Newest first, read from the court's own list the day each is handed down.
| Handed down | Judgment |
|---|---|
| 31 May 2012 | Minister of Minerals and Energy v Agri SA (CALS amicus curiae)[2012] ZASCA 93 · 458/11 · Expropriation of mineral rights – Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act of 2002 (MPRDA) – expropriation of common law mining right... |
| 30 May 2012 | Mooi v The State[2012] ZASCA 79 · 162/11 · Bail – Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 s 60(11)(a) – delay by State in concluding its case taken together with deduced weakness of State’s ca... |
| 30 May 2012 | Phithela Mapule v The State[2012] ZASCA 80 · 817/11 · Sentence – imposition of minimum sentence in terms of Criminal Law Amendment Act 105 of 1997 – sentenced for a crime not convicted of – righ... |
| 30 May 2012 | Seyffert & Seyffert v Firstrand Bank Ltd[2012] ZASCA 81 · 577/11 · Section of National Credit Act of 2005 – termination of debt review under s 86(10) – summary judgment – discretion of court – unrealistic pr... |
| 30 May 2012 | Bridon International GMBH v International Trade Administration Commission[2012] ZASCA 82 · 538/11 · Confidential information submitted to Commission during investigation in terms of International Trade Administration Act of 2002 – Commissio... |
| 30 May 2012 | Gungudoo v Hannover Reinsurance Group Africa[2012] ZASCA 83 · 585/11 · Sequestration – debtor failing to dispute claims on reasonable and bona fide grounds – Sections 9(4A), 11(2A) and 11(4) requiring service of... |
| 30 May 2012 | Hattingh v Juta[2012] ZASCA 84 · 440/11 · Family’s cultural rights under s 6(2)(d) of ESTA – what constitutes – section envisages rights of an associative nature. 2 _________________... |
| 28 May 2012 | Botha v Iveco SA (Pty) Ltd[2012] ZASCA 78 · 430/11 · Prescription ─ Sale of shares agreement ─ Claim arising from breach of warranty ─ Relief in terms of indemnity clause ─ Debt due and payable... |
| 25 May 2012 | Keyser v The State[2012] ZASCA 70 · 634/11 · Criminal Procedure – appeal – charges referring to unconstitutional presumptions – necessary to examine whole of the trial record to determi... |
| 25 May 2012 | Daniels v The State[2012] ZASCA 71 · 125/11 · Criminal Procedure – appeal charges referring to unconstitutional presumptions – charges not per se a nullity – necessary to examine whole o... |
| 25 May 2012 | Stellenbosch Farmers’ Winery v CSARS (511/11 & 504/11)[2012] ZASCA 72 · Revenue – whether receipt by taxpayer of a sum of money of a capital or a revenue nature - whether interest on alleged underpayment of provi... |
| 25 May 2012 | Visser v Kotze[2012] ZASCA 73 · 519/11 · Application for summary judgment – defence of duress raised – requirements for summary judgment and for defence of duress – bona fide defenc... |
| 25 May 2012 | Kekana v The State[2012] ZASCA 75 · 581/11 · Evidence – assessment of - court's powers to interfere on appeal with the findings of fact of a trial court limited in the absence of demons... |
| 25 May 2012 | Kgantsi v The State[2012] ZASCA 76 · 732/11 · Criminal law – sentence – leave to appeal – reasonable prospects of success – clear misdirection regarding applicability of minimum sentence... |
| 25 May 2012 | Sterklewies (Pty) Ltd v Msimanga & others[2012] ZASCA 77 · Eviction – Extension of Security of Tenure Act of 1997 – whether appellant succeeded in proving that the respondents were only allowed to st... |
| 24 May 2012 | MacDonald v Road Accident Fund[2012] ZASCA 69 · 453/11 · Dependants’ claim for loss of support – application of Assessment of Damages Act of 1969 – calculations based on assumptions and contingenci... |
