Former president Jacob Zuma had developed and demonstrated an “extraordinary animosity” towards journalist Karyn Maughan as a consequence of her reporting on his legal matters over 20 years, her advocate Steven Budlender argued on Monday.
Media rights organisations have likened Jacob Zuma’s private prosecution of journalist Karen Maughan to a strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP) case - aimed at silencing her.
Former president Jacob Zuma will go down in history in many ways, one for being the most persistent litigant ever known, advocate Geoff Budlender submitted in the Pietermaritzburg high court on Monday.
Former president Jacob Zuma had developed and demonstrated an “extraordinary animosity” towards journalist Karyn Maughan as a consequence of her reporting on his legal matters over 20 years, her advocate Steven Budlender argued on Monday.