Metro FM presenter Lerato Kganyago’s hubby Thami Ndlala appears to have entangled himself in a fraudulent court order scandal dating back to November 2012.Sunday Sun has seen a police affidavit made under oath by a magistrate at the Meyerton Magistrate’s Court, south of Joburg, implicating the 31-year-old businessman in dubious default judgments supposedly bearing his signature.

A sworn statement, seen by Sunday Sun, shows Jacob Carel Pieter Gelderblom told investigators that none of the default judgments purported to have his signature were valid.

This after the matters were heard in November 2013, when Ndlala allegedly introduced himself to the court as an attorney.

The scandal saw the Law Society of the Northern Transvaal write a letter stating Ndlala was not an admitted attorney on their roll in May 2015.“I’m a magistrate stationed at Meyerton. I’m the presiding magistrate in the Civil Court Meyerton. On 3 July 2014 warrant officer (name withheld) from the Pretoria Organised Crime submitted five court orders to me purported to be orders granted by the Magistrate’s Court Meyerton on 14 November 2012 in Civil Case numbers 3154/2011, 3155/2011, 3156/2011, 3157/2011, 3355/2011 setting aside the default judgments,” his statement read.

He told police investigators that after examining the case number, he found that no court orders rescinding the default judgments that were granted by the court on 14 November 2012.

Read his statement: “None of the above-mentioned applications for rescission of the default judgments served before court on the 14 November 2012. No court orders rescinding the default judgements were granted by the court on 14 November 2012. The signatures appearing on the ‘court orders’ – Annexures ‘A’ to ‘E’ – purporting to be that of the presiding magistrate, are not my signatures not that of any other magistrate serving at this office.“The stamp ‘By Order’ Magistrate’ applied beneath the signatures is and was never in use at this office. The official magistrate stamp appearing on the orders differs from the stamps in use at this office.”

Justice department spokesperson Chrispin Phiri said matters of improper conduct were reported to the judicial head.

“The Magistrate’s Commission can also summon any person to appear before it for questioning or require from any person a written explanation in respect of any matter falling within the ambit of the commission’s objects,” Chrispin said.

Gelderblom’s statement revealed that the five applications for rescission were filed by his attorneys.

“On 27 November 2013, applications for rescission of the judgements in all five cases were filed by his lawyers, Pretoria on behalf of the applicant L Visagie. The applications were heard on 29 November 2013 and Mr TL Ndlala, who introduced himself as an attorney, appeared on behalf of the applicant in all five matters, judgments were set aside on 29 November 2013.”