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The Standard wins Mohadi case
MISA-Zimbabwe
February 12, 2013

High court Judge, Happious Zhou on 11 February 2013 dismissed Home Affairs co-minister Kembo Mohadi's $30 million lawsuit filed against The Standard on charges of defamation due to lack of evidence.

The allegations arose from Bulawayo South MP Eddie Cross's letter to the editor, published in The Standard edition of October 11-17 2009 titled Criminal Vandalism. Kembo Mohadi filed a lawsuit against The Standard, The Standard Press (Pvt) Ltd, the paper's former editor Davison Maruziva and Eddie Cross alleging that the letter insinuated that he was responsible for the criminal vandalism of the electrical system between Harare and Gweru.

However, court held that the letter on which the complaint by Home Affairs co-minister Kembo Mohadi was based on did not refer to Mohadi either by name or other clear description such as his office prompting the judge to throw out the lawsuit.

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