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North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo has given local business people allegedly involved in a “smear campaign” against him until Thursday to apologise or face a court interdict.
Mahumapelo said this week through lawyers Kotze and Roux Attorneys that the North West Business Forum were implicated in “attacks” on his person including “a slanderous song distributed on radio and through WhatsApp and publications on social media”.
He said the material contained “highly inflammatory defamatory matter and baseless statements” suggesting that:
» The Premier is corrupt;
» He must resign because of the reason of corruption;
» He and his government are incompetent and greedy;
» If the Premier does not resign before February 14 the people will eject him;
» The Premier is referred to as a satanic, careless dictator and a wolf in sheep’s clothing;
» The North West government is a den of thieves; and
» The North West Business Forum would only be dissuaded by a government-sanctioned hit (murder).
Mahumapelo said the forum and those behind it – namely, Sello Mogodiri, Fana Moraka, Themba Gwabeni and Oupa Mphomane – were spreading “innuendo” that he was responsible for last year’s murder of North West businessman Wandile Bozwana and participated in a campaign to disrupt public events held by the forum.
“The unfounded statements and innuendo makes our client out to be nothing but a dangerous street hoodlum capable of murder.
“Since the campaign is ongoing our client is continuing to suffer extreme prejudice and damage to his reputation and excellent standing as a respected leader in South Africa.”
The letter demanded that leaders of the forum “cease and desist from any further defamatory statement and to immediately stop further publication of the song and [similar] statements”.
It also demanded “a written apology” wherein those cited withdrew the allegations against Mahumapelo or face a court interdict including a punitive cost order.
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