Moti Group dealt a blow with gag order against amaBhungane overturned

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GUEST – Dondo Mogajane - CEO of the Moti Group

Caroline James - AmaBhungane Advocacy Co-oordinator

The Moti Group's clandestine High Court application to gag amaBhungane journalists from reporting on leaked files and forcing the media house to return the trove of documents was an egregious abuse of court processes. This was just one of the findings made by Deputy Judge President Roland Sutherland of the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg who presided over the reconsideration hearing on an ex-parte order that interdicted amaBhungane from reporting on the documents, known as the "Moti Files", and that they be returned to the company.
4 Jul 2023 2PM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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