Manto/Sunday Times battle escalates

NEWSWATCH: While on Friday, 17 August 2007, the Sunday Times agreed out of court to return Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang's medical records except for one copy to be under joint control, reports News24.com, and not to write further about them according to IOL, the newspaper yesterday, Sunday 19 August, ran a special report that alleged that Manto is an alcoholic and convicted thief. The minister's spokesperson Sibani Mngadi has since described this media report as “false, speculative and bizarre” (Mail & Guardian Online).

By Simone Puterman

20 Aug 2007

For more:

Manto settles with Sunday Times: http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2166616,00.html
Paper, Manto settle, but battle looms: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3015&art_id=vn20070818091821318C246637
Special Report: Manto Tshabalala-Msimang: http://www.thetimes.co.za/SpecialReports/manto/Default.aspx?id=250236
Manto camp: Report is 'false, speculative': http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=316942&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/

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.