Hanekom sought R500,000 in damages from Zuma for the original tweet which implied he was an apartheid agent.
TimesLIVE reported on Friday that Zuma's Constitutional Court application was dismissed with costs on the grounds that there was no reasonable prospect of success. The Supreme Court of Appeal had earlier dismissed Zuma’s bid to appeal against a high court ruling that found he had defamed the former minister.
Durban high court judge Dhaya Pillay in September 2019 ordered Zuma to remove the tweet and publish an apology within 24 hours.Hanekom said it caused him “immense harm and damage”, giving the impression that he was an apartheid spy."Apology accepted. As far as I am concerned, the matter is now closed, apart from the determination of costs and damages, and we can move on," he tweeted.
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