OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 11.00pm.
THE Inkatha Freedom Party will apply for an urgent interdict against the Mail & Guardian on Thursday morning after objecting to an article published in the paper last Friday.
The IFP contacted the M&G on Wednesday, demanding that last Friday’s issue, which carried the article “How IFP milked KwaZulu-Natal of millions”, be withdrawn from all retailers in KwaZulu-Natal. The M&G refused.
The interdict the IFP seeks will order the withdrawal of the offending issue, and any other published references to it, and would, if granted, prohibit the M&G from publishing any further articles “defamatory” to the IFP on the same subject. The interdict application will be heard in the Pietermaritzburg Supreme Court at 11.00am on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the M&G plans to follow up last week’s article with a fresh article on Friday.