The off-field battle between Bush Bucks and Kaizer Chiefs over the price of player Thato Mokoena will have a sequel in the high court on Thursday when Bucks seeks to set aside a default judgment in which the club was ordered to pay Chiefs R292 000.

Kaizer Chiefs last year sued Bucks for the balance of R292 000, they said Bucks owed them after they sold Mokoena to the football club for R300 000 in August last year.

The high court, sitting in East London, in April this year

granted default judgment against Bucks after the football club had

indicated it would oppose the application but then failed to

deliver its plea.

But Bucks managing director Sturu Pasiya says in an affidavit in

support of the application to have the judgment rescinded that

Chiefs had never served on his club the request for default

judgment. He said it was obliged to go by court rules and the

judgment should therefore be set aside.

However, Chiefs attorney Lungelo Mbandazayo said in an answering

affidavit that it had delivered to Bucks a "notice of bar" in March

this year. It was warned in that notice that if Bucks failed to

deliver its plea within five days, it would be barred from doing so

and default judgment would be taken without further notice.

He claimed Bucks were simply bringing the application for

rescission of judgment to delay execution of the judgment. Prior to

the application being lodged, Chiefs indicated it would issue a

writ to attach property of the football club.

Ironically the subject of the dispute, Mokoena, has long since

left Bucks.

The much-travelled former Chiefs midfielder has subsequently

played for the now defunct Free State Stars and last month joined

Wits University until the end of the current soccer season.

Advocate Gerald Bloem instructed by Bassons in Grahamstown and

Dambuza Mnqandi Inc are appearing for Bucks while Advocate Thandi

Norman instructed by Mbandazayo is appearing for Chiefs.