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MUGWADI v NHARI & ANOR 2001 (1) ZLR 36 (H)

2001 (1) ZLR p36

Citation

2011 (1) ZLR 36 (H)

Case No

Judgment No. HH-7-01

Court

High Court, Harare

Judge

Chinhengo J

Heard

15 November 2000

Judgment

24 January 2001

Counsel

A G Matika, for the plaintiff
F S Mafunga, for the first defendant
E W W Morris, for the second defendant

Case Type

Civil action

Annotations

Link to case annotations

Flynote

Delict — defamation — defences — qualified privilege — defamatory statements made by one senior Government official about another in report to his Minister and Permanent Secretary —right and duty to make and receive such statements — onus on plaintiff to show animus injuriandi on part of defendant — defamatory statements made in newspaper —statements dealing with events in a government department and made in judicial proceedings—newspaper faithfully reporting such statements —statements privileged

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