Judgment reserved in Mzwanele Manyi defamation case
No date was given when judgment on the urgent application brought by Magdalena Wierzycka against the owner of ANN7 would be delivered
Judgment has been reserved in the urgent application brought in the High Court in Johannesburg by billionaire entrepreneur Magdalena Wierzycka against former government spin doctor and owner of ANN7 Mzwanele Manyi. Acting judge Fiona Dippenaar did not give the date when judgment will be delivered in the matter. Wierzycka‚ CEO of Sygnia Asset Management and SA’s richest woman‚ is seeking an order to declare statements Manyi made against her on Twitter and Facebook defamatory. In one of the statements‚ Manyi said Wierzycka was guilty of economic "terrorism". Advocate Vuyani Ngalwana SC‚ representing Manyi‚ said Manyi was responding to an opinion he disagreed with in a "robust" political discussion and Wierzycka could have "responded in kind". Ngalwana said if the interdict was granted against Manyi the "chilling effect" on free speech would be "palpable". Advocate David Unterhalter SC‚ representing Wierzycka‚ argued if an interdict was not granted against Manyi‚ he could continue defe...
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