Johnson v Rand Daily Mails
| Jurisdiction | South Africa |
| Judge | De Villiers JA, Wessels JA and Stratford JA |
| Judgment Date | 09 March 1928 |
| Citation | 1928 AD 190 |
| Court | Appellate Division |
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84 practice notes
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Neethling v Du Preez and Others; Neethling v the Weekly Mail and Others
...of Hoexter JA. S A Cilliers SC (with him M Witz) for the appellant referred to the following authorities: Johnson v Rand Daily Mails 1928 AD 190; Joubert and Others v Venter 1985 (1) SA 654 (A); Suid-Afrikaanse Uitsaaikorporasie v O'Malley 1977 (3) SA 394 (A) at 403B; Marais v Richard en 'n......
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Mineworkers Investment Co (Pty) Ltd v Modibane
...Co (Pty) Ltd 1991 (4) SA 677 (N): referred to Jasat and Another v Paruk 1983 (4) SA 728 (N): referred to Johnson v Rand Daily Mails 1928 AD 190: referred to H Joubert and Others v Venter 1985 (1) SA 654 (A): referred to Kommissaris van Binnelandse Inkomste en 'n Ander v Willers en Andere 19......
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Delict
...2001 (4) SA 938 (CC) para 56.468 See M’Pherson v Daniels (1829) 10 B&C 263;Sutter v Brown 1926 AD 155;Johnson v Rand Daily Mail 1928 AD 190;Caxton Ltd and Others v Reeva Forman (Pty) Ltd and Another 1990 (3) SA 547 (A); andKemp and Another v Republican Press (Pty) Ltd 1994 (4) SA 261 (......
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Khumalo and Others v Holomisa
...BCLR 433): dicta in paras [25] - [30] applied Johnson v Beckett and Another 1992 (1) SA 762 (A): referred to Johnson v Rand Daily Mails 1928 AD 190: referred to F Kemp and Another v Republican Press (Pty) Ltd 1994 (4) SA 261 (E): referred Kett v Afro Adventures (Pty) Ltd and Another 1997 (1......
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Neethling v Du Preez and Others; Neethling v the Weekly Mail and Others
...of Hoexter JA. S A Cilliers SC (with him M Witz) for the appellant referred to the following authorities: Johnson v Rand Daily Mails 1928 AD 190; Joubert and Others v Venter 1985 (1) SA 654 (A); Suid-Afrikaanse Uitsaaikorporasie v O'Malley 1977 (3) SA 394 (A) at 403B; Marais v Richard en 'n......
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Mineworkers Investment Co (Pty) Ltd v Modibane
...Co (Pty) Ltd 1991 (4) SA 677 (N): referred to Jasat and Another v Paruk 1983 (4) SA 728 (N): referred to Johnson v Rand Daily Mails 1928 AD 190: referred to H Joubert and Others v Venter 1985 (1) SA 654 (A): referred to Kommissaris van Binnelandse Inkomste en 'n Ander v Willers en Andere 19......
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Khumalo and Others v Holomisa
...BCLR 433): dicta in paras [25] - [30] applied Johnson v Beckett and Another 1992 (1) SA 762 (A): referred to Johnson v Rand Daily Mails 1928 AD 190: referred to F Kemp and Another v Republican Press (Pty) Ltd 1994 (4) SA 261 (E): referred Kett v Afro Adventures (Pty) Ltd and Another 1997 (1......
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Argus Printing and Publishing Co Ltd and Others v Esselen's Estate
...likely to give them. Channing v South African Financial Gazette and Others 1966 (3) SA 470 (W) at 474. See also Johnson v Rand Daily Mails 1928 AD 190 at 194 and 204-5. The 'reasonable person' postulated is 'a person who gives a reasonable meaning to the words used within the context of the......
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3 books & journal articles
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Delict
...2001 (4) SA 938 (CC) para 56.468 See M’Pherson v Daniels (1829) 10 B&C 263;Sutter v Brown 1926 AD 155;Johnson v Rand Daily Mail 1928 AD 190;Caxton Ltd and Others v Reeva Forman (Pty) Ltd and Another 1990 (3) SA 547 (A); andKemp and Another v Republican Press (Pty) Ltd 1994 (4) SA 261 (......
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Invasion of privacy: Common law v constitutional delict — does it make a difference?
...need not be true in all respects, provided it is substantially true (ie the material allegations are true) (Johnson v Rand Daily Mails 1928 AD 190 at 204). Truth alone is not a defence, but may be used in mitigation of damages (Geyser v Pont (n 123) at 68). It has been held that 'the public......
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Liability for the Mass Publication of Private Information in South African Law: NM v Smith (Freedom of Expression Institute as Amicus Curiae)
...Du Preez; Nee thling v The Weekly M ail 1994 1 SA 708 (A); National Med ia v Bogoshi 1998 4 SA 1196 (SCA).30 Eg Johnson v Rand Daily Ma il 1928 AD 190. For the historical ba ckground of the defence of privi leged occasion in Sou th African law, see Bu rchell Law of Defam ation ch 18.31 Eg C......