Blogger defies order to apologise to businessman
The Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) has ordered blogger Musa Khawula to remove X posts it found to be defamatory towards entrepreneur and CEO of Afrirent Holdings, Senzo Tsabedze, and publish an unconditional apology, reports TimesLIVE.
The order was made on 21 July 2026.
To date, Khawula, who was told to apologise within 24 hours, has not apologised on his page, nor has he taken down the posts.
The order provides that if Khawula does not comply within seven days, Tsabedze may file a contempt of court order and Khawula could be arrested. He was ordered to pay Tsabedze’s legal costs.
The order follows a series of social media posts in which Khawula alleged that Tsabedze was cheating on his wife with six younger women, one of who he claimed to be younger than his daughter.
This is not the first time such an order has been issued in Khawula’s name.
In October last year, lawyers for entrepreneur and advertising industry guru Groovin Nchabeleng issued a cease-and-desist letter to Khawula after social media posts in which he claimed Nchabeleng received monthly payments from alleged criminal Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala.
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