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Harare High Court
Emmersom Mnangagwa v Alpha Media Holdings (Private) Limited and Dumisani Muleya
HH 225-13
Case Details
Court
Harare High Court
Date
25 July 2013
Citation
HH 225-13
Neutral Citation
[2013] ZWHH 225
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Exception
Bench
Presiding
Mathonsi J
Full Bench
Mathonsi J
Areas of Law
Defamation LawMedia LawCivil Procedure
Keywords
Defamation per seExceptionPolitical successionMedia publicationCause of action
Tags
DefamationExceptionMedia LawPolitical Figure
legislation
Statutes Cited
- No statutes were directly cited in the judgment.
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Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether the defendants' exception to the plaintiff's declaration should be upheld - specifically whether the words complained of are reasonably capable of conveying a defamatory meaning","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Article content, plaintiff's averments, legal test for exception in defamation cases"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
Plaintiff Emmersom Mnangagwa, Minister of Defence and Zanu PF member, sued defendants Alpha Media Holdings (Private) Limited (owner of Zimbabwe Independent) and its editor Dumisani Muleya for defamation over an article titled "Mnangagwa Ready to Rule" published on 11 May 2012, claiming US$1 million in damages.
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