Newest first, read from the court's own list the day each is handed down.
| Handed down | Judgment |
|---|---|
| 20 Dec 2018 | Ruta v Minister of Home Affairs[2018] ZACC 52 · CCT02/18 · asylum seeker applications — effect of delay — relevance of criminal record in South Africa — overriding principle of non-refoulement delay... |
| 11 Dec 2018 | Law Society of South Africa and Others v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others (South Africa Litigation Centre and Centre for Applied Legal Studies as Amicus Curiae)[2018] ZACC 51 · CCT67/18 · Constitution — sections 231, 232, 7(1)-(2), 8(1) — Prematurity — constitutionality of the President’s signing of the 2014 Protocol — suspens... |
| 6 Dec 2018 | Mkhize NO v Premier of the Province of Kwazulu-Natal And Others[2018] ZACC 50 · CCT285/17 · administrative action — right to seek review — customary law — transmissibility of right to review res judicata — requirements — finality —... |
| 5 Dec 2018 | South African Veterinary Association v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others[2018] ZACC 49 · CCT27/18 · Constitution — sections 59(1)(a), 72(1)(a) and 118(1)(a) — Parliamentary duty to facilitate public participation in the law-making process —... |
| 29 Nov 2018 | Diener NO v Minister of Justice and Others[2018] ZACC 48 · CCT03/18 · Companies Act – Chapter 6 – sections 135(4) and 143(5) – business rescue proceedings – interpretation – during liquidation – super preferenc... |
| 28 Nov 2018 | Amardien and Others v Registrar of Deeds and Others (Women's Legal Trust as Amicus Curiae)[2018] ZACC 47 · CCT212/17 · Alienation of Land Act 68 of 1981 — sections 19, 20 and 26 — purchaser not obliged to make payment until recordal complete by seller Nationa... |
| 22 Nov 2018 | Electoral Commission of South Africa v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others[2018] ZACC 46 · CCT55/16 · urgent application for extension of a suspension of invalidity — appropriate remedy, and just and equitable order — extension granted |
| 19 Nov 2018 | Mlungwana and Others v S and Another (Equal Education, Right2Know Campaign and UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association as Amici Curiae)[2018] ZACC 45 · CCT32/18 · Regulation of Gatherings Act 205 of 1993 — section 12(1)(a) — declaration of constitutional invalidity |
| 6 Nov 2018 | South African Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union and Others v Woolworths (Pty) Limited[2018] ZACC 44 · CCT275/17 · Labour Relations Act — section 189A(19) — retrenchment — dismissal for operational requirements Substantive unfairness — operationally justi... |
| 31 Oct 2018 | eThekwini Municipality v Mounthaven (Pty) Limited[2018] ZACC 43 · CCT05/18 · Meaning of debt — Prescription Act 68 of 1969 — Real rights — Limited Real Rights — Personal rights — reversionary clauses Deeds Registries... |
| 30 Oct 2018 | Rahube v Rahube and Others[2018] ZACC 42 · CCT319/17 · Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Act 112 of 1991 — constitutionality of section 2(1) — declaration of constitutional invalidity — violation o... |
| 25 Oct 2018 | Maledu and Others v Itereleng Bakgatla Mineral Resources (Pty) Limited and Another (Dlamini and Land Access Movement of South Africa as Amici Curiae)[2018] ZACC 41 · CCT265/17 · Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 — Section 54 — Other satisfactory remedy Interim Protection of Informal Land Righ... |
| 23 Oct 2018 | Holomisa v Holomisa and Another[2018] ZACC 40 · CCT146/17 · Transkei Marriage Act 21 of 1978 — Divorce Act 70 of 1979 —Community of Property — Rationalisation of laws — Direct Access |
| 9 Oct 2018 | Ahmed and Others v Minister of Home Affairs and Another[2018] ZACC 39 · CCT273/17 · Immigration Directive 21 of 2015 — validity of directive — imposes blanket ban on asylum seekers applying for visas under Immigration Act 13... |
