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06 Jul 2017
Judge Westhuizen says he will deliver judgment tomorrow at 12:00. Court adjourns until tomorrow.
06 Jul 2017
Ngcukaitobi: BLF wants to tell these journalists what to write. Ultimately that's what they want to do.
06 Jul 2017
Tshabangu asks if Judge has any questions, judge says he has asked him more than enough.
06 Jul 2017
The judge asks for clarity - is BLF saying we will continue to protest, wherever we choose, until you see the light?
06 Jul 2017
Judge Westhuizen says he wants to understand if BLF is protesting for what they call racial bias
06 Jul 2017
Tshabangu says some of the journos report bias- "if it is white owned company it's collusion and black owned is corruption."
06 Jul 2017
Judge says if BLF was serious about distancing themselves, they would highlight which tweets they are referring to.
06 Jul 2017
BLF'S lawyer says their Twitter account was hacked and they didn't issue intimidating tweets to journalists.
06 Jul 2017
Ngcukaitobi says BLF admits to some tweets and distanced themselves from others - inconsistent.
06 Jul 2017
Ngcukaitobi asking for final order to be issued against BLF. Says case has been made to interdict BLF.
06 Jul 2017
Judge Westhuizen dismiss the issue relating to authority - meaning Sanef has authority to represent all applicants.
06 Jul 2017
Hearing on merits of case now proceeds after Judge Van der Westhuizen dismisses BLF's 2 in limine points.
06 Jul 2017
Judge Westhuizen says he is satisfied that this matter should be heard on urgency. Dismiss locus standi issue. Will issue reasons later.
06 Jul 2017
Tshabangu concludes his arguments by telling the court that this application should fail
06 Jul 2017
Tshabangu says they do not know some of the allegations and they distance themselves from some of the tweets.
06 Jul 2017
Tshabangu: "if you are assaulted in front of the police when you are a journalist, you know what to do."
06 Jul 2017
Judge Van der Westhuizen asks Tshabangu to distinguish between freedom to express views and threats.
06 Jul 2017
Tshabangu: freedom of expression doesn't only apply 2 journos. This is also about freedom of BLF to air views.
06 Jul 2017
Ngcukaitobi: 1 of rare instances where court is truly only place where you can hide. About lives, not money.
06 Jul 2017
Ngcukaitobi: criticism of journalism should happen in journalistic platforms, not through physical attacks.
06 Jul 2017
Ngcukaitobi says BLF can protest as long as they do it peacefully but the court should stop their criminal acts
06 Jul 2017
Media 'emotionally blackmailing' us - BLF
Black First Land First (BLF) and its head Andile Mngxitama strongly denied on Thursday that its recent protest action against journalists amounted to harassment, intimidation or threat, or an attack on media independence
06 Jul 2017
Ngcukaitobi says his clients argue that this is a retaliation from the negative reports on the Gupta family
06 Jul 2017
Ngcukaitobi says there is no single statement that entitles BLF'S protest to be at people's homes - says they must be stopped
