A Zimbabwean man has reportedly sparked an unusual ownership dispute in South Africa after allegedly selling the same tuck shop container to four different buyers.

According to reports, each of the four South African buyers believed they had legitimately purchased the container and paid the seller for it.

The situation reportedly came to light after the buyers encountered one another and each claimed ownership of the same structure. They compared details of their respective transactions and allegedly discovered that all four had paid the same Zimbabwean seller.

The seller was reportedly no longer available, leaving the buyers to deal with the dispute among themselves. The discovery has since turned what appeared to be four separate business transactions into a single ownership dispute, with each buyer maintaining that they have a legitimate claim to the container.

The seller’s alleged disappearance has made it difficult for the buyers to establish what happened or recover their money. For now, the four buyers remain locked in a dispute over the same tuck shop container, while the man accused of selling it to all of them remains out of reach.