash in.. & they left the evidence behind in their ownmarketing.
THE EVIL PLAN TO CREATE VICTIMS
I use the word “evil” deliberately. If anyone still doubts the extreme lengths the Consortium was willing to go—or still questions whether seemingly respectable individuals could behave as I describe—then their post-arrest plan should remove all doubt. This scheme was not just about framing me—it was about manufacturing victims on a massive scale, knowingly inflicting devastation on hundreds, if not thousands, of innocent people.
They did not care who they hurt or how many they hurt.
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Wouter de Swardt
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Keith and Inge Broad
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Richard Moonsamy
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Johan Schalkwyk
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Denis Dalton
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Paula Disberry & Peter Van Wyk
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Select SAPS (South African Police Service) officers
Each of them conspired to create mass harm—not as collateral damage, but as an intentional strategy to fabricate further criminal allegations against me.
The Strategy: How They Manufactured Victims
After my December arrest, the Consortium deliberately chose not to inform Booking.com, Airbnb, or other platforms that they had taken control of the properties. This was not a mistake, an oversight, or incompetence. It was a calculated decision.
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Hundreds of families and groups would arrive for their vacations, unaware that the properties had been unlawfully seized.
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On arrival, they would find themselves stranded, with nowhere to stay, out of pocket, and panicked.
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This chaos would be weaponised into “evidence” of a grand fraud, creating a self-perpetuating false narrative.
But they didn’t just sit back and let it unfold—they actively engineered the crisis.
.......And thanks to SAPS and Media24, so far, they have gotten away with it!!!
THE EVIL PLAN: WOUTER DE SWARDT, CONSORTIUM & SAPS
You will notice that Wouter de Swardt and the landlords went to the trouble of placing notes on the doors of Fisherman’s Bend and Leirmans Road, complete with Wouter De Sward’s phone number. They spent considerable time personally speaking with each group of arriving guests, and both Wouter De Sward and Inge Broad made sure they were physically present at the properties during peak weeks—personally meeting and manipulating these guests. . .
YET, AT NO POINT DID THEY EVER CONTACT THE PLATFORM. They had Booking.com’s contact details. They had used them many times before—to remove our adverts. ✔ They did not contact them after my arrest. ✔ They did not contact them after I was sent to Pollsmoor. ✔ They did not contact them after the first group of guests arrived. ✔ Not after the second. Not after the third. ✔ Not after the first month. Not after the second. Not after the third.
. . . . . . . The only reason guests eventually stopped arriving? Booking.com finally suspended the account—because no one was left to pay the monthly invoices.
Staging A Fake ‘Scam’ To Maximize Damage
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Wouter de Swardt and Inge Broad physically stationed themselves at 16 Leirmans Road, intercepting guests as they arrived.
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This was in direct violation of a High Court interdict—but enforcement was never a concern for them.
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This was a property they had unlawfully seized within hours of Wouter de Swardt’s raid and my arrest.
When guests arrived expecting to check in, they were met with rehearsed lies:
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They were told they were victims of a massive scam involving thousands of people.
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They were told they had no chance of recovering their money or securing alternative accommodation unless they acted immediately—at their own expense.
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They were deliberately encouraged to find and pay for last-minute alternative villas rather than pursue refunds.
Instead of guiding guests toward the obvious remedies that would have protected them—such as:
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Requesting a refund through the platform.
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Contacting their bank for a chargeback.
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Claiming compensation from Booking.com or Airbnb, who were contractually obligated to assist them.
They were pushed down the path that caused the most harm—urged to lay criminal charges against me without exploring solutions that would have secured their money back.
.......And thanks to SAPS and Media24, so far, they have gotten away with it!!!
FACT FILES: FALSE STATEMENTS FROM LANDLORDS USED TO SECURE MY ARREST
[SAPS justified my arrest using sworn statements from individuals with a direct financial interest in my removal. The landlords who sought to take control of my properties provided false affidavits, which SAPS accepted without investigation.
Despite the fact that these individuals had an obvious motive to lie, SAPS treated their statements as fact and ignored contradictory evidence.
A Deliberate And Systematic Effort To Block Resolutions
To ensure that guests were steered toward maximum financial damage, they took additional steps:
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They left notes on the doors of the villas claiming the guests had been scammed.
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These notes included Wouter de Swardt’s phone number—offering his “assistance” while in reality manipulating guests into actions that served the Consortium’s goals.
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He deliberately steered them away from rightful remedies, such as refunds, chargebacks, or rebooking options.
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They ensured no guests were notified in advance—meaning every affected family faced maximum distress upon arrival.
A genuine fraud investigation would have acted very differently.
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The very first step should have been contacting the platforms.
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Notifying Booking.com and Airbnb would have ensured no new bookings were made under my name.
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It would have prevented guests from arriving, sparing them from loss and distress.
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It would have also provided investigators with actual records, transactions, and evidence—if fraud had truly been their concern.
But they never did it.
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Not the day of my arrest.
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Not the day after.
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Not the week after.
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Not the month after.
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Not after the first guest arrived, nor the second, nor the third.
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In fact, they never did it at all.
Because this was never about investigating fraud—this was about creating it.
Media24’s False and Fabricated Articles vs the Facts and the Truth
MEDIA24
FALSE:
The News24 Interview with "Inge": "In due course, they became aware of the short-term lettings, and that started causing further issues.”
TRUE:
"I duly confirm that both prior to and during the conclusion of the lease, the property was let to Mr. Russel for the express usage as short-term accommodation and that Mr. Broad was thus aware of and agreed to such usage. The intention of the written lease agreement was furthermore to permit such abovementioned usage"
How Many People Did They Set Out To Destroy?
When they set this plan in motion, they could not have known exactly how many people would be affected. But the greater the number, the more successful the deception.
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The average stay was 4 nights.
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The average group size was 12 people.
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There were 6 properties.
During the peak season of December to April, their actions could have easily resulted in over 2,000 guests being stranded—left homeless, financially devastated, and misled into taking legal action based on lies.
Even if they had only affected one family, this scheme would be morally indefensible. That they knowingly caused suffering to hundreds—possibly thousands—of innocent people purely for strategic advantage defies words.
.......And thanks to SAPS and Media24, so far, they have gotten away with it !
Next Chapter ...
The Truth Suid Afrika
Discover the untold stories behind the false headlines of the Media24 articles. Uncover the truth behind the fabricated content of those articles. Understand the motivation that powered the consortium's actions.
"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." — Aldous Huxley