{"id":27291,"date":"2023-06-27T08:38:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T06:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amabhungane.org\/?p=27291"},"modified":"2025-01-28T12:18:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T12:18:31","slug":"high-court-battle-amabhungane-vs-moti-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/high-court-battle-amabhungane-vs-moti-group\/","title":{"rendered":"HIGH COURT BATTLE: Moti Group vs amaBhungane"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, amaBhungane appear in the High Court to set aside the Moti Group\u2019s unprecedented gag order against the #MotiFiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How did we get here? What is the case all about? Why is investigative journalism under threat if the Moti interdict stands?<br><br>To get a sense of the stakes, here are some useful summaries by AmaBhungane\u2019s in-house lawyer Caroline James of the arguments being presented by the various parties:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amabhungane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/230626_Summary-of-our-HoA.docx\">amaBhungane&#8217;s heads of argument<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amabhungane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/230626_Summary-of-CW-HoA.docx\">Corruption Watch&#8217;s heads of argument<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amabhungane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/230623_DRAFT-Summary-of-SANEFs-HoA.docx\">South African National Editors Form, Media Monitoring Africa and the Campaign for Free Expression heads of argument<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amabhungane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/230626_Summary-of-Mazetti-HoA.docx\">Moti&#8217;s heads of argument<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Watch the court livestream<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WATCH LIVE | amaBhungane in court to challenge Moti Group&#039;s legal bid to gag, censor media\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EAeQrpybOXc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amabhungane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Letter-to-AmaBhungane.pdf\">Letter of support from Defend Our Democracy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Supporting legal documents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amabhungane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/230606-Notice-ito-Rule-16A-digital-court-stamp-20230606.pdf\">230606 Notice ito Rule 16A (digital court stamp)<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amabhungane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/230609_DVR-Supplementary-Affidavit-signed.pdf\">230609_DVR Supplementary Affidavit (signed)<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amabhungane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/230615_Mazetti-Replying-Affidavit-with-Counter-Application.pdf\">230615_Mazetti Replying Affidavit with Counter Application<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amabhungane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/230615_Mazetti-Rule-16A.pdf\">230615_Mazetti Rule 16A<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amabhungane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/230620_Corruption-Watch-HoA.pdf\">230620_Corruption Watch HoA<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amabhungane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/230620_DVR-Affidavit-in-Response-to-the-Counter-Application.pdf\">230620_DVR Affidavit in Response to the &#8221;Counter-Application&#8221;<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amabhungane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/230620_SANEF-MMA-CFE-HoA.pdf\">230620_SANEF-MMA-CFE HoA<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amabhungane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/230623-Respondents-heads-of-argument-reconsideration-and-anticipation-20230623.pdf\">230623 Respondents&#8217; heads of argument (reconsideration and anticipation)<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amabhungane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/230623-Respondents-Heads-of-Argument-on-the-Counter-Application-20230624.pdf\">230623 Respondents&#8217; Heads of Argument on the Counter-Application<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, amaBhungane appear in the High Court to set aside the Moti Group\u2019s unprecedented gag order against the #MotiFiles. How did we get here? What is the case all about? Why is investigative journalism under threat if the Moti interdict&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":27293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1281,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motifiles","category-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31762,"href":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27291\/revisions\/31762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}