Newest first, read from the court's own list the day each is handed down.
| Handed down | Judgment |
|---|---|
| 31 May 2023 | The Commissioner for The South African Revenue Service v Free State Development Corporation[2023] ZASCA 84 · 1222/2021 · Application by taxpayer to withdraw statement of grounds of appeal and file amended statement – Tax Court granting order – test for appealab... |
| 30 May 2023 | Ezulwini Mining Company (Pty) Ltd v Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy and Others[2023] ZASCA 80 · 289/2021 · Environmental Law – mining – whether mine operator has a continuing obligation to pump extraneous water from underground mining area notwith... |
| 29 May 2023 | Pretorius v Agricultural Research Council[2023] ZASCA 76 · 250/22 · Law of contract – lease of farm – agreement allowing renewal provided lessee not in default of its terms – purported renewal by lessee whils... |
| 29 May 2023 | Media 24 (Pty) Ltd v Nhleko & Another[2023] ZASCA 77 · 109/22 · Civil procedure - application for leave to amend plea - dismissal based on wrong principles of law - appeal upheld. ________________________... |
| 29 May 2023 | Steenhuisen and Another v Van Rooyen and Others[2023] ZASCA 78 · 611/2021 · Administrative law – review of Public Protector’s decision on whether in responding to a written parliamentary question the first respondent... |
| 29 May 2023 | Dhlamini v Schumann, Van den Heever & Slabbert Inc and Others[2023] ZASCA 79 · 505/2021 · Civil procedure – Appeal – whether the appeal should be dismissed for mootness – s 16(2)(a) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – relief soug... |
| 26 May 2023 | Shepstone & Wylie Attorneys v Abraham Johannes de Witt N O & Others[2023] ZASCA 74 · 1270/2021 · Deed of suretyship signed by majority of trustees in absence of authority from the trust deed – trustees required to act jointly and unanimo... |
| 26 May 2023 | Mashola v Mashola[2023] ZASCA 75 · 022/2022 · Family Law – divorce – partial forfeiture of benefits – misconduct – whether s 9(1) principles properly considered by the full court – wheth... |
| 24 May 2023 | ICollege (Pty) Ltd v Xpertease Skills Development and Mentoring CC and Another[2023] ZASCA 70 · 106/2022 · Trade mark – interdict to restrain infringement – use of mark closely resembling registered trade mark – both marks visually and phoneticall... |
| 24 May 2023 | The South African Medical Association Trade Union v The South African Medical Association NPC and Another[2023] ZASCA 71 · 490/2022 · Liquidation – unable to pay debts – indebtedness and inability to pay bona fide disputed – just and equitable – wide discretion of court – d... |
| 24 May 2023 | Outdoor Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd & Another v The Minister of Police & Another[2023] ZASCA 72 · 344/2022 · Firearms Control Act of 2000 (the FCA) – whether regulation of the Firearm Control Regulations entitles one firearms’ dealer to store firear... |
| 24 May 2023 | Maxwele Royal Family & Another v The Premier of the Eastern Cape Province and Others[2023] ZASCA 73 · 1176/2021 · Administrative law – review of appointment of a headman/headwoman – validity of the appointment in dispute – decision to appoint the third r... |
| 18 May 2023 | The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service v Nyhonyha and Others[2023] ZASCA 69 · 1150/2021 · Company law – setting aside of winding-up under s 354 of Companies Act of 1973 – test is whether facts demonstrate that continuation of wind... |
| 17 May 2023 | Oaker and Others v Kriel NO (118/2021); Rockland Group Holdings (Pty) Ltd v Kriel NO and Others[2023] ZASCA 68 · 185/2022 · Curatorship – s of the Financial Institutions (Protection of Funds) Act of 2001 (Protection of Funds Act) – bewind trusts and their fund man... |
| 16 May 2023 | Cooper N O and Another v Curro Heights Properties (Pty) Ltd[2023] ZASCA 66 · 1300/2021 · Sale of land – Validity of – formalities – Alienation of Land Act of 1981 – section 2(1) – requires the whole contract, all its material ter... |
| 16 May 2023 | Top Lay Egg Co-op Ltd & Another v Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries & Others[2023] ZASCA 67 · 400/2022 · Administrative Law – delayed review – Agricultural Product Standards Act 119 of 1990 – designated assignees – whether the third respondent i... |
