Newest first, read from the court's own list the day each is handed down.
| Handed down | Judgment |
|---|---|
| 19 Apr 2024 | Police, Roads & Transport, Free State and Others (497/2022 & 820/2022)[2024] ZASCA 56 · Civil procedure – Section 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – whether a proper case for reconsideration in terms of s 17(2)(f) is... |
| 19 Apr 2024 | Nel & Others v Cilliers[2024] ZASCA 57 · 197/2023 · Contract – specific performance – whether either of two contracts is unlawful and unenforceable for failure to comply with section read with... |
| 18 Apr 2024 | City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality v Vresthena (Pty) Ltd and Others[2024] ZASCA 51 · 1346/2022 · Civil Practice – Appealability of interim orders - order held to be final in nature and appealable; municipal law – deliberate non-payment o... |
| 18 Apr 2024 | MM obo GM v Member of the Executive Council for the Department of Health, North West Province[2024] ZASCA 52 · 782/2022 · Delict – medical negligence – transmissibility of damages to parent on death of minor child. Death of child not reported to Master – effect... |
| 17 Apr 2024 | Mathuthu and Others v The State[2024] ZASCA 50 · 393/2021 · Criminal procedure – appeal against conviction and sentence – leave to appeal refused by regional magistrate – petition in terms of s 309C o... |
| 15 Apr 2024 | 68 Wolmarans Street Johannesburg (Pty) Ltd and Others v Tufh Limited[2024] ZASCA 48 · 1263/2022 · Special leave to appeal – law of contract – enforcement of provision in loan agreement – failure to pay all rates, taxes, water and electric... |
| 15 Apr 2024 | Gensinger and Neave CC & Others v Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy[2024] ZASCA 49 · 223/2023 · Administrative law – interpretation of section 12A(1)(a) of the Petroleum Products Act 120 of 1977 – whether the holders of site and retail... |
| 12 Apr 2024 | Christopher Charles Hughes v Nicolas Gargassoulas and Others[2024] ZASCA 46 · 1030/2022 · Civil Procedure – application for leave to appeal in terms of section 17(2)(d) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – whether the appeal would... |
| 9 Apr 2024 | Centre for Child Law and Others v South African Council for Educators and Others[2024] ZASCA 45 · 1289/2022 · Administrative law – when does the clock begin to run under s 7(1)(b) of the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act of 2000 (PAJA), in the... |
| 8 Apr 2024 | National Department of Public Works v Fani and 77 Others [Collectively referred to as “Residents of Farm Greydel (Airport Park)”] and Another[2024] ZASCA 43 · 090/2021 · Condonation – lapsed appeal – late filing of record and heads of argument – delay not fully explained and prospects of success remote – cond... |
| 8 Apr 2024 | Organi Mark (Pty) Ltd v Goolam Nabi Ebrahim Akoodie and Another[2024] ZASCA 44 · 240/2023 · Whether a South African high court has jurisdiction to consider and determine a claim under s 361 of the Swaziland Companies Act of 2009 aga... |
| 5 Apr 2024 | Makwakwa and Others v Minister of State Security[2024] ZASCA 41 · 1316/2022 · Interdict – Ex parte proceedings – need for good faith – intelligence report – foreign State said to be monitoring internal politics of ruli... |
| 5 Apr 2024 | Summermania Eleven (Pty) Ltd v Hattingh N O[2024] ZASCA 42 · 316/2022 · Contract law – breach of a warranty – onus on the plaintiff to prove breach. Civil procedure – in a trial, evidence is given orally – court... |
| 4 Apr 2024 | Mhlari NO and Others v Nedbank Limited[2024] ZASCA 39 · 251/2023 · Unjust enrichment ─ conditio indebiti and conditio sine causa specialis ─ when available ─ not required to plead reliance on one to the excl... |
| 4 Apr 2024 | Savannah Country Estate Homeowners Association v Zero Plus Trading 194 (Pty) Ltd and Others[2024] ZASCA 40 · 773/2022 · Procedure – application for special leave to appeal in terms of s 16(1)(b) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – difference between ‘special... |
| 3 Apr 2024 | Moladora Trust v Mereki and Others[2024] ZASCA 37 · 189/2023 · Land occupied in terms of s 3(4) of the Extension of Security of Tenure Act No of 1997 – no express agreement or consent for occupier to gra... |
