The EFF has failed in its efforts to appeal a court ruling that it and its leadership defamed former finance minister Trevor Manuel with its false claims that he oversaw a "corrupt" process to appoint new South African Revenue Service (Sars) Commissioner Edward Kieswetter. But, in a ruling delivered on Thursday morning, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) chose not to endorse the awarding of the Last week Thursday, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) handed down a decision in this kind of defamation case in the leave to appeal application by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) against Trevor Manuel, the former Cabinet minister. Manuel succeeded in showing that he had been unlawfully defamed by the EFF. In the recent case of Trevor Manuel v Economic Freedom Fighters and Others (the EFF), the Joburg High Court was tasked with determining whether an entity or person that was not part of the print Judgment was reserved after lawyers for former finance minister Trevor Manuel and the Economic Freedom Fighters met in the high court in Johannesburg on Tuesday for the start of Manuel's Last week Thursday, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) handed down a decision in this kind of defamation case in the leave to appeal application by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) against Trevor For the second day this week and a day before the election, the Economic Freedom Fighters will be appearing in the South Gauteng High Court again, on a diffe Trevor Manuel. The Constitutional Court has upheld a decision from December last year by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) which overturned the R500,000 defamation award former finance minister The EFF and its leader, Julius Malema, have accused Trevor Manuel of nepotism and corruption. Counsel for Manuel, Carol Steinberg, told the court that if the statement by the EFF remained EFF STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL JUDGEMENT ON EFF VS TREVOR MANUEL DEFAMATION CASE. Friday, 18 December 2020. The Economic Freedom Fighters has noted the Supreme Court of Appeal judgement on the defamation case between the EFF and Trevor Manuel. We have observed the overzealous attitude of Manuel, who has essentially had a stumbling The EFF is challenging the judgment which ordered them to pay Trevor Manuel R 500 000 in damages for defamation. The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein will on Monday hear the matter involving the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and former Finance Minister Trevor Manuel. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says it has instructed its lawyers to appeal the ruling against them to pay half a million rand in damages to former Finance minister, Trevor Manuel over a defamatory tweet published in March.. The High Court in Johannesburg also gave them 24 hours to retract the statement and make an unconditional apology. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says it has instructed its lawyers to appeal the ruling against them to pay half a million rand in damages to former Finance minister, Trevor Manuel over a defamatory tweet published in March.. The High Court in Johannesburg also gave them 24 hours to retract the statement and make an unconditional apology.