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In this Global Insight podcast, we look at growing concerns over the use of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) – an intimidation tool frequently used to silence journalists, activists, critics and other public watchdogs.
Steinhoff has argued that granting the media access to a 3 000-page forensic probe into accounting fraud would likely undermine future court cases against implicated ex-executives, such as its former CEO Markus Jooste.
The high court ruled banning the release of tax information was unconstitutional. Sars disagrees, saying is not only wrong but makes an exception of the former