Former president Jacob Zuma may not appeal the judgment in the matter in which a tweet he made was deemed defamatory, false and unlawful. He must pay costs and will have to pay Derek Hanekom damages that are still to be decided.Former president Jacob Zuma has been denied leave to appeal a ruling that a tweet calling former cabinet minister Derek Hanekom “a known enemy agent” was defamatory, false and unlawful.
Durban high court judge Dhaya Pillay made the ruling against Zuma in September, ordering that he remove the tweet and publicly apologise. She also interdicted him from publishing any further statement “that implies that Hanekom is or was an enemy agent or apartheid spy”, but said this did not apply to any future evidence Zuma might give at the Zondo commission into state capture.
The judge ordered that Zuma pay Hanekom damages, the amount of which would have to be determined at a trial at which oral evidence would be led.Zuma’s legal representatives submitted that the tweet was made in the context of “heated and robust” political debate. They persisted with the claim that he had not intended to mean that Hanekom was an apartheid spy, but that he was an “enemy agent” because he had worked with people within and outside the ANC to oust Zuma as president.
Kodwa niyakhohlwa ukubhala kanje mase oTrevor Manuel & co beziba isinqumo sokubuyiselwa kwa Moyo eshlaweni sakhe ka Old Motual, ninamasimbha nina.
He is just a normal citizen now and he and anyone else who makes false statements should pay the price . If he was a decent and honorable person he would do the correct thing and apologize but alas he seems not be that .
How the mighty have fallen
Leave nxamalala alone plz..
We never seen such headline when Pravin failed to obey PP findings. You are obsessed with Zuma you loosing as he is no longer in limelight
We know he doesn't comply with our Constitution. Do you think he will comply with this judgement? He will try and appeal it again. There's no way this crook will ever apologise.
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