Supreme Court · 26 August 2010

Ndovi v Post Newspapers Ltd. & Another (Appeal 48 of 2007) [2010] ZMSC 1 (26 August 2010)

Balanced reporting of competing political allegations was not defamatory; fair comment unavailable where publishers simply repeated allegations. Flynote Defamation — meaning and natural/ordinary meaning; fair comment — requirement that comment be opinion based on true facts; balanced reporting and duty to verify; apology and estoppel; freedom of expression in reporting public interest matters Read full summary

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