Spy tweet did not refer to Hanekom, Zuma’s lawyer argues
The former president’s advocate says ‘a reasonable person’ would not have assumed Jacob Zuma was referring to Derek Hanekom
23 August 2019 - 13:42
Former president Jacob Zuma’s advocate says the reaction of Twitter users to Zuma’s tweet that former minister Derek Hanekom was a “known enemy agent” cannot be considered the response of “a reasonable person”.
Advocate Muzi Sikhakhane maintains that Zuma was not referring to Hanekom as an apartheid spy with that tweet, which Hanekom insists strongly insinuates that he was working for the apartheid state...
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