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ZIMBABWE NEWSPAPERS (1980) LTD & ANOR v BLOCH 1997 (1) ZLR 473 (S)

1997 (1) ZLR p473

Citation

1997 (1) ZLR 473 (S)

Case No

Judgment No. S-72-97

Court

Supreme Court, Harare

Judge

Korsah JA, Ebrahim JA & Muchechetere JA

Heard

11 March 1997

Judgment

13 May 1997

Counsel

P Nherere, for the appellants
A P de Bourbon SC, for the respondent

Case Type

Civil appeal

Annotations

Link to case annotations

Flynote

Delict — actio injuriarum — defamation — defamatory statement — what is — accusation of racism, hypocrisy, insanity and fuelling tribal conflicts — whether such statements can be construed as comment

Damages — defamation — amount — series of newspaper articles accusing prominent economist of racism, hypocrisy, insanity and fuelling tribal conflicts — articles published in pursuit of a vendetta and showing publisher to be prepared to make wild allegations without any basis in fact

Interest — damages — delict — date from which interest to run — interest to run from date on which cause of action arose

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