South African businessman Collen Mashawana will face off in court against independent, South African, English language, online news publication and weekly print newspaper, the Daily Maverick and journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh. Mashawana is seeking an urgent gag order to halt the outlet's reports on alleged corruption tied to him and his foundation. He claims the Daily Maverick's articles are defamatory and aimed at publicly shaming him. The hearing is set to take place in the Gauteng High Court today. For more, Lulu Gaboo spoke to SABC reporter, Horisani Sithole

<p>South African businessman Collen Mashawana will face off in court against independent, South African, English language, online news publication and weekly print newspaper, the Daily Maverick and journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh. Mashawana is seeking an urgent gag order to halt the outlet's reports on alleged corruption tied to him and his foundation. He claims the Daily Maverick's articles are defamatory and aimed at publicly shaming him. The hearing is set to take place in the Gauteng High Court today. For more, Lulu Gaboo spoke to SABC reporter, Horisani Sithole</p>

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