Judge says politics requires thick skin

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Judge says politics requires thick skin

The public expects people in political positions to have a thicker skin than others, a High Court judge has remarked in a judgement in which she absolved Swapo member Reinhold Shipwikineni from a defamation claim that fellow party member Charles Mubita filed against him. “When dealing with politicians and political expression of views, it becomes more difficult to pass the test of defamation in that there is a general expectancy from the public …