EFF issues apology for Stratcom remarks

“In terms of the court order, we unconditionally retract and apologise for the allegations made against Mrs. Thandeka Gcubule-Mbeki and Mr. Anton Harber,” the EFF said in a short statement in the early hours of Saturday morning.

A video clip from a 2017 interview with the late ANC stalwart Madikizela-Mandela was posted by Huff Post SA, where she spoke about her experience and treatment during apartheid. Madikizela-Mandela had said that the Gcubule-Mbeki and Harber, through their then newspaper The Weekly Mail, “actually did the job for Stratcom”.

Shortly after the clip was posted, the EFF released a statement saying that there were 40 journalists who worked for the apartheid government, some of whom were still allowed to work in newsrooms. They cited the fact that Madikizela-Mandela had specifically singled-out Gqubule-Mbeki and Harber. The two subsequently launched a defamation case against the EFF and R500,000 each for damages.

The court has now found that there was no evidence to support this claim and ordered they get paid R40,000 in damages and also for their lawyer fees to be covered by the EFF and Ndlozi.

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