Edward Zuma avoids contempt of court charge, settles hate speech fine
7 February 2019
Edward Zuma has finally settled up and paid the entire R60 000 damages which Durban's Equality Court ordered him to pay for "hate speech" in May last year.
Zuma faced a charge of contempt of court after he failed to pay a final instalment of R12 500 in spite of the court giving him several opportunities to do so.
However, the matter was removed from the court's roll on Thursday.
A letter from a law firm, which was placed in the court file, confirmed that the money had been paid early in February directly into the bank account of Ohlanga High School in Inanda, which was one of two schools who were to benefit from Zuma's wrongdoing.