Sunday Times files papers

NEWSWATCH: IOL reported yesterday, Tuesday, 21 August 2007, that the Sunday Times has “served court papers on Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang's lawyers in response to her application to silence any comment on her medical records”. The newspaper is also contending that publishing allegations of alcohol and power abuses by the health minister forms part of a national debate, writes the Mail & Guardian Online.

By Simone Puterman

22 Aug 2007

For more:

The Times: The editor of the Sunday Times responds to the controversy [video]
The Times: Affidavit
IOL: Sunday Times serves court papers
Mail & Guardian Online: Manto allegations 'part of national debate'

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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