| 23 May 2012 | Lekup Prop Co No 4 (Pty) Ltd v Wright[2012] ZASCA 67 · 286/11 · Contract: doctrine of fictional fulfilment: state of mind of party against whom doctrine invoked, discussed. Practice and procedure: differe... |
| 23 May 2012 | The Gap Inc v Salt of the Earth Creations (Pty) Ltd and others[2012] ZASCA 68 · 695/11 · Trade mark – Trade Marks Act 194 of 1993, s 27 – application for expungement of on the grounds of lack of bona fide use. 2 _________________... |
| 21 May 2012 | Tecmed Africa v The Minister of Health[2012] ZASCA 64 · 495/11 · Appeal – s 21A(1) of the Supreme Court Act – power of court to dismiss appeal where |
| 21 May 2012 | Midstream Home Owners Association v Shoprite Checkers (424/11); Heritage Hill Home Owners Association v Shoprite Checkers[2012] ZASCA 65 · 435/11 · Tswane Town Planning Scheme 2008 – line of no access – revocation by Municipality 3 ________________________________________________________... |
| 21 May 2012 | Media Citation Northern Metropolitan Local Council v Company Unique Finance[2012] ZASCA 66 · 36/11 · Estoppel – by conduct – whether council estopped from denying authority of one of its many employees – authority of one employee to tell the... |
| 17 May 2012 | Mpumalanga v Skhosana[2012] ZASCA 63 · 523/11 · Negligence – child learner injured after device with protruding copper wires exploded in his hands – whether teacher ought to have foreseen... |
| 10 May 2012 | Carstens NO v Carstens[2012] ZASCA 62 · 409/11 · 2 ______________________________________________________________ |
| 8 May 2012 | CSARS v Tradehold Ltd[2012] ZASCA 61 · 132/11 · Income tax – s of Eighth Schedule of Act of 1962 – deemed disposal of assets – Double Tax Agreement between the Republic of South Africa and... |
| 2 Apr 2012 | Long & another v Jacobs[2012] ZASCA 58 · 145/11 · Negligence – what constitutes – educator assaulted by learner in class – whether conduct of the first appellant in failing to prevent assaul... |
| 2 Apr 2012 | Motsisi v The State[2012] ZASCA 59 · 513/11 · Rape – co mplainant allegedly mentally retarded – competence to testify – sections 192, 193 and 194 of the Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 –... |
| 2 Apr 2012 | Pienaar v S[2012] ZASCA 60 · 564/11 · Sentence – fraud – lengthy custodial sentence imposed disturbingly inappropriate – misdirection – sentence reduced from five years to four m... |
| 30 Mar 2012 | Bonugli v Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd[2012] ZASCA 48 · 266/11 · Jurisdiction – submission to – peregrine defendant opposing summary judgment on the merits without contesting competence of court – effect t... |
| 30 Mar 2012 | Finishing Touch 163 (Pty) Ltd v BHP Billiton Energy Coal South Africa[2012] ZASCA 49 · 363/11 · Practice – Interpretation of court order – when application is initiated – whether interdict had lapsed. 2 _________________________________... |
| 30 Mar 2012 | Gert Thomas van der Merwe v Simon Molefe Pitje[2012] ZASCA 50 · 232/11 · Practice and procedure – interlocutory orders – execution order suspended pending finalisation of application to rescind it – suspension ord... |
| 30 Mar 2012 | Rathumbu v S[2012] ZASCA 51 · 369/11 · Murder charge – admissibility and probative value of a statement made by a witness to the police and later disavowed in evidence – s 3(1) of... |
| 30 Mar 2012 | Gaffoor NO v Vangates Investments (Pty) Ltd[2012] ZASCA 52 · 330/11 · Section 115 of Companies Act of 1973 – rectification of register of members – purported transfers of shares unlawful and invalid – court’s d... |
| 30 Mar 2012 | La Lucia Sands Share Block Ltd v Flexi Holiday Club[2012] ZASCA 53 · 171/11 · Voluntary association – club operating time-share scheme – whether club illegal association having regard to sections and of Companies Act o... |
