GROUNDUP: Former UCT student wins damages after being wrongfully included on ‘rapist list’

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The woman who put the student’s name on the widely circulated list must pay R300,000 in damages and medical bills

A former student at the University of Cape Town , wrongly named in a widely-circulated list of “rapists” at the institution, has won his damages claim against the woman who, he claimed, admitted putting his name on it although she did not believe he was a sex offender.

The judge also ordered that Nxumalo must apologise to him in writing and broadcast a “formal written apology” on her social media accounts within 30 days. “Despite judicial restraint now being stretched to its limits, I postponed the matter to 16 August. Unsurprisingly she failed to attend on that day but sent email correspondence which came to my attention after the hearing and I had already reserved judgment. I have not had regard to it as I was not inclined to indulge her any further.”

“She told me she was the one who put me on the list and said she was sorry. She did not want to do it,” Ramokgopa said. The judge said the reaction of fellow students and friends was “appropriate” because sexually deviant behaviour should not be tolerated. However, Ramokgopa had testified that he had never offended in the manner suggested.

 

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