Zuma loses Hanekom ‘spy’ defamation case and has to pay damages
Judge Dhaya Pillay found the former president’s tweet about the former minister to be ‘untrue, defamatory and unlawful’
06 September 2019 - 09:46
Former president Jacob Zuma’s “known enemy agent” tweet about former cabinet minister and ANC member Derek Hanekom was “untrue, defamatory and unlawful”.
This is according to Durban high court judge Dhaya Pillay, who on Friday ordered Zuma to remove it and publish an apology on Twitter within 24 hours...
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