SOUTH AFRICA Revenge porn — In legal first for SA, court hits couple with millions in civil damages over social media sex video 6 min 10 By Estelle Ellis
SCORPIO How the Standard Bank Fraud Centre’s serious error triggered an EFF-AfriForum war of words 6 min 32 By Pauli van Wyk
GROUNDUP MP Sfiso Buthelezi threatens to sue Zackie Achmat and #UniteBehind for defamation over Prasa interview 3 min 2 By Liezl Human for GroundUp
NEWS NETWORK SHAKEUP Tucker Carlson and Fox News part ways in the wake of costly Dominion defamation settlement 2 min 0 By Bloomberg
GROUNDUP Court orders former Lottery COO Phillemon Letwaba to pay punitive costs to veteran journalist 3 min 4 By Tania Broughton
INDEPENDENT RETRACTION IOL publicly apologises to Daily Maverick for false reporting 3 min 9 By Rebecca Davis
GROUNDUP ConCourt permits environmental activists to revise pleas in ‘Slapp case’ brought by Australian miners 4 min 1 By John Yeld
UNBENDING THE LAW Slapp-down – activists cheer ConCourt ruling on ‘abusive’ defamation cases brought by corporations 4 min 0 By Onke Ngcuka
GROUNDUP DM VINDICATED Daily Maverick wins defamation case as court slaps guest contributor Modibe Modiba with R100,000 damages 3 min 9 By Tania Broughton
REFLECTION Court ruling against Modibe Modiba an expected outcome to a fake story with dangerous implications 5 min 10 By Rebecca Davis
DEFAMATION TRIAL AFTERMATH Amber Heard files to appeal jury’s verdict that she defamed Johnny Depp 2 min 0 By Reuters
DEFAMATION CASE Trevor Manuel to take JJ Tabane to court regarding Cope formation allegations 2 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
DEFAMATION TRIAL REFLECTION How we’re all being gaslighted by the Johnny Depp versus Amber Heard lawsuit 3 min 16 By Rebecca Davis
DEFAMATION TRIAL Johnny Depp calls Amber Heard allegations ‘heinous', says he never struck her 3 min 0 By Reuters
REPUTATIONAL HARM OP-ED Defamation and vindication – the Supreme Court of Appeal’s flawed approach 5 min 1 By Dario Milo
MAVERICK CITIZEN Defamation claim: Makhanda activist’s legal team wants to cross-examine Eastern Cape MEC 3 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
SLAPP SUIT Rights of business vs activists argued in important SA court case 4 min 0 By Rebecca Davis
SLAPP SUIT Mining case poses big questions about the right of business to silence dissent 5 min 0 By Rebecca Davis