Newest first, read from the court's own list the day each is handed down.
| Handed down | Judgment |
|---|---|
| 10 Dec 2025 | Van Niekerk v FirstRand Bank Limited[2025] ZASCA 187 · 065/2024 · Law of Contract – whether the purchaser lawfully cancelled a sale agreement on the ground of latent defects to the goods – whether the purch... |
| 8 Dec 2025 | Patel v South African Securitisation Programme (RF) Limited and Others[2025] ZASCA 186 · 790/2024 · Claim against sureties – whether plaintiff bound by terms of pleaded case – principal debtor liquidated prior to alleged cancellation of agr... |
| 4 Dec 2025 | NAD Property Income Fund (Pty) Ltd v Bushbuckridge Local Municipality and Another[2025] ZASCA 184 · 422/2024 · Arbitration – Arbitration Act of 1965 (Arbitration Act) – whether an arbitrator, in arbitration proceedings, is empowered to declare invalid... |
| 4 Dec 2025 | Clanwilliam and Others[2025] ZASCA 185 · 432/2024 · Inquest Proceedings – Inquests Act of 1959 – whether the magistrate misdirected himself by not holding a public inquest and hearing oral evi... |
| 1 Dec 2025 | Lekeka v The State[2025] ZASCA 182 · 1136/2022 · Criminal Law – s 17(2)(f) of Superior Courts Act of 2013 – application for reconsideration of a decision refusing special leave to appeal –... |
| 1 Dec 2025 | Ntayiya v South African Revenue Service[2025] ZASCA 183 · 848/2023 · Tax law – Income Tax Act of 1962 – Tax Administration Act of 2011 – assessments of taxpayer – whether submission of nil returns by taxpayer... |
| 28 Nov 2025 | Johannes Wessel Greeff v Body Corporate of Merriman Court and Others[2025] ZASCA 176 · 502/2024 · Law of Property – requirements for the extension of a sectional unit prescribed in Sectional Titles Act of 1986 and Sectional Titles Schemes... |
| 28 Nov 2025 | Skhumbuzo Zulu v Vikizitha R Mlotshwa and Others[2025] ZASCA 177 · 004/2024 · Appeal – notice of appeal and the record of appeal lodged late – applications for condonation in respect of lateness – application for the r... |
| 28 Nov 2025 | Samuel Alfred Schoonhoven N O and Others v Pieter Cornelius Antonius Schoonhoven and Others[2025] ZASCA 178 · 791/2024 · Trusts – discretionary trust – designation of capital beneficiaries – testamentary reservation – founder’s right to designate – scope of the... |
| 28 Nov 2025 | Mafoko Security Patrols (Pty) Ltd and Others v Mjayeli Security (Pty) Ltd and Others[2025] ZASCA 179 · 590/2024 · Tender – invalidity – remedy – s 172(1)(a) and (b) of the Constitution – just and equitable remedy – unlawful award – tenderer continues to... |
| 28 Nov 2025 | Tekoa Consulting Engineers (Pty) Ltd v Alfred Nzo District Municipality and Others[2025] ZASCA 180 · 1094/2023 · Municipal law – tender – mootness – no practical effect – discrete legal issue of public importance – Review – standing – lateness – vaguene... |
| 21 Nov 2025 | Showroom Centre (Pty) Ltd and Others v Ronald Kagan[2025] ZASCA 175 · 573/2024 · Civil procedure – leave to appeal – reconsideration in terms of s 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 of refusal of leave to appeal... |
| 18 Nov 2025 | International Trade Administration Commission and Others v Association of Meat Importers and Exporters and Others (159/2024, 168/2024 and 169/2024)[2025] ZASCA 173 · Revenue – Customs and Excise Act 91 0f 1964 (the Customs Act) – Anti- dumping duty – Schedule to the Customs Act – decisions of Internationa... |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Road Accident Fund v Sarah Wilson Lewis[2025] ZASCA 174 · 1209/2023 · Constitutional law – whether the refusal of the applicant’s application for leave to amend its plea, violated its right to have a dispute ca... |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Naledi Local Municipality and Others v Appolus and Others[2025] ZASCA 171 · 122/2024 · Local Government: Municipal Systems Act of 2000 – interpretation of s 54A – review of the appointment of a Municipal Manager – whether groun... |
| 14 Nov 2025 | AIG South Africa Limited and Others v Azrapart (Pty) Ltd and Another[2025] ZASCA 172 · 898/2024 · Insurance law – antecedent insurance agreements – whether the insurance contract falls to be rectified – whether antecedent agreements were... |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Moloto v The State[2025] ZASCA 169 · 1546/2024 · Sentence – the existence of substantial and compelling circumstances warranting deviation from prescribed minimum sentences – brutality of o... |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Groundswell Developments Africa (Pty) Ltd and Others v Brown[2025] ZASCA 170 · 899/2024 · Section 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – validity of the agreement of sale – validity of the builder’s lien relied upon misrepr... |
