Overview
- Habana says the problem surfaced in 2009 when he could not access savings to buy a Cape Town house and had to take bridging finance.
- He later learned the supposed Bryan Habana Trust did not exist and that commercial payments were routed into his father's bank account.
- On January 1, 2010 he emailed sponsors to void talks handled by his father, and Canterbury's CEO replied they had already signed him for five years with a large re‑signing fee.
- He says he never received money from major endorsements such as Gillette and later found other unpaid deals from that period.
- He reports a lasting family rift and says any reconciliation would require honesty, as he now prioritizes his wife Janine and their sons.