AmaBhungane returns to the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg to set aside the Moti Group's unprecedented gag order against the MotiFiles.
Judge Sutherland wants to know what was said to the judge in the ex-parte application where he decided to grant the gag order. Maleka said he was not part of the urgent application and could only help from what had been written in their heads of argument.Media Monitoring Africa, SANEF and the Campaign For Free Expression are also part of the court hearings as amicus curiae.The challenge before the court today is amaBhungane's attempt at having the gag order set aside and not made final.
Tuesday marks a significant battle in the ongoing public war being waged against amaBhungane by the Moti Group and Zunaid Moti personally.Investigative journalists accuse Moti Group of resorting to 'apartheid censorship' to block reporting of its affairs AmaBhungane has accused the Moti Group of trying to"drag us all back into the darkest period of apartheid censorship" with its legal bid to block the investigative journalism body from reporting on leaked documentation about its allegedly shady dealings.In times of uncertainty you need journalism you can trust. For 14 free days, you can have access to a world of in-depth analyses, investigative journalism, top opinions and a range of features. Journalism strengthens democracy.
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