Unisa fails in bid to gag reports on alleged governance crisis
The University of South Africa’s (Unisa) attempt to stop journalist Edwin Naidu from reporting on an alleged governance crisis at the institution has been struck from the urgent roll, and the university has been ordered to pay punitive legal costs.
Unisa’s application struck from court roll On Thursday, Pretoria High Court Judge Colleen Collis struck Unisa’s application from the urgent court roll after finding that the matter lacked urgency and ordered the university to pay the journalist’s legal costs and those of EdNews.
Africa opposing the application, arguing that the matter did not meet the requirements for urgent court intervention.
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