| 12 May 2023 | Director of Public Prosecutions, Gauteng Division, Pretoria v D M S and A O L[2023] ZASCA 65 · 69/2022 · Appeal against sentences in terms of s 316B of the Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 – whether sentences imposed by the trial court were too le... |
| 8 May 2023 | The Road Accident Fund v Taylor and other matters (1136-1140/2021)[2023] ZASCA 64 · Practice and procedure – final settlement of claim against Road Accident Fund – compromise – extinguishes disputed rights and obligations an... |
| 5 May 2023 | Magwala v Chief Sinthumule and Others (Case no 7442021)[2023] ZASCA 62 · Application for special leave – referral for oral argument in terms of s 17(2)(d) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – Customary Law – tradi... |
| 5 May 2023 | TWK Agriculture Holdings (Pty) Ltd v Hoogveld Boerderybeleggings (Pty) Ltd and Others[2023] ZASCA 63 · 273/2022 · Appealability – dismissal of an exception – doctrine of finality – interests of justice – precedent. |
| 3 May 2023 | Govender v The State[2023] ZASCA 60 · 221/2022 · Criminal Law – murder – common purpose – conviction on direct and circumstantial evidence – presence at scene, active association and intent... |
| 3 May 2023 | Minister of Police v Gqamane[2023] ZASCA 61 · 226/2022 · Civil procedure – unlawful arrest and detention – arrest in terms of ss 40(1)(b) and 40 (1)(q) of Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 – assault w... |
| 28 Apr 2023 | Louis N O and Others v Fenwick N O and Others (5982021)[2023] ZASCA 59 · Company law – business rescue – binding offer in terms of s 153(1)(b)(ii) of the Companies Act of 2008 rejected – consequences of – interpre... |
| 21 Apr 2023 | The Butcher Shop and Grill CC v The Trustees for the time being of the Bymyam Trust[2023] ZASCA 57 · 038/2022 · Lease – remission and abatement of rent – vis major – subtenant suffering loss of use and enjoyment of leased premises – whether tenant enti... |
| 21 Apr 2023 | Afriforum NPC v Nelson Mandela Foundation Trust and Others[2023] ZASCA 58 · 371/2020 · Constitutional Law – section 16(1) of the Constitution – freedom of expression – whether right infringed by prohibition of gratuitous public... |
| 20 Apr 2023 | South African Municipal Workers’ Union National Provident Fund v Dihlabeng Local Municipality and Others (652022)[2023] ZASCA 55 · Labour law – employee pension fund – whether the dismissed employees were re-employed or reinstated in terms of a settlement agreement – whe... |
| 20 Apr 2023 | Cohen N O & Others v Deans[2023] ZASCA 56 · 368/2022 · Summary judgment - particulars of claim based upon incorrect trust deed - plaintiff verified an incorrect cause of action - defendants discl... |
| 19 Apr 2023 | Mystic River Investments 45 (Pty) Ltd & Another v Zayeed Paruk Incorporated & Others (Case no 4322022)[2023] ZASCA 54 · Practice – application that peregrinus provide security for costs under rule of Uniform Rules of Court – exercise of true discretion – power... |
| 18 Apr 2023 | Mashinini v The Member of the Executive Council for Health and Social Development, Gauteng Provincial Government (3352021)[2023] ZASCA 53 · Delict – action for damages based on medical negligence of public hospital staff – claim for future medical and hospital expenses – public h... |
| 14 Apr 2023 | Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others v Pennington and Another[2023] ZASCA 51 · 162/2022 · Civil procedure – special plea of prescription – Prescription Act of 1969 – when respondents had sufficient facts at their disposal – whethe... |
| 14 Apr 2023 | Liberty Group Limited v Moosa[2023] ZASCA 52 · 126/2022 · Appealability – Insolvency Act of 1936 – whether an order dismissing an application for provisional sequestration is an order of court in te... |
| 13 Apr 2023 | Samuels v Salie-Hlophe[2023] ZASCA 49 · 771/21 · Civil procedure - Contempt of court - whether appellant was entitled to a postponement to allow him to present his case before high court ma... |
| 13 Apr 2023 | Road Accident Fund v MKM obo KM and Another; Road Accident Fund v NM obo CM and Another (with Centre for Child Law intervening as Amicus Curiae)[2023] ZASCA 50 · 1102/2021 · Contingency Fees Act – whether s imposes an obligation on the Road Accident Fund to ensure that a legal practitioner obtains judicial approv... |
