DJ Sumbody’s mother challenges his company Ayepyep over R2.2m Porsche

Share current article via EmailShare current article via FacebookShare current article via TwitterShare current article via LinkedInMduduzi NonyaneOpens in new windowOpens in new windowEnter fullscreen mode displaying this image.ExpandSlain Oupa Sefoka, better known as DJ Sumbody. File picture: Twitter Story audio is generated using AI

The mother of the slain DJ, record producer and businessman Oupa Sefoka, better known as DJ Sumbody, wants the Pretoria high court to dismiss an attempt by her son’s company, Ayepyep Lifestyle, to reclaim a R2.2m Porsche 911 Carrera 4S.

She argues that her son personally bought the vehicle from Standard Bank after it had been repossessed from his company.

Maputu Sefoka, who is the executor of her son’s estate, says the luxury sports car is now lawfully in the estate’s possession after it paid the bank R767,851 to acquire it.

Her latest court papers set out how the vehicle, initially financed by Ayepyep Lifestyle, ended up being repossessed by the bank before being purchased by the estate.

Ayepyep Lifestyle was co-founded by DJ Sumbody and his business partner, Kagiso Gerald Setsetse. The two were the company’s only shareholders and directors, each holding a 50% stake.

DJ Sumbody was gunned down in Woodmead, Johannesburg, on November 20 2022. Two bodyguards travelling with him were also killed in the attack.

His murder remains the subject of a major criminal prosecution. Katiso “KT” Molefe and three co-accused face charges linked to the killings. The state alleges that forensic evidence connects high-calibre firearms used in the murder to other killings, including those of DJ Vintos, Vereeniging engineer Armand Swart and a man named Don Tindleni.

Ayepyep approached the high court to seek the return of the Porsche, relying on its instalment sale agreement with Standard Bank. The vehicle was financed in the company’s name in June 2019.

The company paid a deposit of R802,409, leaving a financed balance of R1.4m over a 60-month period.

In her supplementary affidavit, filed on October 12, Sefoka says Standard Bank obtained judgment on December 11 2024 — two years after the murder of her son — against Ayepyep Lifestyle and Setsetse for the return of the Porsche and cancellation of the instalment sale agreement.

She says the judgment was granted with Setsetse’s consent, and the bank repossessed the vehicle in January 2025.

Sefoka says her son’s estate then entered into an agreement with Standard Bank to purchase the Porsche. The agreement was partly written and partly oral.

“On 23 April 2025, the deceased estate duly paid Standard Bank the amount of R767,851 and provided proof of payment immediately to Standard Bank,” she says.

Ayepyep’s attorneys wrote to Sefoka in April 2023, demanding she return the Porsche, which had been in her possession since her son’s death, by April 28 2023

Sefoka says the vehicle and its documents were eventually released to the estate on October 9 2025.

“The vehicle is presently in the lawful possession and control of the deceased estate,” she says.

She also maintains that her son’s 50% shareholding in Ayepyep forms part of his deceased estate and must be dealt with as part of the winding-up process.

The company’s original application, however, tells a different story. In it, Setsetse says the Porsche had been in DJ Sumbody’s possession while he was a director and shareholder of Ayepyep.

Following his death, Setsetse became the company’s sole director and authorised representative. Ayepyep argued that the vehicle had been acquired through company financing and was required to remain in the company’s possession and control.

The instalment sale agreement included a condition that the company had to “keep the goods in your possession and under your control and not sell or part with possession of the goods or allow the goods to be removed from the Republic of South Africa without our prior written consent”.

Ayepyep’s attorneys wrote to Sefoka in April 2023, demanding she return the Porsche, which had been in her possession since her son’s death, by April 28 2023.

“The respondent failed to respond to the letter of demand and has further failed to deliver the property to the applicant,” the affidavit states.

Ayepyep approached the court seeking an order compelling the return of the Porsche. But Maputu argues that the repossession, payment to Standard Bank and orders obtained by the estate have changed the position.

“Under the circumstances, the applicant could not have succeeded, and these developments have become moot,” she says.

Last month acting judge Rean Strydom granted Sefoka leave to supplement her answering affidavit with the additional evidence and gave Ayepyep 10 days to file a replying affidavit. That affidavit has not yet been filed in court.

The court did not dismiss Ayepyep’s original application or make a final determination on the merits of the dispute.

Setsetse did not respond to written inquiries or calls seeking comment.

Sefoka and her legal representatives, Hammond-Smith Attorneys, also failed to respond to inquiries.

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