The court dealt with an urgent contempt application between Julius Malema and Ngizwe Mchunu arising from alleged repeated defamatory statements and an apology uploaded on Caselines. The judgment says the matter could not be decided on the papers because there was a dispute of fact about what was said in a 6 June 2026 SABC interview. The application was struck from the urgent roll and postponed sine die for oral evidence, with a sworn translation to be delivered by 13 July 2026 and discovery by 3 August 2026.
This appears to concern contempt proceedings, urgent court procedure, and referral to oral evidence.
Evidence from source
[1] The application is struck from the urgent roll. [2] The application is postponed sine die and is referred for the hearing of oral evidence
Supports: Plain summary: struck from urgent roll and postponed for oral evidence
In my view, there is a dispute of fact as to exactly what was said by Mr Mchunu in the SABC interview.
Supports: Plain summary: dispute of fact prevented decision on papers