Newest first, read from the court's own list the day each is handed down.
| Handed down | Judgment |
|---|---|
| 26 Mar 2020 | Medihelp v Minister of Finance NO[2020] ZASCA 29 · 1387/2018 · Practice – pleadings – real import of upholding special plea that particulars of claim did not disclose a cause of action – leave to amend o... |
| 25 Mar 2020 | Auckland Park Theological Seminary v University of Johannesburg[2019] ZASCA 24 · 1160/2018 · Contract – terms agreed in writing – were rights and obligations therein delectus personae – personal to appellant? Parol evidence rule appl... |
| 25 Mar 2020 | SARS v United Manganese of Kalahari (Pty) Ltd[2020] ZASCA 16 · 264/2019 · Mineral and Petroleum Resources Royalty Act of 2008 – royalty calculation based on gross sales determined in terms of s 6(2)(b), read with s... |
| 25 Mar 2020 | Caratco (Pty) Ltd v Independent Advisory (Pty) Ltd[2020] ZASCA 17 · 982/18 · Companies Act of 2008 – whether special fee for remuneration of business rescue practitioner outside of s 143 prohibited – special fee agree... |
| 25 Mar 2020 | Staufen Investments (Pty) Ltd v The Minister of Public Works, Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd & Registrar of Deeds, Cape Town[2020] ZASCA 18 · Immovable property – expropriation of servitudes – administrative law – private property owned by appellant unlawfully occupied by second re... |
| 25 Mar 2020 | Telkom SA SOC Limited v The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2020] ZASCA 19 · 239/19 · Income Tax Act of 1962 (the Act) – s 24 I – losses or gains caused by foreign exchange fluctuations – proviso to s 24 I(10) – not a self-sta... |
| 25 Mar 2020 | Nature’s Choice Farms (Pty) Ltd v Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality[2020] ZASCA 20 · 463/19 · Rule 33(4) of Uniform Rules of Court – separation of issues – issues not accurately circumscribed – dispute relating to issues to be decided... |
| 25 Mar 2020 | Hugo, Kirsten & Kirsten (Pty) Ltd v Collotype Labels (Pty) Ltd[2020] ZASCA 21 · 323/2019 · Lease agreement – agreement contained clause providing for negotiation of new lease on expiry of current lease – clause void – effect of inv... |
| 25 Mar 2020 | Tusk Construction Support Services (Pty) Ltd and Another v Independent Development Trust[2020] ZASCA 22 · 364/2019 · Practice and procedure – citation of a trust as a party to legal proceedings does not render the summons a nullity simply because the trust... |
| 25 Mar 2020 | Marais N.O. and Another v Maposa and Others[2020] ZASCA 23 · 642/2018 · Matrimonial Property Act of 1984 – spouses married in community of property – donation of asset of joint estate requires consent of spouse i... |
| 24 Mar 2020 | Tyrone Venter v The State[2020] ZASCA 14 · 945/2018 |
| 24 Mar 2020 | Bo-Kaap Civic and Ratepayers Association and Others v City of Cape Town and Others[2020] ZASCA 15 · 112/2019 · Approval by local authority and Mayor of land use application – challenged on the basis of unreasonableness, irrationality and error of law... |
| 19 Mar 2020 | Griekwaland Wes Korporatief Beperk v Standard Bank of South Africa Limited[2020] ZASCA 10 · 396/19 · Claim to ownership – identification – documentary evidence – whether the evidence adduced proved ownership. 2 ______________________________... |
| 19 Mar 2020 | Nativa (Pty) Limited v Austell Laboratories (Pty) Limited[2020] ZASCA 11 · 1298/2018 · Interim interdict pending final interdict and damages claim – unlawful competition – false disparagement of rival trader’s goods in advertis... |
| 19 Mar 2020 | Jiyana and Another v Absa Bank Limited and Others[2020] ZASCA 12 · 1424/2018 · Peremption – effect of settlement agreement – appellants signed a settlement acknowledging validity of a judgment which they previously soug... |
| 19 Mar 2020 | SA Express Ltd v Bagport (Pty) Ltd[2020] ZASCA 13 · 160/2019 · Appeal – lapsing of appeal – condonation – negligence of appellant’s attorney no excuse – no basis for condonation – matter struck off roll. |
