Former government spin doctor Mzwanele Manyi has asked a judge presiding over the defamation case brought against him by billionaire entrepreneur Magdalena Wierzycka to recuse herself. Manyi‚ who was in the High Court in Johannesburg on Thursday‚ was informed by his counsel, Vuyani Ngalwana SC, before court proceedings that acting Judge Fiona Dippenaar comes from the same group of chambers as Wierzycka’s counsel, David Unterhalter SC.
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