Newest first, read from the court's own list the day each is handed down.
| Handed down | Judgment |
|---|---|
| 15 Nov 2024 | Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service v Diageo SA (Pty) Ltd[2024] ZASCA 158 · 1063/2023 · Customs and Excise Act of 1964 – Interpretation – classification of beverages under tariff headings – Tariff Heading 2208.470.22 (and corres... |
| 14 Nov 2024 | Roadmac Surfacing (Pty) Ltd v MEC for the Department of Police, Roads and Transport, Free State Province and Another[2024] ZASCA 157 · 461/2023 · Appeal – s 16(2) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – whether the appeal will have practical effect or result – high court failed to deal wi... |
| 13 Nov 2024 | Nkomazi Local Municipality v The Valuation Appeal Board For The District of Ehlanzeni & Others[2024] ZASCA 155 · 615/2023 · Administrative Law – review of Valuation Appeal Board’s decision dismissing the appeal on the valuation of the property – failure to give re... |
| 12 Nov 2024 | Robert Paul Serné N O and Others v Mzamomhle Educare and Others[2024] ZASCA 152 · 588/2023 · Rei vindicatio – owner need do no more than allege and prove ownership and that the respondents are holding the res – onus on respondents to... |
| 12 Nov 2024 | Chapman’s Bay Estate Home Owners’ Association v Lötter and Others[2024] ZASCA 153 · 525/2023 · Constitution of a Home Owners Association (HOA) – interpretation of clause 9.10 – whether subsequent owner who received a transfer from the... |
| 12 Nov 2024 | Hanekom N O and Others v Nuwekloof Private Game Reserve Farm Owners’ Association[2024] ZASCA 154 · 502/2023 · Appeal from adjudicator under the Community Schemes Ombud Service Act of 2011 to the high court – two judges of the high court hearing appea... |
| 8 Nov 2024 | Mbambisa and Others v Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality[2024] ZASCA 151 · 272/2023 · Statutory interpretation – s of Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act of 2003 (MFMA) – liability of municipal officials for una... |
| 6 Nov 2024 | Merryweather v Scholtz and Another[2024] ZASCA 150 · 447/2023 · Appeal – civil appeal from full court – trial court’s reliance on inadmissible evidence constituting an irregularity – appellant failed to d... |
| 4 Nov 2024 | Mluleki Martin Chithi and Others v Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform and Others (1203/2021, 1334/2021 & 261/2022)[2024] ZASCA 149 · Land claims – restitution of land – Restitution of Land Rights Act of 1994 – claim for restitution of land on grounds of being a ‘community’... |
| 31 Oct 2024 | Britton v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Others[2024] ZASCA 148 · 548/2023 · Section 5(1)(a) of the Extradition Act of 1962 – finding of constitutional invalidity does not apply retrospectively – held that Constitutio... |
| 28 Oct 2024 | Du Preez N O v The Member of the Executive Council for Health of the Eastern Cape Province[2024] ZASCA 147 · 1032/2022 · Reconsideration of application for leave to appeal – s 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – whether exceptional circumstance exists... |
| 25 Oct 2024 | Pringle v Mailula[2024] ZASCA 146 · 773/2023 · Protection from Harassment Act of 2011 (the Act) – whether the magistrates’ court had powers to consider new evidence in terms of ss 9(2) an... |
| 23 Oct 2024 | Grancy Property Limited and Another v Dines Chandra Manilal Gihwala and Others[2024] ZASCA 144 · 512/2022 · Contract – breach – failure to acquire additional shares – disposal of shares – quantification of damages – whether highest intermediate val... |
| 23 Oct 2024 | Transasia 444 (Pty) Ltd v The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy and Others (702/2023) & Transasia Minerals (SA) (Pty) Ltd v The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy and Others[2024] ZASCA 145 · 707/2023 · Failure to cite party with direct and substantial interest in application to compel disclosure of records held by the Director-General of th... |
| 22 Oct 2024 | African Centre for Biodiversity NPC v Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Others[2024] ZASCA 143 · Genetically Modified Organisms Act of 1997 – application for a permit to conduct activities in respect of genetically modified organisms – s... |