| 28 Sep 2018 | S.O.S Support Public Broadcasting Coalition and Others v South African Broadcasting Corporation (SOC) Limited and Others[2018] ZACC 37 · CCT121/17 · Competition Act 89 of 1998 — notifiable merger — Competition Commission — investigatory powers — Part B of Chapter 5 of the Competition Act... |
| 28 Sep 2018 | Gavrić v Refugee Status Determination Officer Cape Town and Others (People Against Suppression Suffering Oppression and Poverty as Amicus Curiae)[2018] ZACC 38 · CCT217/17 · Section 4 of the Refugees Act— Exclusion — Internal remedies — Unfounded application Section 4(1)(b) of the Refugees Act — Non-political cri... |
| 27 Sep 2018 | Airports Company South Africa v Big Five Duty Free (Pty) Limited and Others[2018] ZACC 33 · CCT257/17 · Interpretation of contracts — Judgments in rem — When can settlement agreements be made an order of court Agreements between private parties... |
| 27 Sep 2018 | Thwala v S[2018] ZACC 34 · CCT329/17 · Section 35(3)(o) of the Constitution — right to a fair trial — Res Judicata |
| 27 Sep 2018 | Tarr v S[2018] ZACC 35 · CCT07/18 · Extra-curial statement — Interference with factual findings of a lower court |
| 27 Sep 2018 | Black Sash Trust (Freedom Under Law Intervening) v Minister of Social Development and Others (Corruption Watch (NPC) RF and South African Post Office Soc Limited as Amici Curiae) CCT48/17C[2018] ZACC 36 · Costs of suit - Personal liability - Minister liable for costs — Gross negligence |
| 25 Sep 2018 | Morudi and Others v NC Housing Services and Development Co Ltd and Others[2018] ZACC 32 · CCT270/17 |
| 20 Sep 2018 | Hunter v Financial Sector Conduct Authority and Others (Casual Workers Advice Office and Right2Know Campaign as Amici Curiae)[2018] ZACC 31 · Pension Funds Act — pension funds — orphan funds — pension funds cancellations project — locus standi — misjoinder — amendment of pleadings... |
| 18 Sep 2018 | Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others v Prince[2018] ZACC 30 · CCT108/17 · sections 4(b) and 5(b) of Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act 140 of 1992 read with Part III of Schedule 2 of that Act and section 22A(9)(a)(1) o... |
| 13 Sep 2018 | Duncanmec (Pty) Limited v Gaylard NO and Others[2018] ZACC 29 · CCT248/17 · [struggle songs] — [racism in the workplace] — [racially offensive conduct] [misconduct] — [unprotected strike] — [unfair dismissal] — [Sidu... |
| 11 Sep 2018 | Sigcau and Another v Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs and Others[2018] ZACC 28 · CCT167/17 · Customary law — Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act — Commission on Traditional Leadership Disputes — statutory interpretati... |
| 3 Sep 2018 | M T v The State; A S B v The State and Johannes September v The State[2018] ZACC 27 · CCT 122/17; CCT 220/17 and CCT 298/17 · Criminal Law Amendment Act 105 of 1997 — section 51(1) — minimum sentences — exclusion from charge sheet Leave to appeal — inherent power of... |
| 30 Aug 2018 | SASSA v Minister of Social Development[2018] ZACC 26 · CCT 48/17 · Social grants — extension of the declaration of invalidity — just and equitable remedy — case justifying urgency has been made — personal co... |
| 29 Aug 2018 | Liesching and Others v S[2018] ZACC 25 · Superior Courts Act 10 of 2013 — section 17(2)(f) — referral of petition for reconsideration — discretion of the President of Supreme Court... |
| 23 Aug 2018 | Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) v South African Correctional Services Workers' Union (SACOSWU) and Others[2018] ZACC 24 · Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 — interpretation of sections 18 and 20 — collective agreements — thresholds of representativeness collective... |
| 13 Aug 2018 | Corruption Watch NPC and Others v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others (Helen Suzman Foundation as Amicus Curiae); Nxasana v Corruption Watch NPC and Others (Helen Suzman Foundation as Amicus Curiae)[2018] ZACC 23 |
