The Johannesburg high has court struck from the roll an urgent application by Malusi Shezi, the CEO of the Construction Education and Training Authority Ceta, who wanted an order declaring that three articles published by the Sunday Times were false and defamatory.
In addition, Shezi had asked the court for an order to compel the Sunday Times to retract the articles, make an apology and for an interdict prohibiting further publication.
The application must be dismissed for lack of urgency, judge Leonie Windell said.