| 21 Oct 2024 | Elmir Property Projects (Pty) Ltd t/a Elmir and Another v Bankenveld Homeowners Association (Pty) Ltd (522/2023 and 524/2023)[2024] ZASCA 141 · Town-Planning and Townships Ordinance of 1986 (the Ordinance) – township establishment conditions imposed by municipality in terms of s of t... |
| 21 Oct 2024 | Singh v The Body Corporate of St Tropez[2024] ZASCA 142 · 386/2023 · Provisional order of sequestration – conflict of interest on part of judicial officer raised ex post facto as ground of appeal – Judicial Co... |
| 17 Oct 2024 | Polovin v The Director of Public Prosecutions and Others[2024] ZASCA 140 · 1230/2022 · Criminal law and procedure – private prosecution – review – whether leave to appeal should be granted in terms of s 17(2)(b) read with s 17(... |
| 16 Oct 2024 | Naraidu v The State[2024] ZASCA 139 · 894/2023 · Criminal law – Tax practitioner – claim for a refund under the Value- Added Tax Act of 1991 (the VAT Act) – fraud – intent to defraud – know... |
| 11 Oct 2024 | Minister of Police v Nontsele[2024] ZASCA 137 · 547/2022 · Appeals – whether the court may consider a cross-appeal in the absence of an application for leave to cross-appeal. Delict – damages for mal... |
| 11 Oct 2024 | Western Cape and Others[2024] ZASCA 138 · 637/2023 · Appeal against dismissal of review and declaratory relief – disputes resolved in terms of settlement made an order of court – appellants did... |
| 10 Oct 2024 | Maria Luisa Palma Codevilla v Paula Jane Kennedy-Smith NO and Others[2024] ZASCA 136 · 494/2023 · Agreement of sale of immovable property – lapsing of suspensive condition – whether revival of agreement thereafter is competent. 3 ________... |
| 8 Oct 2024 | Coughlan N O v Health Professions Council of South Africa & Others[2024] ZASCA 135 · 397/2023 · Road Accident Fund Tribunal (the Tribunal) – whether the powers conferred on the Tribunal are limited to determining the seriousness of the... |
| 4 Oct 2024 | The Minister of International Relations and Co-operation NO and Another v Neo Thando / Elliot Mobility (Pty) Ltd and Another[2024] ZASCA 134 · 444/2023 · Contract law – jurisdiction – Arbitration Act of 1965 – whether the Arbitrator had jurisdiction to entertain a claim – whether a dispute exi... |
| 2 Oct 2024 | Scholtz & Another v De Kock NO & Others[2024] ZASCA 132 · 312/2023 · Deceased estate – whether executrix bears duty to account to beneficiaries for deceased’s monies disbursed during the deceased’s lifetime. F... |
| 2 Oct 2024 | The Prudential Authority v Dlamini and Another[2024] ZASCA 133 · 36/2023 · Provisional sequestration order sought on the grounds of s and s of the Banks Act of 1990 – prima facie proof of non-compliance with the Pru... |
| 1 Oct 2024 | Minmetals Logistics Zhejiang Co Ltd v The Owners and Underwriters of the MV ‘Smart’ and Another[2024] ZASCA 129 · 573/2023 · Maritime law – s 5(1) of the Admiralty Jurisdiction Regulation Act 105 of 1983 (the Act) – application to compel litigant to produce documen... |
| 1 Oct 2024 | Jooste NO and Another v Pretorius and Others[2024] ZASCA 130 · 695/2023 · Law of trusts – removal of trustee – provision in trust deed empowering trustees to adopt resolution forcing trustee to resign – subject to... |
| 1 Oct 2024 | The Public Protector of South Africa v The Chairperson of the Section 194(1) Committee and Others[2024] ZASCA 131 · 627/2023 · Uniform rule 15 – applies to change of status not change of persona – finds no application in the high court after judgment or the supreme c... |
| 30 Sep 2024 | Die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika and Others v Die Wilge Hervormde Gemeente and Others[2024] ZASCA 128 · 1089/2022 · Civil procedure – whether intervening parties should be joined in application for leave to appeal – whether high court misdirected itself in... |
| 26 Sep 2024 | Shongwe v The State[2024] ZASCA 127 · 991/2019 · Murder – robbery with aggravating circumstances – whether murder premeditated – whether appellant wrongly convicted of robbery with aggravat... |
| 17 Sep 2024 | MEC for Economic Development, Gauteng and Another v Sibongile Vilakazi and Others[2024] ZASCA 126 · 783/2023 · Civil procedure – whether requirements for interim interdict satisfied – appealability of interim order – order has final effect and dispose... |
| 13 Sep 2024 | Herold Gie & Broadhead Inc v Harris N O and Others[2024] ZASCA 125 · 602/2023 · Statutory interpretation – s 6(4) of the Housing Development Schemes for Retired Persons Act of 1988 (HDSA) does not provide basis for a cla... |
