The South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg, South Africa ordered a South African political party to pay damages to a former politician after the party tweeted a statement accusing the politician of corruption and nepotism. The politician had requested that the party withdraw the statement, but when it failed to do so had approached the High Court seeking a declaratory order that the statement was defamatory and an interdict preventing any future, similar statements. The Court held that the failure of the party to withdraw the statement even when it was clear that it was false was an indication of the party's malice and found that there was no defence to the publication of the statement.