ZIJENA v MAPHOSA 1992 (2) ZLR 423 (S)
Citation | 1992 (2) ZLR 423 (S) |
Case No | Details not supplied |
Court | Supreme Court, Bulawayo |
Judge | Gubbay CJ, Manyarara JA & Ebrahim JA |
Heard | 8 December 1992 |
Judgment | 18 December 1992 |
Counsel | R Moyo-Mujwabu for the appellant |
Case Type | Civil appeal |
Annotations | No case annotations to date |
Flynote
Delict — defamation under customary law — defences — truthfulness — telling of lie — actionable if told with intention of injuring reputation — but may not be actionable if audience would readily dismiss statement as nonsense
Customary law — defamation — imputation of immorality defamatory both under customary law and general law — but differences between the customary law and the general law on defences available to defendant
This section of the article is only available for our subscribers. Please click here to subscribe to a subscription plan to view this part of the article.