Manuel wanted the apex court to reinstate the R500,000 in defamation damages he won against the EFF
The Constitutional Court has dismissed former finance minister Trevor Manuel’s application for leave to appeal against the Supreme Court of Appeal’s dismissal of a ruling that the EFF pay him R500,000 in damages and apologise to him.
Manuel approached the ConCourt earlier this year after the SCA, despite upholding a Gauteng high court ruling that the EFF had unlawfully defamed him and should remove the defamatory statement from all its media accounts including from the party's and party leader Julius Malema’s Twitter accounts, blocked the damages payment and the apology.
“It is clear that the dispute about the extent of Mr Manuel’s asserted reputational loss could be fully explored and resolved by way of oral evidence,” it said.
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