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By Chanelle Lutchman 
2h ago
Durban – A LOCAL radio host and his wife reportedly took a foreigner for a ride.
When Nhavoto Aristides Andrade left Maputo in Mozambique in 2017 with his father, he was excited about the prospect of a better life in South Africa.
“My father is a doctor. He had the opportunity to move to South Africa and work in the mines. I moved in with him and we live in Johannesburg. After a while I decided to move to Durban. I started working as a tiler.
“We often had jobs in northern areas, like Ballito, which meant I had to spend R100 a day to travel.”
Tired of having to wake up at 4:30 in the morning to start his taxi ride, and always penniless, Andrade decided to invest in a car.
“My days were long. When I got home it was 7pm and my wife was pregnant, so I decided to buy a car.
“In August of last year, I told my friend that I wanted a car. He told me that he knew a man, Yusuph Kadoo, who was selling his vehicle. My friend said he was a popular radio DJ and that he was a good person, so I trusted him, ”Andrade said.
The vehicle, a Nissan Sentra, was selling for R19,000.
Under the agreement between Andrade and Kadoo’s wife (Kadoo signed as a witness), Andrade would initially pay R11000. Then he would take the car and the log book and pay the remaining amount for the next few months.
“When I went to see the vehicle in Parlock, I liked it, but there were some things that still needed to be fixed. Yusuph spoke up and told me that he and his wife would do the repairs.
“On the same day I paid the couple 6,000 rand. The next day, I asked my boss if he could give me an advance on my salary. I paid R7,000 a few days later to the couple, but the vehicle was not in sight. They told me it had been repaired and that I could get it in a few days. “
After three days, Andrade asked Kadoo again if the car was ready. They told him that it was being repaired and that they would contact him when it was ready.
“I’ve been calling them ever since, but they don’t answer. My wife was pregnant when I bought the vehicle.
“I thought that with the vehicle I could get her out and take the baby to his doctor’s appointments.
“I also wanted to start a weightlifting club to earn more money, so that I could save and move from the informal settlement to a suitable home. But without the vehicle I lost everything. I have not been paid yet because I received an advance on my salary.
“My baby is now two months old and I can hardly afford diapers and food. My father was helping me, but since then he has moved to Germany. We live a difficult life and I am sorry to have given you the 13,000 rand that I spent so hard to earn.
Andrade said he got tired of not knowing anything about the couple and eventually went home to look for them.
“They told me they moved. Apparently they moved to Pietermaritzburg.
“I opened a case against them but they called, saying they would refund my money. This was last month. I still haven’t received a penny. “
KZN police spokesman Captain Nqobile Gwala confirmed that a fraud case had been opened at the Newlands East police station.
When POST contacted Kadoo, he declined to comment, other than saying that he would provide his attorney’s details during the week.
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