President Jacob Zuma's defamation case of R5 million against Rapport newspaper has been dismissed with costs after he failed to respond to an interim court order in the case, according to a report on Wednesday.

This follows Rapport's application to the Western Cape High Court earlier this year to have Zuma's defamation case dismissed, Beeld reported.

Judge Willem Louw on Tuesday granted the application, submitted by Media24 on behalf of Rapport.