| 18 Mar 2020 | Global & Local Investments Advisors (Pty) Ltd v Nickolaus Ludick Fouché[2019] ZASCA 8 · 71/2019 · Whether a financial services provider acted in breach of client’s mandate by releasing funds upon receiving fraudulent email instruction – a... |
| 18 Mar 2020 | KwaDukuza Municipality v Lahaf (Pty) Ltd[2020] ZASCA 9 · 840/18 · Interpretation of a town planning scheme which applies exclusively to Lifestyle Centre, Ballito – meaning of the phrase 'the total gross let... |
| 16 Mar 2020 | Aquarius Platinum (SA) (Pty) v Bonene & others[2019] ZASCA 7 · 1177/2018 |
| 12 Mar 2020 | The Director of Public Prosecutions, Grahamstown v Mantashe[2020] ZASCA 5 · 131/2019 · Rape - Sentence - Life Imprisonment – Minimum sentence in terms of Criminal Law Amendment Act 105 of 1997 – misdirection in finding substant... |
| 12 Mar 2020 | Nxele v S[2020] ZASCA 6 · 271/19 · Murder – Life imprisonment – Failure to mention provisions of Criminal Law Amendment Act constituting a misdirection – common law jurisdicti... |
| 4 Mar 2020 | Meyers v MEC, Department of Health, Eastern Cape[2020] ZASCA 3 · 1010/2018 · Law of delict – negligence – whether plaintiff discharged onus of establishing negligence on part of surgeon who caused two small injuries t... |
| 4 Mar 2020 | South African Football Association v Fli-Afrika Travel (Pty) Limited[2020] ZASCA 4 · 1317/2018 · Contract – interpretation – whether obligation contended for by respondent an express or tacit term – settlement agreement – effect of settl... |
| 31 Jan 2020 | Airports Company South Africa SOC Ltd v Imperial Group Ltd & Others[2020] ZASCA 2 · 1306/18 · Procurement by organ of state – whether s 217 of the Constitution is applicable to Request for Bids (RFB) for the granting of car rental con... |
| 21 Jan 2020 | Oosthuizen & another v The State[2020] ZASCA 1 · 180/2018 · Correction of patent error in order. 2 ________________________________________________________________ AMENDED |
| 18 Dec 2019 | Komape v Minister of Basic Education (754/2018 and 1051/2018)[2019] ZASCA 192 · Practice – amicus curiae – test as to who should be admitted – application to be admitted as amicus dismissed. Emotional shock – principles... |
| 18 Dec 2019 | Rohde v The State[2019] ZASCA 193 · 1007/2019 · Bail – pending appeal – factors to be considered – whether there is a real prospect in relation to success on convictions – whether appellan... |
| 13 Dec 2019 | The National Credit Regulator v Lewis Stores (Pty) Ltd[2019] ZASCA 190 · 937/18 · National Credit Act, of 2005 (NCA) – interpretation – sections 100, 101(1)(a) and 102(1) – cost of credit – extended warranties in respect o... |
| 13 Dec 2019 | and1051/2018 Contango Trading SA v Central Energy Fund SOC Ltd[2019] ZASCA 191 · 533/2019 · Discovery – Rule 35(12) of the Uniform Rules of Court – requirements – disclosure – whether legal advice privilege over counsels’ opinions w... |
| 11 Dec 2019 | Zulu v The State[2019] ZASCA 189 · 1285/2017 · Application for special leave to appeal against refusal of leave to appeal – no reasonable prospects of success – application dismissed – re... |
| 10 Dec 2019 | Magic Eye Trading 77 CC v Santam Limited[2019] ZASCA 188 · 775/2018 · Whether a contingent right to claim an indemnity had prescribed – when prescription in respect of such claim starts to run – indemnity can o... |
| 3 Dec 2019 | Minister of Trade and Industry v Sundays River Citrus Company (Pty) Ltd[2019] ZASCA 184 · 798/2018 · Trade and Industry – grant payable to enterprises to promote their competitiveness as incentive for job creation and retention – grant payab... |
| 3 Dec 2019 | Nailana v Nailana[2019] ZASCA 185 · 714/2018 · Divorce Act of 1979 – ss 7(7) and (8)(a) – Pension Funds Act of 1956 (PFA) – reference to ‘pension fund’ in Divorce Act – means ‘pension fun... |
| 3 Dec 2019 | Witzenberg Municipality v Bridgman NO & others[2019] ZASCA 186 · 685/2018 · Application for reconsideration in terms of s 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 of a refusal of petition decided in terms of s 17(... |
