Redi Tlhabi receives letter of demand from Malusi Gigaba’s lawyers
The minister is forging on with his legal claim against the TV host.
Redi Tlhabi. Picture: Twitter.
Television host and author Redi Tlhabi confirmed receiving a letter of demand from Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba’s lawyers earlier today following their Twitter spat a few weeks ago.
The spat began after Tlhabi alleged Gigaba had instituted visa regulations restricting travel with a minor for personal reasons, citing a 2010 incident with his daughter and his ex-wife’s family.
Gigaba took to Twitter to correct Tlhabi before giving her a 24-hour deadline to retract her statements. She did not retract them and now Gigaba is pursuing legal action against her as he said he would a few weeks ago.
So last week an ex colleague got a call from honourable Gigaba's lawyers asking for my home address. 😂 I kindly gave my lawyer's address. He received a letter today, basically asking I retract within 7 days, or else. So no summons yet, just a request for apology & retraction
— Redi Tlhabi (@RediTlhabi) October 15, 2018
Gigaba initially stated his intention to sue her using official DHA channels as he believes Tlhabi made the allegations against him in his capacity as minister.
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Following Redi's twitter rant on Tuesday, the minister has made good on his threat to take action against Redi unless she apologises to him before 17h00 today. pic.twitter.com/GH5ko030n9
— Kgopolo (@PhilMphela) September 27, 2018
Tlhabi’s followers immediately weighed in on the matter, with some taking the action more seriously than others.
https://twitter.com/RealLifeGold/status/1051791615772233729
@mgigaba is being too kind. He must instruct lawyers to issue summons immediately. @RediTlhabi is treating our kindness with mockery. R20 million. I, like Floyd, will get my R10 million consulting fee. We are coming for you #Thlabi – no fear, no favour…
— Maggs Naidu ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ (@maggsnaidu) October 15, 2018
Forward the request fir apology to Buhle Mkhize to PowerPoint it for us.
— Sammy Gaga (@sammyndayi) October 15, 2018
We will be counting the 7 days like we waited for 17h00
— Zolani SS Zonyane, CGFO (@zsszonyane) October 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/BruceCGordon/status/1051788228704051200
https://twitter.com/guguluv/status/1051794464694505473
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