{"id":152071,"date":"2019-12-03T00:11:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T22:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-news-elon-musk-heads-to-court-for-defamation-trial-over-pedo-guy-tweet\/"},"modified":"2019-12-03T00:11:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T22:11:47","slug":"sa-news-elon-musk-heads-to-court-for-defamation-trial-over-pedo-guy-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-news-elon-musk-heads-to-court-for-defamation-trial-over-pedo-guy-tweet\/","title":{"rendered":"SA News: Elon Musk heads to court for defamation trial over &#8216;pedo guy&#8217; tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F4275246823F4D5B92D50A393D202A2E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.azfamily.com%2fnews%2fus_world_news%2felon-musk-heads-to-court-for-defamation-trial-over-pedo%2farticle_0685804e-a535-5dd4-ab30-20c0a2d27ab7.html&#038;c=16779541869030585172&#038;mkt=en-us\">Elon Musk heads to court for defamation trial over &#8216;pedo guy&#8217; tweet<\/a>: In court document filed in September, Musk defended his use of &#8220;pedo guy&#8221; as a &#8220;common insult used in South Africa when I was growing up. It is synonymous with &#8216;creepy old man&#8217; and is used to insult a &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F4275246823F4D5B92D50A393D202A2E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.azfamily.com%2fnews%2fus_world_news%2felon-musk-heads-to-court-for-defamation-trial-over-pedo%2farticle_0685804e-a535-5dd4-ab30-20c0a2d27ab7.html&#038;c=16779541869030585172&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F4275246823F4D5B92D50A393D202A2E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.automotive-fleet.com%2f345650%2fsouth-africa-fleet-sales-fall-due-to-economic-uncertainty&#038;c=15522536892178815678&#038;mkt=en-us\">South Africa Fleet Sales Fall Due to Low Economic Growth<\/a>: Photo of Cape Town, the capital of South Africa. Photo courtesy of Pixabay. The sale of light commercial vehicles in South Africa declined 22.1% in November 2019 when compared to the same period last &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F4275246823F4D5B92D50A393D202A2E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.automotive-fleet.com%2f345650%2fsouth-africa-fleet-sales-fall-due-to-economic-uncertainty&#038;c=15522536892178815678&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F4275246823F4D5B92D50A393D202A2E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.msn.com%2fen-us%2flifestyle%2flifestyle-buzz%2fyas-henny-jonathan-van-ness-is-on-the-cover-of-cosmopolitan-uk%2far-BBXFwxO&#038;c=4726223418637069038&#038;mkt=en-us\">Yas, Henny! Jonathan Van Ness Is on the Cover of Cosmopolitan U.K.<\/a>: There has already been some progress, with Cosmopolitan South Africa tapping Laverne Cox as its first transgender star in 2018. That was hot on the heels of French Vogue, which in March 2017 chose &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F4275246823F4D5B92D50A393D202A2E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.msn.com%2fen-us%2flifestyle%2flifestyle-buzz%2fyas-henny-jonathan-van-ness-is-on-the-cover-of-cosmopolitan-uk%2far-BBXFwxO&#038;c=4726223418637069038&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F4275246823F4D5B92D50A393D202A2E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.popsugar.com%2ffitness%2fbreasties-breast-cancer-nonprofit-interview-46781738&#038;c=5496545575599390784&#038;mkt=en-us\">The Breasties: A Sisterhood of Women Impacted by Cancer and Moving Mountains Through It All<\/a>: &#8220;The fact that women are emailing and DM-ing us from Australia and South Africa and Europe and Canada being like, &#8216;Hey, how can I start a chapter? When are you coming here? I have Breasties here, and &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F4275246823F4D5B92D50A393D202A2E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.popsugar.com%2ffitness%2fbreasties-breast-cancer-nonprofit-interview-46781738&#038;c=5496545575599390784&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F4275246823F4D5B92D50A393D202A2E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2ffox40.com%2f2019%2f12%2f02%2fun-security-council-to-head-to-washington-and-kentucky%2f&#038;c=989367168415443764&#038;mkt=en-us\">UN Security Council to head to Washington, and Kentucky<\/a>: The U.S. and South Africa co-led an October trip to South Sudan, where there\u2019s a U.N. peacekeeping force, and to a meeting with African Union leaders in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The council also has &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F4275246823F4D5B92D50A393D202A2E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2ffox40.com%2f2019%2f12%2f02%2fun-security-council-to-head-to-washington-and-kentucky%2f&#038;c=989367168415443764&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F4275246823F4D5B92D50A393D202A2E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.twst.com%2fnews%2fgold-mining-stocks-shine-two-top-perfoming-portfolio-managers%2f&#038;c=1111822282965070585&#038;mkt=en-us\">Gold Mining Stocks Shine for These Two Top Perfoming Portfolio Managers<\/a>: So we visit with management teams on a very regular basis. Just to summarize, we are long-term investors\u2026In terms of geographic breakdown, about 74% in North America, South Africa is about 2.7%, U.K.<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F4275246823F4D5B92D50A393D202A2E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.twst.com%2fnews%2fgold-mining-stocks-shine-two-top-perfoming-portfolio-managers%2f&#038;c=1111822282965070585&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F4275246823F4D5B92D50A393D202A2E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.withinnigeria.com%2f2019%2f12%2f02%2fsouth-african-police-officer-sentenced-to-32-years-in-prison-for-killing-nigerian%2f&#038;c=9548654527711097021&#038;mkt=en-us\">South African Police Officer sentenced to 32 years in prison for killing Nigerian<\/a>: The court sentenced Reynold to seven years for counts of robbery and 25 years for the count of murder. Reacting to the judgment by Justice Shyam Gyanda, the Nigerian community in South Africa welcomed &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F4275246823F4D5B92D50A393D202A2E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.withinnigeria.com%2f2019%2f12%2f02%2fsouth-african-police-officer-sentenced-to-32-years-in-prison-for-killing-nigerian%2f&#038;c=9548654527711097021&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk heads to court for defamation trial over &#8216;pedo guy&#8217; tweet: In court document filed in September, Musk defended his use of &#8220;pedo guy&#8221; as a &#8220;common insult used in South Africa when I was growing up. It is synonymous with &#8216;creepy old man&#8217; and is used to insult a &#8230; Source: &#8220;South Africa&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[36813,2312,13433,33361,26859,529,33362,830,2296,4323,25570],"class_list":{"0":"post-152071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-pedo","8":"tag-court","9":"tag-defamation","10":"tag-elon","11":"tag-guy","12":"tag-heads","13":"tag-musk","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-over","16":"tag-trial","17":"tag-tweet","18":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}