Shaka Sisulu launches defamation fund after winning the trial 'ANC war room'

JOHANNESBURG – TV presenter and entrepreneur Shaka Sisulu won a defamation suit and uses the funds to launch a fund for people upon receipt of defamatory claims.

In January 2017, PR firm owner Sihle Bolani claimed that Sisulu had set up a secret war room of the African National Congress (ANC) before the local elections of 2016. and the company had contracted his business to help.

The operation allegedly claimed R50 million to create fake Twitter profiles and a TV program to launch smear campaigns against opposition parties. However, the operation would have failed and Sisulu pocketed the money.

Bolani went to court asking a judge to force the party to pay her for her role in what she said was a project to use social media to spread misinformation. ] Sisulu denied the allegations "used to tarnish the name of his family". The ANC also responded, saying that all activities in this direction have not been sanctioned by the party.

Shortly after, he took a break from social media and television but recently made his comeback.

A defamation suit against Bolani and his company worth 3 million rand.

"I put the proceeds of the sale into a fund designed to support anyone in need of support to repair his reputation," says Sisulu, a case by month of someone who has been defamed on social media.

"The amount of 3 million rand paid in defamation will be used to finance legal fees and the cost of any necessary investigation. The fund is here to stay and fight for you. "

Sisulu asked those who needed help to file a defamation complaint to contact the fund

.we do with the R 3 mi llion won ? in our case of defamation iro" war room "saga

We launch #TheDefamationFundZA Click here ➡️ https://t.co/AXLcmXejpc if you have been defamed and want to sue!

Coz Nothing is no longer NB than your name ? pic.twitter.com/yb6ulkFmg4 [19659017] – Shaka Sisulu (@ShakaSisulu) July 29, 2018