The high court in Pretoria has rescinded and set aside a default judgment that businessman Fana Hlongwane obtained against Tiso Blackstar. Hlongwane sued the media company for R30 million after he accused it of publishing defamatory articles about him
Hlongwane sued Tiso Blackstar for R30 million, after online publications SowetanLive and TimesLive had published a series of alleged defamatory articles about him between 2016 and 2017 for his role in the controversial arms deal.
The company said that it had not received the summons and was not aware of the proceedings until April last year. Part of the argument by Tiso Blackstar was that the allegations that were put forward by Hlongwane – that the articles which were published by the company were defamatory against him – were in fact true, and that the matter would be better handled in a trial court.“Both Tiso Blackstar and Mr Hlongwane accept that there is a need to strike a balance between the right to freedom of expression and an individual’s reputation.
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