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Rapport in Zuma firing line again – for R5m

NEWSWATCH: Merely one day after Rapport and Jacob Zuma settled out of court for R50 000, on Thursday, 17 January 2008, Zuma hit the Afrikaans daily for R5 million over another defamation and crimen injuria claim, this time for a photo and caption from 30 November 2007, reports The Times Online.

By Simone Puterman

18 Jan 2008

SANEF has also expressed its outrage at the arrest of Kaapse Son journalist Hein Coetzee this week for "the illegal possession of ammunition and firearms", writes the Mail & Guardian Online.

For more:

The Times Online: Zuma claims R5m for defamation
Mail & Guardian Online: Sanef slams arrest of journalist

Simone Puterman

Simone Puterman

About Simone Puterman

Simone Puterman (@SimoneAtLarge) is currently editor-at-large at Marklives.com and deputy chair of the Sanef online editors subcommittee. After majoring in psychology and linguistics at Rhodes University, and then completing her honours in psychology, she has been in the world of B2B publishing since 1997, with 7.5 year stints at both WriteStuff Publishing and Bizcommunity.com (March 2006-August 2013). Email her at moc.sevilkram@enomis.

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