| 11 Apr 2023 | De la Rey, Pieter Jacobus v PH de la Rey Family Trust and Others (0842021)[2023] ZASCA 48 · Equality Legislation – whether the Equality Court had jurisdiction, complainant making out no case that he had been discriminated against as... |
| 4 Apr 2023 | Ruth Eunice Sechoaro v Patience Kgwadi[2023] ZASCA 46 · 896/2021 · Application for leave to appeal – whether respondent’s unilateral mistake in signing agreement is reasonable – under misapprehension as to i... |
| 4 Apr 2023 | Giftwrap Trading (Pty) Ltd v Vodacom (Pty) Ltd and Others[2023] ZASCA 47 · 1009/2020 · Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act of 2002 (RICA) – disclosure of customer... |
| 3 Apr 2023 | The Special Investigating Unit v Phomella Property Investments (Pty) Ltd and Another[2023] ZASCA 45 · 1329/2021 · Administrative law – lease declared unlawful – equitable relief under s 172(1)(b) of the Constitution – true discretion – test for interfere... |
| 31 Mar 2023 | M v M[2023] ZASCA 33 · 1305/2021 · Matrimonial law – sections and of the Divorce Act of 1979 – division of joint estate – claim for forfeiture of pension interest – substantia... |
| 31 Mar 2023 | Ragavan and Others v Optimum Coal Terminal (Pty) Ltd and Others[2023] ZASCA 34 · 136/2022 · Company law – business rescue supervision under Companies Act of 2008 – when a company in business rescue is a creditor of another company i... |
| 31 Mar 2023 | Solidariteit Helpende Hand NPC and Others v Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs[2023] ZASCA 35 · 104/2022 · Mootness – Disaster Management Act of 2002 – lawfulness of regulations on religious gatherings – COVID-19 – national state of disaster – imp... |
| 31 Mar 2023 | Thomas and Another v Thomas[2023] ZASCA 36 · 1223/2021 · Insolvency law – Insolvency Act of 1936 – sequestration of insolvent estate – nature of a right, title and interest in an action (right of a... |
| 31 Mar 2023 | Snowy Owl Properties 284 (Pty) Ltd v Celliers and Another[2023] ZASCA 37 · 1295/2021 · Contempt of court order – the principles of Matjhabeng Local Municipality v Eskom Holdings Ltd and Others [2017] ZACC 35; 2017 (11) BCLR 140... |
| 31 Mar 2023 | Krügel Heinsen Incorporated v Thompson and Another[2023] ZASCA 38 · 41/2022 · Appeal – reception of further evidence on appeal – evidence of events post-dating judgment of court of first instance – may be received in s... |
| 31 Mar 2023 | Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service and Another v Richards Bay Coal Terminal (Pty) Ltd[2023] ZASCA 39 · 1299/2021 · Customs and Excise Act of 1964 – taxpayer not confined to the remedy of a wide appeal under s 47(9)(e) – can also review a tariff determinat... |
| 31 Mar 2023 | Prevance Bonds (Pty) Ltd v Voltex (Pty) Ltd[2023] ZASCA 40 · 58/2022 · Rectification – document in which security cession is contained incorrectly describes the creditor – whether a claim for rectification was e... |
| 31 Mar 2023 | NSS obo AS v MEC for Health, Eastern Cape Province[2023] ZASCA 41 · 017/22 · Evidence – statement by party that opponent’s expert opinion can be handed in as evidence – not a ‘fact admitted’ on the record of proceedin... |
| 31 Mar 2023 | Unica Iron and Steel (Pty) Ltd and Another v The Minister of Trade and Industry and Another[2023] ZASCA 42 · 1332/21 · Appeal – order declaring that attorney authorised to act in action – not appealable unless interests of justice so demand – parties agreeing... |
| 31 Mar 2023 | Close-Up Mining (Pty) Ltd and Others v The Arbitrator, Judge Phillip Boruchowitz and Another[2023] ZASCA 43 · 286/2022 · Arbitration – grounds of review – arbitrator enjoyed no discretionary competence to decide a dispute not contained in the pleadings – Arbitr... |
| 31 Mar 2023 | Wallage v Williams-Ashman N O and Others[2023] ZASCA 44 · 823/2020 · Constitutional challenge to section 2B of the Wills Act of 1953 – freedom of testation – deprivation of property – arbitrariness – sufficien... |
| 30 Mar 2023 | PUTCO (Pty) Ltd v City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Others[2023] ZASCA 31 · 252/22 · Statutory interpretation – National Land Transport Act of 2009 (NLTA) – negotiated contracts under s 41 – breakdown in negotiations – transp... |