The EFF could not use defences usually relied on in defamation cases because it had lied.
Former finance minister Trevor Manuel is sticking to his guns in his defamation case against the Economic Freedom Fighters . File photo.The EFF could not use defences usually relied on in defamation cases because the party lied.
This is the assertion by Carol Steinberg, counsel for Trevor Manuel, as she addressed the South Gauteng High Court on Tuesday in the former finance minister's battle against the EFF. Manuel has asked the South Gauteng High Court to declare that allegations of nepotism and corruption made by the party against him were defamatory. He has also asked the court to order the EFF to retract the statement containing the allegations and to apologise for them.
In a statement published by the EFF in March, the party accused Manuel of nepotism and corruption in influencing the appointment of the new Sars commissioner Edward Kieswetter.
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