{"id":22514,"date":"2023-02-23T08:06:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T08:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/editor-pays-r70000-00-legal-costs-to-king-mswatis-advocates"},"modified":"2023-02-23T08:53:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T08:53:39","slug":"editor-pays-r70000-00-legal-costs-to-king-mswatis-advocates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/editor-pays-r70000-00-legal-costs-to-king-mswatis-advocates","title":{"rendered":"Editor pays R70,000.00 legal costs to King Mswati\u2019s Advocates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>Editor Zweli Martin Dlamini has paid seventy thousand Rands(R70,000.00) legal costs to King Mswati\u2019s Advocates.<\/p>\n

The payment was made on Wednesday afternoon in a matter between the King, his Government and the Swaziland News.<\/p>\n

The Advocates had forwarded a bill amounting to sixty-six thousand, seven hundred and six-three Rands, fifty-four cents(R66,763.54),however,the editor paid R70,000.00 to cover interest.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe paid the R70,000.00 and the King\u2019s lawyers will correspond with our legal team if there are refunds to be paid back to us.We will hear from our legal team if there are further payments to be made in this matter,\u201dsaid the editor.<\/p>\n

The editor thanked international partners funding the Swaziland News in defense of media freedom for their assistance in this matter,he vowed to continue defending journalism.<\/p>\n

On another note,the King and his Government previously paid one and twenty thousand Rands(R120,000.00) as security of costs demanded by the editor and his legal team.<\/p>\n

The King and eSwatini Government took the editor to court demanding to be given ten(10)days to respond to questionnaires, the editor is vigorously opposing the application on the grounds that an online publication cannot wait for ten(10) days before publishing.<\/p>\n

In his court papers,the editor highlighted that members of the public deserve \u2018fresh\u2019 news, he accused the King and the Government of trying to systematically censor the press.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Eswatini<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eswatini. Editor Zweli Martin Dlamini has paid seventy thousand Rands(R70,000.00) legal costs to King Mswati\u2019s Advocates. The payment was made on Wednesday afternoon in a matter between the King, his Government and the Swaziland News. 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