The sheriff served a summons for more than R6 million on the University of the Free State (UFS) and Prof. Jonathan Jansen. The summons was issued on behalf of Cobus Muller and Charl Blom in a case of defamation and procedural unfairness.
Muller and Blom, former students of the university, are claiming damages after they were charged with attempted murder last year, when they almost hit a black fellow student with their vehicle on campus.
During this time they were openly branded as criminals. The court as well as the South African Human Rights Commission, however, found them not guilty.
They claim R6.15 million. It involves a damages claim, including wasteful spending and delayed entry into the labor market as well as a defamation claim.
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