Eish! Zuma Loses Appeal In Hanekom ‘Known Enemy Agent’ Case

Riyaz Patel

Jacob Zuma’s bid to appeal a court judgment that he tweets an apology to ANC stalwart Derek Hanekom for branding him a “known enemy agent” was dismissed with costs Thursday.

“In the opinion of this court an appeal of judgment would have no reasonable prospects of success before another court,” said Judge Dhaya Pillay sitting in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg.

On Tuesday, advocate Thabani Masuku, for Zuma, had argued that the former president’s tweet had been taken out of context.

Zuma’s tweet came after it emerged that Hanekom had met with the EFF leadership to discuss a motion of