South Africa: Fikile Mbalula Demands R2 Million From Groundup Reporters

8 December 2021
press release

He accuses us of defamation but does not point out any factual errors in our article

Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula is demanding an apology and R2 million from GroundUp's reporters Raymond Joseph and Masego Mafata and from the Daily Maverick. This follows the publication last Monday of our article The minister, the Lottery boss and the luxury R5.6 million home by the Daily Maverick.

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