Khumalo and Others v Holomisa

dc.date.accessioned	2017-04-08T17:00:45Z
dc.date.available	2017-04-08T17:00:45Z
dc.date.created	2003-11-21	en
dc.identifier.citation	[2002] ZACC 12
dc.identifier.citation	2002 (5) SA 401 (CC)
dc.identifier.citation	2002 (8) BCLR 771 (CC)
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/2121
dc.title	Khumalo and Others v Holomisa	en
dc.title.alternative	CCT53/01	en
dc.identifier.casenumber	CCT53/01	en
dc.date.hearing	7 May 2002
dc.contributor.judge	O'Regan J
dc.date.judgment	14 June 2002
dc.link.judgment	http://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/2121/Full%20judgment%20%28124%20Kb%29-9442.pdf?sequence=7&isAllowed=y
dc.concourt.synopsis	Suit for defamation by public politician against newspaper. Appellants asked for the common law rule on defamation to be developed to allow the action to lie only if the article was false. O'Regan J writing for a unanimous Court found that the common law rule developed by the Supreme Court of Appeal that a publisher could avoid liability where it could not prove that the statement was true but it could establish that publication was nevertheless reasonable struck an appropriate balance between the right to freedom of expression and human dignity.
dc.concourt.casehistory	Appeal against the dismissal of an exception by the Transvaal High Court in Holomisa v Khumalo and Others 2002 (3) SA 38 (T).

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Answering Affidavit-24859.pdf ( 211.1Kb )

Founding Affidavit-24796.pdf ( 206.2Kb )

Grounds of Appeal TPD-3698.pdf ( 73.90Kb )

Notice of Applicaiton for a Certificate ito Rule 18 TPD-3699.pdf ( 133.1Kb )

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