| 26 Jul 2018 | Assign Services (Pty) Limited v National Union of Metalworkers Union of South Africa and Others (Casual Workers Advice Office as Amicus Curiae)[2018] ZACC 22 · Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 — section 198A(3)(b) — temporary employment services — placed workers deemed employees of the client — secti... |
| 17 Jul 2018 | Department of Transport and Others v Tasima (Pty) Ltd; Tasima (Pty) Ltd and Others v Road Traffic Management Corporation and Others[2018] ZACC 21 · CCT 182/17 and CCT 240/17 · Superior Courts Act 10 of 2013 — Section 18 — operation of order after final determination Interim orders — operation of order after final d... |
| 5 Jul 2018 | Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Another v South African Restructuring and Insolvency Practitioners Association and Others[2018] ZACC 20 · CCT13/17 · Section 9(2) of the Constitution — remedial and restitutionary equality — Van Heerden test — arbitrariness and rationality as separate requi... |
| 29 Jun 2018 | Moosa NO and Others v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Others (Trustees of the Women's Legal Centre Trust as Amicus Curiae)[2018] ZACC 19 · CCT251/17 |
| 27 Jun 2018 | Booysen v Minister of Safety and Security[2018] ZACC 18 · CCT25/17 · Delict — vicarious liability — deviation case — police officer — domestic violence — police firearm |
| 21 Jun 2018 | My Vote Counts NPC v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services[2018] ZACC 17 · CCT249/17 · Constitutionality of Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 — Act constitutionally deficient for failure to provide for recordal,... |
| 14 Jun 2018 | Levenstein and Others v Estate of the Late Sidney Lewis Frankel and Others[2018] ZACC 16 · CCT170/17 · Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 — constitutionality of section 18 — section 18 is unconstitutional Prescription of the right to institute... |
| 7 Jun 2018 | Minister of Safety and Security v South African Hunters and Game Conservation Association[2018] ZACC 14 · CCT177/17 · Gun control — licence to possesses firearm — termination of fiream licence — renewal of firearm licence section 24 and 28 — firearms control... |
| 7 Jun 2018 | City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality v Chairman of the National Building Regulations Review Board[2018] ZACC 15 · CCT186/17 · National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act 103 of 1997 — constitutionality of section 9 —unconstitutional — separation of powe... |
| 17 May 2018 | Rustenburg Platinum Mine v SAEWA obo Bester and Others[2018] ZACC 13 · CCT127/17 · Referring to a fellow employee as a “swart man” — test for whether words are derogatory and racist is objective — starting point must take i... |
| 25 Apr 2018 | Pretorius and Another v Transport Pension Fund and Others[2018] ZACC 10 · CCT94/17 · Exceptions — pension funds— pension benefits — class action |
| 25 Apr 2018 | Marshall NO and Others v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2018] ZACC 11 · CCT208/17 · Interpretation of statutes — value Added Tax Act — appropriateness of Judicial deference. |
| 25 Apr 2018 | Conradie v S[2018] ZACC 12 · Section 35(3)(o) of the Constitution — right to a fair trial— is trial record of proceedings relevant for leave to appeal application? |
| 24 Apr 2018 | Helen Suzman Foundation v Judicial Service Commission[2018] ZACC 8 |
| 24 Apr 2018 | Cishahayo Saidi and Others v Minister of Home Affairs and Others[2018] ZACC 9 |
| 15 Mar 2018 | Klaas-v-S[2018] ZACC 6 · Criminal Appeal — Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act — sentence — drug dealing and drug manufacturing — market value of drugs not proven — minim... |
| 1 Mar 2018 | S S v V V-S[2018] ZACC 5 · CCT247/16 |
| 27 Feb 2018 | Loni v Member of the Executive Council, Department of Health, Eastern Cape, Bhisho[2018] ZACC 4 |
| 23 Feb 2018 | S and Another v Okah; Okah v S (Institute for Security Studies and Southern Africa Litigation Centre as Amici Curiae)[2018] ZACC 3 · CCT315/16 and CCT193/17 |
| 2 Dec 2017 | Phakane v S[2017] ZACC 44 |