Lamola obtains court order to compel Mpumalanga's news site to retract allegations
Lamola asked the court to declare that the article was defamatory and compelled the publication, 013 News, to remove it and publish an unconditional apology.“The publication and the journalist's articles are declared unlawful and infringes on the applicant's right of dignity as protected by Section 10 of the Constitution,” read the court order.The Mpumalanga High Court further ordered that the apology be published on the homepage of all 013 platforms for 24 hours.
The publication was also ordered to deter from publishing anything that implied that Lamola was in any way involved in the delay, intervention and unethical conduct in relation to Bongo’s prosecution. After the publication of the article, Lamola approached the Mpumalanga High Court with an urgent application that sought R1 million to repair the damage done to his reputation by the article.
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