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/ 1 February 2008

Zuma reduces claims against media

A host of defamation claims lodged by the African National Congress president Jacob Zuma against several publications were on Friday slashed to ”approximately R12-million”, a spokesperson for Zuma said. Liesl Göttert said: ”Mr Jacob Zuma will instruct his media legal team to drop the defamation component of all media claims that he instituted against some media.”

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/ 17 January 2008

Zuma goes after Rapport — again

African National Congress president Jacob Zuma is claiming R5-million from Rapport for defamation and crimen injuria, his spokesperson Liesl Gottert said on Thursday — a day after he reached a R50 000 out-of-court settlement with the same paper for a previous defamation and crimen injuria claim.