| 30 Aug 2024 | Mfana Ignitius Kubai v The State[2024] ZASCA 123 · 923/2023 · Criminal law – sentence – rhino poaching – maximum sentence – s 117(1)(a) of the Limpopo Environment Management Act of 2003 – accounting for... |
| 16 Aug 2024 | Sand Hawks (Pty) Ltd and Another v Labonte 5 (Pty) Ltd and Others[2024] ZASCA 122 · 190/2023 · Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act of 2002 (MPRDA) – powers of a Regional Manager – whether functus officio when, due to error... |
| 15 Aug 2024 | South African Human Rights Commission v Agro Data CC & Another (Afriforum, Centre for Applied Legal Studies and Commission for Gender Equality intervening as Amici Curiae)[2024] ZASCA 121 · 39/2023 · Constitutional law – s 184(2)(b) of the Constitution – powers of the South African Human Rights Commission (the SAHRC) – whether s 184(2)(b)... |
| 6 Aug 2024 | Tholo Energy Services CC v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2024] ZASCA 120 · 378/2023 · Statutory construction – Customs and Excise Act of 1964 (the Act) – s 47(9)(e) appeal against tariff determination – refund claim for fuel a... |
| 2 Aug 2024 | Snyman v De Kooker N O and Others[2024] ZASCA 119 · 400/2023 · Trust Property Control Act of 1988 – duty of trustees to account – sufficiency of accounting – termination of a trust pursuant to s 13 – dis... |
| 25 Jul 2024 | Estelle Le Roux and Another v Dielemaar Holdings (Cape) Pty Ltd and Another[2024] ZASCA 118 · 414/2023 · Contract law – contractual claim involving issues of suretyships – special plea of prescription and res judicata – whether the claim in the... |
| 24 Jul 2024 | Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service v Tunica Trading 59 (Pty) Ltd[2024] ZASCA 115 · 1252/2022 · Administrative Law – review of Commissioner’s decision refusing refund of excise duty and fuel levy – Customs and Excise Act of 1964 (the Ac... |
| 24 Jul 2024 | Botha v Botha[2024] ZASCA 116 · 259/2023 · Leave to appeal – referred for oral argument – special leave granted – divorce – variation of a settlement agreement made a court order – wh... |
| 24 Jul 2024 | De Kock v Du Plessis and Others[2024] ZASCA 117 · 284/2023 · Eviction – Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act of 1998 (the PIE Act) – defence – right to occupation in... |
| 22 Jul 2024 | Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors and Others v East Rand Member District of Chartered Accountants and Others (945/2022 and 40/2023)[2024] ZASCA 114 · Administrative Law – powers of Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors under Auditing Profession Act of 2005 – whether their exercise cons... |
| 16 Jul 2024 | Gannet Works (Pty) Ltd and Others v Middleton Sue NO and Another[2024] ZASCA 112 · 492/2023 · Environmental law – Marine Living Resources Act of 1998 (the Marine Act) – whether the use of remote-controlled motorised equipment for purp... |
| 16 Jul 2024 | Nyhonyha N O and Others v NDPP (972; 973 & 974/22)[2024] ZASCA 113 · Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998 – trust assets – realisable property in terms of s 14 – restraining orders in respect of prope... |
| 12 Jul 2024 | Christoffel Hendrik Wiese and Others v CSARS[2024] ZASCA 111 · 1307/2022 · Taxation – recovery of tax debt from third party in terms of s 183 of Tax Administration Act, of 2011 (the TAA) – whether term ‘tax debt’ en... |
| 10 Jul 2024 | City of Cape Town v The South African Human Rights Commission and Others[2024] ZASCA 110 · 1337/2022; 368/2023 · Property law – common law defence of counter-spoliation – ambit and requirements of counter-spoliation – whether the interpretation of count... |
| 4 Jul 2024 | Sanoj Jeewan v Transnet SOC Limited and Another[2024] ZASCA 108 · 696/2023 · Civil procedure – prescription – whether the high court was correct in finding that the appellant’s claim for contractual and delictual dama... |
| 4 Jul 2024 | IRD Global Limited v The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria[2024] ZASCA 109 · 504/2023 · Civil procedure – interim interdictory relief – jurisdiction – alleged defamatory statement published on the Internet accessed in South Afri... |
| 3 Jul 2024 | Phoenix Salt Industries (Pty) Ltd v The Lubavitch Foundation of Southern Africa[2024] ZASCA 107 · 330/2023 · Loan agreement – variation clause – waiver – whether variation clause precludes waiver – waiver is not variation – interpretation of a loan... |