| 7 Nov 2025 | South African Legal Practice Council v Oosthuizen[2025] ZASCA 168 · 1258/23 · Legal Practice – Attorney – Professional Misconduct – Application for striking from roll – Legal Practice Act of 2014 – s 40(8) provides tha... |
| 4 Nov 2025 | Waterberg Boulevard (Pty) Ltd v Smulhoekie Tuisnywerheid (Pty) Ltd and Another[2025] ZASCA 167 · 283/2024 · Civil Law – Magistrates’ Courts Act of 1944 – Whether a claim for arrear rental is a claim for specific performance in terms of s 46 – monet... |
| 31 Oct 2025 | King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality & Others v Hintsa and Others[2025] ZASCA 165 · 323/2024 · Interpretation of the resolution – whether the resolution taken by the municipality’s council applied to the respondents - whether the respo... |
| 31 Oct 2025 | Sterea Digital CC and Another v The City of Cape Town and Others[2025] ZASCA 166 · 369/24 · Municipal law – property – rezoning application. Administrative Law – Promotion of Administrative Justice Act of 2000, ss 6(2)(e)(iii) and 6... |
| 28 Oct 2025 | Logik Group Africa (Pty) Ltd t/a Fire Logik v Fire Logic (Pty) Ltd[2025] ZASCA 164 · 882/2023 · Delict– Passing-off proceedings onus of proving reputation for passing- off application discharged – whether the respondent established the... |
| 27 Oct 2025 | Els v Venter and Another[2025] ZASCA 163 · 449/2024 · Statutory interpretation – Consumer Protection Act of 2008 – meaning and effect of ‘transaction’, ‘service’ and ‘rental’ – whether residenti... |
| 24 Oct 2025 | National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities v Independent Communications Authority of SA[2025] ZASCA 161 · 581/2024 · Administrative law – unreasonable delay in instituting review proceedings – explanation not reasonable – no basis to interfere with discreti... |
| 23 Oct 2025 | Nordien and Another v Kidrogen RF (Pty) Ltd and Another[2025] ZASCA 159 · 149/2023 · Property law – eviction – lease agreement signed by directors of the company which owned the property without indicating that they acted on... |
| 23 Oct 2025 | Thembakazi Ntangazana v Member of Executive Council for The Department of Education, Eastern Cape[2025] ZASCA 160 · 390/2023 · Lapsed reconsideration application in terms of s 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – inadequate delay explanation trumped by good... |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Portapa (Pty) Limited t/a Supabets and Others v Casino Association of South Africa and Another, andThe Gauteng Gambling Board v Casino Association of South Africa v Portaba (Pty) Ltd t/a Supabets and Others (182/2024 & 215/2024)[2025] ZASCA 158 · Gambling Laws: Interpretation of ‘sporting event’ in s of the Gauteng Gambling Act of 1995 – limiting fixed-odds bets with bookmakers to ‘sp... |
| 20 Oct 2025 | The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Another v Seale and Another[2025] ZASCA 156 · 121/2024 · Application of s 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – – existence of two orders issued by this Court on application for leave to ap... |
| 20 Oct 2025 | Lopes and Another v Executive Mayor of the Knysna Local Municipality & Others[2025] ZASCA 157 · 345/2024 · Mootness – appeal having no practical effect – whether discrete legal point arises – general principles restated. |
| 17 Oct 2025 | Walker and Another v Schabort Potgieter Attorneys Inc and Others (320/2024 and 368/ 2024)[2025] ZASCA 154 · Claim of a company in liquidation for assets recovered by an attorney – attorney’s duty to account and debatement of accounts-whether s 32(1... |
| 17 Oct 2025 | Parch Properties 72 (Pty) Ltd v Summervale Lifestyle Estate Owner’s Association and Others[2025] ZASCA 155 · 171/2024 · Community Schemes Ombud Act of 2011 – jurisdiction of the high court not ousted – whether refusal to amend the constitution of a Community S... |
| 16 Oct 2025 | NT Makhubele Enterprises CC & Others v Business Partners Limited[2025] ZASCA 151 · 83/2019 · Costs – review of taxation – party who fails to attend taxation cannot invoke review procedure under 17(3) of the Rules Regulating the Condu... |
