The company that I direct, Moxii Africa (formerly Media Monitoring Africa), recently intervened in two cases in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria.

One was an attempted Slapp suit by the University of South Africa against a journalist (University of South Africa v EdNews.Africa and Others). It seems extraordinary that a university would seek to gag a journalist. We intervened as amicus curiae alongside brilliant counsel, appearing before the equally brilliant Judge Colleen Collis, who ran her court with total efficiency and zero patience for unprepared legal teams. Despite a heavy caseload, she managed the matter in a few hours and made the order just days later.

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