Zuma Sues London's Guardian: South African Leadership
Morally Contaminated?
South African News Updates
17 April 2009
African National Congress (ANC)
leader Jacob Zuma is suing the Guardian for defamation
over an article published last month that described
his leadership style as "morally contaminated".
He is demanding an apology and damages from the
respected British daily, his legal representatives in
London, Schillings Laywers, said in a statement on
Monday.
It did not specify the sum Zuma is seeking over the
article by Simon Jenkins, which ran under the headline
"Get used to a corrupt and chaotic South Africa. But
don't write it off."
The law firm said: "Mr Zuma believes that the
published column contains grossly defamatory,false and
indefensible allegations, the most serious of which is
the false claim that he is a rapist."
It quoted Zuma as saying: "The media should report
accurately and honestly. It is not fair that they
should print lies, distort or exaggerate issues merely
for the sake of sensationalism and increased revenue.
"How can they be allowed to damage a person's
reputation in this way? The world needs a media that
all people can rely on, even in the United Kingdom. In
this matter I was obliged to act where I had been
wronged."
Shillings Lawyers said the article has been removed
from the Guardian's website.
It had warned that those "dealing with South Africa
must probably get used to Zuma's style of government
-- morally contaminated, administratively chaotic and
corrupt", and quoted an unnamed friend of the author
describing Zuma as "a criminal and a rapist".
Zuma, who is expected to become president after next
week's elections, is also suing local satirist
Jonathan Shapiro, the Sunday Times and its holding
company for R7-million over a cartoon depicting him
raping Lady Justice.
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