Riyaz Patel
Former Cabinet minister and ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) member Derek Hanekom is suing former president Jacob Zuma for defamation.
Hanekom’s legal move was prompted by a tweet on July 25 in which Zuma referred to Hanekom as a “known enemy agent.”
The former president is opposing the court application by the former Tourism Minister who is seeking a retraction, an apology, and damages over Zuma’s claims that Hanekom was an apartheid-era spy.
Hanekom is suing Zuma for R500,000 over the claims which he says are “false and defamatory.”
Mac Maharaj, who once did Zuma’s bidding as his presidential spokesperson, has backed Hanekom and Siphiwe Nyanda, both of whom have been accused of being agents and spies by their former ANC leader.
Maharaj was speaking to eNCA Tuesday, just hours after it emerged that Hanekom had filed papers in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court, seeking to have Zuma’s comments about him on Twitter
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