Prominent media figure withdraws Malema insults
Controversial media figure Ngizwe Mlando Mchunu has issued a formal, unconditional public apology and retraction to EFF president Julius Malema.
This, reports IoL, comes in the wake of two binding court orders handed down in May, compelling Mchunu to legally answer for a series of highly inflammatory and defamatory remarks made against Malema.
In a statement yesterday, Mchunu stated that after seeking legal counsel, he had come to a full appreciation of the legal implications of the directives and chose to profusely apologise to Malema while committing to refrain from publishing similar impugned statements.
The retraction specifically addresses several severe allegations Mchunu had previously leveled against the EFF leader.
Among the retracted statements were unfounded claims that Malema had received R60m from Nigerian drug dealers and illegal foreigners to protect them, alongside assertions that Malema had looted the collapsed VBS Mutual Bank and misappropriated funds in Ekurhuleni and through On Point Engineering.
The withdrawn statements also contained deeply personal insults, in which Mchunu had referred to Malema as a ‘political devil,’ a ‘dead snake,’ and a ‘dog,’ while aggressively challenging the politician to confront him at his location in Nkandla.
Mchunu has formally withdrawn all such defamatory remarks made both before and after the court orders were issued.
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