The politics of defamation

The events that unfolded in the case of Herman Mashaba v Parks Tau and others [case number 38409/2016] in the judgment delivered on 8 February 2019, took place prior to the previous local elections when Herman Mashaba ousted Parks Tau as the Mayor of Johannesburg.…

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by Eugene Bester and Nomlayo Mabhena

Reporting a suspected crime? You best have a reasonable suspicion

In the recent High Court case of Sekitle Wesley Mashedi v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Another (Case No: 63889/2013), Judge Khumalo of the Gauteng Division, Pretoria summarised the matter best in the opening line of his judgment when he…

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by Anli Bezuidenhout and Timothy Smit