NDEWERE v ZIMBABWE NEWSPAPERS (1980) LTD & ANOR 2001 (2) ZLR 508 (S)
Citation | 2001 (2) ZLR 508 (S) |
Case No | Judgment No. S-108-01 |
Court | Supreme Court, Harare |
Judge | McNally JA, Ebrahim JA & Sandura JA |
Heard | 22 November 2001 |
Judgment | 6 December 2001 |
Counsel | O C Gutu, for the appellant |
Case Type | Civil appeal |
Annotations | Link to case annotations |
Flynote
Delict — defamation — defamatory nature of words used — article appearing in newspaper — permissible to look at article as a whole and not just at words specified by plaintiff — questioning calibre of employees — necessarily implies that some are of a low calibre — allegation of "warped" thinking — defamatory nature of such allegation
Delict — defamation — defences — fair comment — need to show factual allegations are true — allegations made of one person when should have been made of another — defence unsuccessful
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