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http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/shivambu-to-wait-longer-in-equality-case-1.1048981
Seems our ANC is quite racist
Not so nice when the tables are turned hey ANC?
Held in camera? What are you scared of?
Shivambu to wait longer in equality case
A hate speech case against ANCYL spokesman Floyd Shivambu was postponed by the Equality Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
Journalist Carien du Plessis, from Independent Newspapers, is suing Shivambu for R100,000 for allegedly calling her “stupid” and a “white bitch”, according to court papers.
The matter was postponed after a request from Shivambu's legal team.
Attorney Andries Nkome said he had not received all the pages of the documents filed by the applicant's legal team.
Shivambu was served with the papers on February 8 and his legal team had to date not replied to the allegations.
Magistrate Oriel Vele in his ruling granting the postponement said it was unclear what steps were taken to obtain the missing pages.
He said Shivambu's attorneys were not “prudent” in dealing with the matter but their “sins” should not be visited on their client.
“It will be in the interests of justice to allow him (Shivambu) a voice on the matter,” Vele said.
The court, however, expressed “utter disappointment” in the conduct of “the respondent and, or his attorney”.
“People should learn to treat court proceedings with the respect they deserve,” Vele said.
He awarded punitive costs to Du Plessis for Tuesday's court appearance.
Shivambu was ordered to file a response to the allegations by April 13.
Nkome had earlier asked Vele to hold the court hearings in camera. He charged that “parties” had “called” journalists “sympathetic to their cause” and the reporting on the matter would be “sympathetic” to those parties.
The magistrate replied: “I don't see how one can bar journalists from these proceedings.”
The reasons put forward were not good enough to bar anyone from the court proceedings, Vele said.
He said there was a code of conduct journalists were held to which compelled them to report objectively.
“I would not be happy to see things in the paper which did not transpire in these proceedings,” he said.
The court had not set down a postponement date. -
Seems our ANC is quite racist
Not so nice when the tables are turned hey ANC?
Held in camera? What are you scared of?
Shivambu to wait longer in equality case
A hate speech case against ANCYL spokesman Floyd Shivambu was postponed by the Equality Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
Journalist Carien du Plessis, from Independent Newspapers, is suing Shivambu for R100,000 for allegedly calling her “stupid” and a “white bitch”, according to court papers.
The matter was postponed after a request from Shivambu's legal team.
Attorney Andries Nkome said he had not received all the pages of the documents filed by the applicant's legal team.
Shivambu was served with the papers on February 8 and his legal team had to date not replied to the allegations.
Magistrate Oriel Vele in his ruling granting the postponement said it was unclear what steps were taken to obtain the missing pages.
He said Shivambu's attorneys were not “prudent” in dealing with the matter but their “sins” should not be visited on their client.
“It will be in the interests of justice to allow him (Shivambu) a voice on the matter,” Vele said.
The court, however, expressed “utter disappointment” in the conduct of “the respondent and, or his attorney”.
“People should learn to treat court proceedings with the respect they deserve,” Vele said.
He awarded punitive costs to Du Plessis for Tuesday's court appearance.
Shivambu was ordered to file a response to the allegations by April 13.
Nkome had earlier asked Vele to hold the court hearings in camera. He charged that “parties” had “called” journalists “sympathetic to their cause” and the reporting on the matter would be “sympathetic” to those parties.
The magistrate replied: “I don't see how one can bar journalists from these proceedings.”
The reasons put forward were not good enough to bar anyone from the court proceedings, Vele said.
He said there was a code of conduct journalists were held to which compelled them to report objectively.
“I would not be happy to see things in the paper which did not transpire in these proceedings,” he said.
The court had not set down a postponement date. -