| 16 Oct 2025 | Free State Department of Police, Roads & Transport v Goldfields Logistics (Pty) Limited[2025] ZASCA 152 · 540/2023 · Institution of Legal Proceedings Against Certain Organs of State Act of 2002 – whether ‘debt’, as defined in the Act, includes a claim for n... |
| 16 Oct 2025 | Itokolle-Clinix Private Hospital (Pty) Ltd v MNT obo DORM[2025] ZASCA 153 · 863/2024 · Delict – medical negligence – injury to foetal brain – child born suffering from cerebral palsy – admitted negligence by nursing staff in mo... |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Christoffel Jacobus Petrus Wolmarans N O and Others v The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited[2025] ZASCA 150 · 416/2023 · National Credit Act of 2005 (the Act) – suretyship granted in respect of credit agreement to which Act applies – settlement agreements concl... |
| 9 Oct 2025 | The IPA Foundation (NPC) v South African Pharmacy Council[2025] ZASCA 148 · 1024/2023 · Pharmacy Act of 1974 – Pharmacy Council’s power to expand the scope of practice of pharmacists to provide pharmacist-initiated management of... |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Motsima and Another v Kopa and Others[2025] ZASCA 144 · 1316/23 · Application for condonation – failure to prosecute appeal – reinstatement of lapsed appeal – inordinate delay – long periods of delay unexpl... |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Khamusi Shonisani Mudau-Mamode v Vhuhwaho Denge[2025] ZASCA 145 · 602/24 · Civil procedure – Magistrates’ Court Rules – rule 55(1)(k) – whether the regional court and the full bench were correct in dismissing the ap... |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Rossouw v Blignaut & Wessels and Another[2025] ZASCA 146 · 1234/23 · Civil Procedure – Institution of Legal Proceedings against Certain Organs of State Act of 2002 – condonation application in terms of s 3(4)... |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Rustenburg Local Municipality v Burrie Smit Ontwikkelaars (Pty) Ltd[2025] ZASCA 147 · 236/2024 · Expropriation – Expropriation Act of 1975 (the Act) – meaning and effect of s 12(3) – interest on unpaid compensation from expropriation dat... |
| 6 Oct 2025 | The President of the Republic of South Africa and Others v Prince Mbonisi and Others (147/2024; 148/2024; 217/2024 and 250/2024)[2025] ZASCA 143 · Traditional leadership dispute – whether the identification of the King-Elect by the Zulu Royal House was in accordance with the Zulu custom... |
| 1 Oct 2025 | Urban Icon (Pty) Ltd v South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd and Others[2025] ZASCA 141 · 679/2024 · Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act of 2000 – s 2(1)(f) and regulations under the Act – s 217 of the Constitution – review-tender... |
| 1 Oct 2025 | Mafilika and Others v Elundini Local Municipality and Another[2025] ZASCA 142 · 620/2024 · Municipal Law – Administrative Law – Promotion of Administrative Justice Act of 2000 – termination of electricity supply to property on the... |
| 29 Sep 2025 | Osman v Kariem[2025] ZASCA 139 · 339/2024 · Property law – whether appellant established co-ownership of immovable property – Alienation of Land Act of 1981 – right to claim transfer o... |
| 29 Sep 2025 | Maree & Bernard Attorneys and Another v The South African Legal Practice Council and Another[2025] ZASCA 140 · 914/2023 · Legal Profession – Legal Practice Act of 2014 – whether bank accounts related to an investment practice conducted by a firm of attorneys in... |
| 25 Sep 2025 | M M K obo M K[2025] ZASCA 136 · 497/2024 · Action for damages arising from driving of a motor vehicle – issue of negligence of insured driver settled by agreement – court order record... |
| 25 Sep 2025 | Moremi Treasure v The State[2025] ZASCA 137 · 881/2024 · Criminal Law – Sentence – whether the high court erred in refusing a petition for leave to appeal against a sentence of ten years’ imprisonm... |
| 25 Sep 2025 | Godfrey Goliath Nicholls N O and Others v Magdalena Gaybba and Another[2025] ZASCA 138 · 865/2023 · Prescription Act of 1969 (Prescription Act) - Close Corporation Act of 1984 (Close Corporation Act) - Claim under s of the Close Corporation... |
| 18 Sep 2025 | Greater Bloemfontein Taxi Association and Another v Retshedisitsoe Issac Mafisa[2025] ZASCA 135 · 664/2024 · Section of the Land Transport Act of 2009 – whether the court a quo erred in finding that the respondent had proven a clear right despite th... |