| 3 Dec 2019 | The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service v Clicks Retailers (Pty) Ltd[2019] ZASCA 187 · 58/2019 · Income Tax Act of 1962 – s 24C – claim for allowance in respect of cost of complying with terms of loyalty card programme – customer applyin... |
| 2 Dec 2019 | M Shembe v N Shembe NO[2019] ZASCA 172 · 957/2018 · Appeal – factual findings of trial court – test restated – no basis for interference unless finding vitiated by material – no material misdi... |
| 2 Dec 2019 | Jones v RAF[2019] ZASCA 173 · 1286/18 · Motor vehicle accident – claim for compensation against Road Accident Fund in terms of s 17(1)(a) of the Road Accident Fund Act of 1996 – id... |
| 2 Dec 2019 | Kgopana v Matlala[2019] ZASCA 174 · 1081/2018 · Contract – when concluded – whether WhatsApp message contained an offer animo contrahendi – in both context and content the message did not... |
| 2 Dec 2019 | Van Zyl & another v Off the Shelf Investments Seventy Eight (Pty) Ltd[2019] ZASCA 175 · 1323/2018 · Companies – provisional liquidation – creditor relied on a debt owed to it by respondent as reflected in the latter’s financial statements –... |
| 2 Dec 2019 | Shepherd Real Estate Investments (Pty) Ltd v Roux Le Roux Motors CC[2019] ZASCA 178 · 1318/2018 · Contract – validity of – agreement that the rental and costs shall be mutually agreed upon in writing between the landlord and the tenant wh... |
| 2 Dec 2019 | Donald Khobane v The State[2019] ZASCA 179 · 1255/2017 · Whether failure to refer to the minimum sentence legislation in the charge sheet prejudiced the appellant – whether such failure infringed o... |
| 2 Dec 2019 | Adilu Jangia v The State[2019] ZASCA 180 · 274/19 · Criminal Procedure – Appeal against a refusal to grant leave to appeal on petition – appeal successful – leave to appeal against sentence to... |
| 2 Dec 2019 | Zikhulise Cleaning Maintenance & Transport CC v The Chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Construction Industry Development Board[2019] ZASCA 181 · 1112/2018 · Construction Industry – Regulations promulgated under s of Construction Development Board Act of 2000 – inquiry under reg 29 – whether condu... |
| 2 Dec 2019 | Oosthuizen & another v The State[2019] ZASCA 182 · 180/2018 · Criminal Procedure – whether State proved beyond reasonable doubt offences committed – on the version of the appellants guilt was establishe... |
| 2 Dec 2019 | The Minister of Police v Stanfield[2019] ZASCA 183 · 1328/2018 · Criminal procedure – Search and seizure of firearms in terms of s of the Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 (CPA) – Firearms Control Act of 2000... |
| 29 Nov 2019 | Zephan (Pty) Ltd & others v Noormahomed[2019] ZASCA 162 · 1303/18 · Practice and Procedure – application for rescission of default judgment – whether defence prima facie established – whether application for... |
| 29 Nov 2019 | Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service v Langholm Farms (Pty) Ltd[2019] ZASCA 163 · 1354/2018 · Revenue – diesel fuel rebate – interpretation of s 75(1C)(a)(iii) of the Customs and Excise Act of 1964 – exercise of court’s discretion in... |
| 29 Nov 2019 | Mabotwane Security Services CC v Pikitup Soc (Pty) Ltd & others[2019] ZASCA 164 · 1027/2018 · Superior Courts Act of 2013 – s 16(2)(a)(i) – relief sought on appeal having no practical effect or result – appeal moot – failure of duty b... |
| 29 Nov 2019 | The Minister of Police & another v Muller[2019] ZASCA 165 · 1037/18 · Arrest for inability to account for possession of goods suspected of being stolen – arrest wrongful and unlawful – remand in custody by Magi... |
| 29 Nov 2019 | Zulu v The State[2019] ZASCA 166 · 529/19 · Appeal from decision of the high court dismissing a petition in terms of s 309C of the Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 – appeal against the r... |