Noseweek

{{Short description|Satirical South African tabloid founded 1993}} '''''Noseweek''''' was a monthly South African tabloid published by Chaucer Publications that appeared in print from June 1993 to March<ref> https://www.su.ac.za/en/node/5558</ref> 2021.<ref>{{cite book|author=Salvatore Attardo|title=Encyclopedia of Humor Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PpztBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA477|accessdate=1 May 2016|date=25 March 2014|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-4833-6471-1|page=477}}</ref> It is best known for regular legal action against it, including a failed bid at interdiction by banking group FirstRand in 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=139&art_id=nw20071031145312974C261123|title=Judge rules on Noseweek, FirstRand case|publisher=Independent Online|accessdate=7 July 2008}}</ref> (where editor Martin Welz represented himself<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=&fArticleId=4043143|title=Judge takes Noseweek editor under her wing|publisher=Business Report|accessdate=7 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050316035509/http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=|archive-date=16 March 2005|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>) and defamation actions by judge Fikile Bam and former public protector Selby Baqwa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=13&art_id=vn20030327111148232C610656&set_id=1|title=The arms deal for dummies|publisher=Independent Online|accessdate=7 July 2008}}</ref>

In 2021, ''Noseweek'' lost a defamation case against senior attorney Leonard Katz, who sued ''Noseweek'' over a 2014 article that made allegations about Katz's behavior in liquidation trials. Editor Martin Welz and publisher Chaucer Publications were ordered to pay R330 000, about a third of the million Katz sought, as well as legal charges.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Cronje |first=Jan |title=Noseweek magazine may be forced to close after losing defamation case |url=https://www.news24.com/fin24/noseweeks-print-magazine-may-be-forced-to-close-after-losing-defamation-case-20210517 |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=Business |language=en-US}}</ref> Following the 2021 ruling, Martin Welz announced that ''Noseweek''<nowiki/>'s print publication was "unlikely to survive" though operations might continue online. He called the occasion a "sad end to an independent print publication that has unashamedly taken up the cause of the underdog, spoken truth to power, and managed to survive the odds with good humour for 28 years."<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Broughton |first=Tania |date=2021-04-29 |title=Noseweek out of joint as publication loses defamation case |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-04-29-noseweek-out-of-joint-as-publication-loses-defamation-case/ |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}</ref>

==See also== * List of satirical magazines

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.noseweek.co.za/}}

Category:1993 establishments in South Africa Category:English-language magazines published in South Africa Category:Magazines established in 1993 Category:Magazines published in South Africa Category:Monthly magazines published in South Africa Category:Satirical magazines