Former president Jacob Zuma and his supporters believed they could silence me with a meritless private prosecution and vicious online harassment, karynmaughan writes, but they have unwittingly strengthened the very media freedom they sought to destroy.
Adriaan Basson and Karyn Maughan at Pietermaritzburg High Court on October 10, 2022 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Former president Jacob Zuma and his supporters believed they could silence me with a meritless private prosecution and vicious online harassment,writes, but they have unwittingly strengthened the very media freedom they sought to destroy.
A thing, a bitch, a lying bitch, a white bitch, a witch, a racist, a pig, an alcoholic, a criminal, a hypocrite, a propaganda journalist, a racist, a servant of white privilege, a hack and an askari. These were some of the things I was called after former president Jacob Zuma launched his now invalidated private prosecution against me and state advocate Billy Downer in October last year, unleashing a torrent of increasingly vicious social media abuse against both of us. Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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