Afrikaans singer Jurie Els on Wednesday told the High Court in Pretoria his molestation accuser, Robbie Klay, vowed revenge after a fall-out in 2005.

Els testified he and his wife, former high jump champion Hestrie Cloete, had confronted Klay "about all of his lies" and had taken back his car.

"He was livid. He threw the keys onto the table, looked Hestrie in the eyes and said he was not done with us. We would hear from him again," Els said.

"That was the end of the conflict. We thought it was our last sight of Robbie Klay... Here I'm sitting today. It was not."

Els testified that Klay's career had started floundering by then and he could not even afford the R2000 per month he had to pay Els for his car. Els offered him a job transporting and assembling CDs for his record company.

Els said he had lost his temper with Klay when Hestrie jumped in to help with the assembly of the CDs and Klay just stood back and watched. He told Els he was Robbie Klay, did not pack CDs and that Hestrie could do it.

"I lost my temper about his arrogance. I pointed out to him that Hestrie had been a high jumping champion for four years and that work was beneath no-one," he said.

Another cause of conflict was Klay approaching him at the end of 2004 to pay for a birthday party for Klay's daughter.

Els offered to pay half. When he later asked the girl's mother about the party, she told him they were Jehovah's Witnesses and did not believe in children's parties. She said Klay had lied to him.

Els said he also found out that Klay had lied to his mother, telling her he only paid R1000 per month for the car, secretly withdrawing another R1000 from his mother's bank account to make the payment.

This had resulted in Els and Hestrie confronting Klay, taking back the car, with Klay making his threat.

Burying the hatchet

Els and Hestrie thereafter decided to bury the hatchet with Klay and invited him to their wedding, attended Klay's CD release party and invited him to have dinner with them. They also bought him a puppy.

When he told Klay he and his wife were moving to New Zealand in 2008, Klay had "sent them a friendly message", wishing them all of the best, Els said.

Els, a former English teacher whose career took off after he won an Afrikaans television music quiz show, testified Klay lied to him about his age about two minutes after they first met in 1997.

He remembered being shocked, as Klay's mother was with him and did nothing to correct him. He 11 at the time, but said he was 10.

Els, who worked for record company BMG at that stage, had offered Klay and his mother a five-year recording contract, stipulating that Els would act as director for Klay's albums, as he did for several other well-known local artists.

Klay's first two albums were reasonably successful, but his career started failing after stories appeared in the press about his illegitimate child, which he had fathered at the age of 15.

The trial continues.