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ZIJENA v MAPHOSA 1992 (2) ZLR 423 (S)

1992 (2) ZLR p423

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
P Dzima for the respondent

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

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