Doves Group Proprietary Limited v Rousseau and Another (68975/2017) [2020] ZAGPPHC 98 (19 March 2020)

SUMMARY Doves Group Proprietary Limited (the “Applicant”) launched an application against Johan Daniel Etzart Rousseau (the “First Respondent”), and Funeral Industry Reformed Association (the “Second Respondent”)(collectively referred to as the “Respondents”), in order to interdict and prevent the Respondents from posting defamatory information on all social media platforms about the Applicant.  The First Respondent was
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David Kassel v Thompson Reuters (Markets) SA (16/34227) [2018] ZAGPJHC 413; 2019 (1) SA 251 (GJ) (12 June 2018)

SUMMARY Mr Kessel (“Applicant”) was a non-executive director of Mbada Diamonds Ltd (“Mbada”), which was a joint venture with the Zimbabwean Government. The Applicant relinquished his position as a non-executive director of Mbada on 8 October 2014. Thompson Reuters (“Respondent”) has an international database of Politically Exposed Persons (“PEPs”) and provides a service to subscribers
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