Derek Hanekom throws down the gauntlet to Jacob Zuma over defamation tweet
Former president gets a deadline while his lawyers look to the Constitutional Court
24 May 2020 - 19:15
Former president Jacob Zuma’s lawyer says he will turn to the Constitutional Court to challenge the ruling that Zuma defamed former minister Derek Hanekom by tweeting that he was a “known enemy agent”.
He said this was necessary to address “serious matters of law ... especially in the context of social media”...
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