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Last month, investigative journalism magazine Noseweek lost a defamation case against senior attorney Leonard Katz.
The magazine s editor, Martin Welz, and its owner and publisher, Chaucer Publications, were ordered to pay R330 000 in damages, plus Katz s legal costs.
As a result, Welz says Noseweek is unlikely to survive as a print publication.
Irreverent investigative magazine Noseweek, which for the past 28 years has lampooned SA s rich and famous, may be forced to close following a court ruling that it must pay R330 000 plus costs to a senior attorney at law firm Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs.
In an email to subscribers, the magazine s editor Martin Welz said Noseweek as a print publication was unlikely to survive , but may continue online.
Noseweek magazine, an independent print publication of 28 years, may soon close its doors due to several reasons including the recent loss of a defamation lawsuit against the magazine.
Martin Welz, the publication’s Editor wrote to subscribers, that whatever the options “Noseweek as a print publication is unlikely to survive”.
NOSEWEEK ORDERED TO PAY R330 000 IN DEFAMATION
Noseweek’s publishers Chaucer Publications and its Editor lost a defamation lawsuit brought on by Leonard Katz, a director of Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs, also known as ENS Africa.
In a 78-page judgement delivered earlier this month, Acting Judge Ncumisa Mayosi ordered the publication to pay R330 000 to Katz plus his legal costs.
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