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Harare High Court
Kembo Mohadi v The Standard and Standard Press (Pvt) Ltd and Davison Maruziva and Eddie Cross
HH 16-13
Case Details
Court
Harare High Court
Date
17 January 2013
Citation
HH 16-13
Neutral Citation
[2013] ZWHH 16
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Exception
Bench
Presiding
ZHOU J
Full Bench
ZHOU J
Areas of Law
Defamation lawCivil procedure
Keywords
defamationexceptionidentificationnewspaperco-Minister
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ai analysis
Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether the words complained of in the article are reasonably capable of referring to or concerning the plaintiff","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Article did not name plaintiff; referred to \"co-Minister\"; plaintiff is one of two co-Ministers"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The plaintiff, a Cabinet Minister and co-Minister of Home Affairs, sued four defendants for defamation over a letter published in The Standard newspaper titled "Criminal vandalism" which alleged that a co-Minister's truck was impounded with stolen copper wire and that the Minister's relative ran a gang stealing wire from power lines.
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