Controversial businessman Kenny Kunene’s news website Weekly Xposé has been ordered to remove two videos of a woman Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa allegedly had an affair with.The woman applied on Monday for an interdict to remove the two videos on the website and prevent further publication‚ but not to alter the text of the article. Judge Raylene Keightley delivered judgment on Friday in the High Court in Johannesburg.The website published graphic sexual videos‚ which a woman allegedly sent to Ramaphosa‚ who is not in the videos. The website blurred out the woman in the videos‚ but published her name‚ age and where she lives.Keightley said the woman’s right to privacy outweighed the public interest and the right to freedom of expression.She said the publication "crossed the line" and did not consent to the world seeing the videos "at a click of a button".Keightley ordered that the videos and any sexually graphic pictures be removed and not be published in future, adding that it d...

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