Safekeeping another word for repossession

After having called the following numbers: ***/88 from Friday, only managing to get through today and I was referred to Koketso Mafora who kindly explained to me that the car will be sold after 10 working days and I will have to pay a storage fee of R50 per day. She also mentioned that the car will not be kept at Watloo as I had been advised when the car was handed over to Nhlanhla, cell number: ***. This is what Nhlanhla told me before signing the papers and handing him the keys. 1. The car is not being repossessed but taken in for safe keeping 2. I will get an sms from legal with the numbers that I have to call to make an arrangement. He also sent me a WhatsApp with the contact numbers ***to speed up the process and not wait for an sms. 3. From the time I make contact with Absa, I will be given 31 working days to settle the amount in arrears. 4. Once the arrears are settled, I will be given a letter to fetch the car at the Watloo storage or I can contact them to fetch the car.

I was comfortable in handing them the car because I knew that Absa will afford me 31 working days to raise the amount in arrears and knowing that my husband retrenchment settlement will be paid out mid January (14/17th). However, now Koketso is telling me the agent basically told me lies. Is this how Absa does business? I have been nothing but honest about my situation and even tried selling the car on fastbuy twice however we were getting amounts that were way below.

Please advise, as I currently don’t know if the car will be in Watloo as the agent told me or moved to Bokburg, requiring R50 storage fee and sold in 10 days. If it’s the latter, it will mean the agents gave me false information and I signed under false impression or misrepresentation that the car has been taken for safe keeping not repossession.