| 30 Mar 2012 | City of Cape Town v Strümpher[2012] ZASCA 54 · 104/11 · Right to water ─ access to water supply cut off by water service authority ─ whether service founded solely on contract ─ whether spoliation... |
| 30 Mar 2012 | City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Council v Ngobeni[2012] ZASCA 55 · 314/11 · Wrongful shooting – conduct of trial judge – irregular – approach to be followed and principles to be applied when dealing with two mutually... |
| 30 Mar 2012 | The owners of the MV ‘Banglar Mookh’ v Transnet Ltd[2012] ZASCA 57 · 842/11 · Vessel colliding with harbour wall while entering harbour – alleged negligence of the pilot – approach to evidence – unsafe to rely unduly o... |
| 29 Mar 2012 | Primedia v Radio Retail[2012] ZASCA 32 · 354/11 · Unlawful competition – appellant enforcing rights in terms of pre-existing contracts – no unlawful competition proved. 2 ___________________... |
| 29 Mar 2012 | BBS Empangeni CC v Phoenix Industrial Park (Pty) Ltd[2012] ZASCA 33 · 203/11 · Extinctive Prescription – claim prescribed – contractual obligations underlying claim no longer enforceable – contract not capable of being... |
| 29 Mar 2012 | Rinaldo Investments (Pty) Ltd v Giant Concerts CC[2012] ZASCA 34 · 311/11 · Local Authorities Ordinance of 1974 (KZN) – sale by municipality of land by private bargain – standing of objector. 2 ______________________... |
| 29 Mar 2012 | Oceana Group Ltd v Minister of Water & Environmental Affairs[2012] ZASCA 35 · 507/11 · Challenge to policy to be applied in the assessment of applications for the transfer of commercial fishing rights in terms of s of the Marin... |
| 29 Mar 2012 | Eveready v CSARS[2012] ZASCA 36 · 195/11 · Tax – Income Tax Act of 1962 – s 22(4) – trading stock – whether acquired for ‘no consideration’. 2 ________________________________________... |
| 29 Mar 2012 | Sagren Perumal & 8 others v NDPP[2012] ZASCA 37 · 356/11 · Forfeiture of assets – pro ceeds of unlawful activities – the Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998. |
| 29 Mar 2012 | Phillips v South African Reserve Bank[2012] ZASCA 38 · 221/11 · Costs – Uniform Rules of Court – Interpretation of Rule 16A – Whether the findings and order for the appellant to pay the respondents’ waste... |
| 29 Mar 2012 | Adcock Ingram v Cipla Medpro[2012] ZASCA 39 · 265/11 · Trade mark – removal of – s 10(14) of Trade Marks Act 194 of 1993 – marks ‘likely to deceive or cause confusion’ – prescription medication –... |
| 29 Mar 2012 | City of Johannesburg v Ad Post[2012] ZASCA 40 · 55/11 · Applicant applying under by-laws for permission to advertise alongside highways ─ application wrongly refused but by-laws repealed and fresh... |
| 29 Mar 2012 | Enviroserv Waste Management v Wasteman Group[2012] ZASCA 41 · 378/11 · Arbitration – Act of 1965 s 33(1)(b) – arbitration appeal tribunal exceeding its powers or committing gross irregularity – finding of (unple... |
| 29 Mar 2012 | Minister of Home Affairs v Maboho[2012] ZASCA 42 · 233/11 · Identity document: order of court a quo directing that identity documents be issued to applicants, replaced with an order that their applica... |
| 29 Mar 2012 | Pillay v The State[2012] ZASCA 43 · 570/11 · Appeal – conviction against charges of rape and indecent assault on two complainants – reliability of the evidence of state witnesses – whet... |
| 29 Mar 2012 | Pitzer v Eskom[2012] ZASCA 44 · 336/11 · Negligence – failure to take reasonable precautions against foreseeable risk – action for damages against undertaker, as defined in Electric... |
| 29 Mar 2012 | Beweging vir Christelik-Volkseie Onderwys v Minister of Education[2012] ZASCA 45 · 308/11 · Practice and procedure – application for condonation for late filing of replying affidavit refused – Sections 7(1) and of Promotion of Admin... |