We first exposed Renaldo Nortje in 2020 – the East Rand-based builder and developer had allegedly been pocketing large deposits for building projects leaving his disgruntled clients with nothing but shoddy shells and threats.
Renaldo seemed unrepentant.
We confronted him outside court where he had turned the tables on his clients, an elderly couple - using a protection order to muzzle them.
At the time we also had voice recordings of him using aggressive racist slurs and demeaning language in reference to his staff and clients.
This year new complaints hit our inbox – this time, concerning a housing development on the East Rand where Renaldo had again taken deposits but allegedly never delivered on his promises.
We set up a sting and true to form Renaldo resorts to body shaming and name calling when the heat is turned up.