Iqbal Surve threatens to sue Times Media Group over ‘defamatory’ article
Surve’s lawyer, Selwyn Hockey, wrote a letter on Wednesday demanding that the article be removed, and a retraction and apology
Controversial businessperson and media boss Iqbal Surve, and his companies — Independent Media, Africa News Agency and Sekunjalo Investment Holdings — have threatened the Times Media Group with legal action if it does not remove what they say is a "defamatory" article. The parties were referring to an article published on the Financial Mail and the BusinessLive website titled, Breaking the news: is Iqbal stripping Independent’s assets? In a letter to Financial Mail editor Rob Rose and BusinessLive editor Ray Hartley on Wednesday, their lawyer, Selwyn Hockey, of Webber Wentzel, demanded that the article be removed, and that a retraction and apology be published in all Times Media Group publications that carried the article. Hockey said the apology should be published within three business days from the date of the letter. "The continued availability of the impugning article on public platforms will serve to further impair and damage our client’s reputation and should be removed immed...
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