| 3 Apr 2024 | MEC for Health, Gauteng v de Lange[2024] ZASCA 38 · 298/2023 · Civil Procedure – claim for damages – separated issues – not clearly stated – stated case limiting separated issues – judgment on stated cas... |
| 2 Apr 2024 | Lead HV (Pty) Ltd and Another v HV Test (Pty) Ltd[2024] ZASCA 36 · 1192/2022 · Appeal against grant of a final interdict – concerns factual findings – no basis for interference and due to effluxion of time – appeal moot... |
| 28 Mar 2024 | Highway Junction (Pty) Ltd and Others v Di-Thabeng Truck and Taxi (Pty) Ltd and Others[2024] ZASCA 31 · 946/2022 · Interdictory relief – four interdicts sought – interdict granted which adequately protects rights – appeal against refusal to grant further... |
| 28 Mar 2024 | Cyril and Another v The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2024] ZASCA 32 · 186/2023 · Practice – Appealability – application to review ruling on admissibility in criminal trial while trial still pending – leave given to compla... |
| 28 Mar 2024 | Glowing Rooms (Pty) Ltd v Levin N O & Others[2024] ZASCA 33 · 468/2023 · Contract law – whether the eviction order was properly granted – whether the respondents had a right to cancel the lease agreement – whether... |
| 28 Mar 2024 | Centaur Mining South Africa (Pty) Ltd v Cloete Murray N O and Others[2024] ZASCA 34 · 1334/2022 · Rescission in terms of rule 42(1)(a) of the Uniform Rules of Court of default judgment granted under s 20(9) of the Companies Act of 2008 –... |
| 28 Mar 2024 | PRASA v Community Property Company (Pty) Ltd and Another[2024] ZASCA 35 · 384/2023 · Contractual claim for payment of amount paid to settle outstanding electricity consumption charges levied by municipality – no contractual r... |
| 27 Mar 2024 | Syce and Another v Minister of Police[2024] ZASCA 30 · 1119/2022 · Application for special leave to appeal – referred for oral argument in terms of s 17(2)(d) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – discretion... |
| 26 Mar 2024 | Technology Corporate Management (Pty) Ltd and Others v De Sousa and Another[2024] ZASCA 29 · 613/2017 · Companies Act of 1973 – s 252 – claim that manner in which the business of the company has been conducted was unfairly prejudicial, inequita... |
| 22 Mar 2024 | Featherbrooke Homeowners’ Association NPC v Mogale City Local Municipality[2024] ZASCA 27 · 1106/2022 · Court orders – need for clarity – court failing to make orders on disputes between parties in granting interdict – proper discretion not exe... |
| 22 Mar 2024 | Standard Bank of South Africa Limited v Swartz and Others[2024] ZASCA 28 · 1175/2022 · Practice and procedure – application for business rescue – no leave given to intervene and bring such application – no application before co... |
| 20 Mar 2024 | Nong and Masingi v The State[2024] ZASCA 25 · 787/2021 · Criminal Procedure – appeal against conviction – leave to appeal refused by regional magistrate – petition in terms of s 309C refused by the... |
| 20 Mar 2024 | SAP SE v Systems Applications Consultants (Pty) Ltd t/a Securinfo and Another[2024] ZASCA 26 · 376/2022 · Application for recusal – reasonable apprehension of bias – trial judge – misconceiving the issue in the evidence – preventing counsel from... |
| 14 Mar 2024 | Director of Public Prosecutions, Kwazulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg v Ndlovu[2024] ZASCA 23 · 888/2021 · Criminal law and procedure – appeal by Director of Public Prosecutions in terms of s 311 of the Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 – import of s... |
| 14 Mar 2024 | Murray and Others NNO v Ntombela and Others[2024] ZASCA 24 · 729/2022 · Review – whether it is competent for a court to compel delivery of a rule record before determining whether what is before it is a review as... |
| 8 Mar 2024 | Queen Sibongile Winnifred Zulu v Queen Buhle Mathe and Others[2024] ZASCA 22 · 1062/2022 · Family law – administration of deceased estate – Marriage Act of 1961 – whether consequences of civil marriage precluded husband from conclu... |
| 5 Mar 2024 | Bechan and Another v SARS Customs Investigations Unit and Others[2024] ZASCA 20 · 1196/2022 · Search and seizure – Tax Administration Act of 2011 (the TAA) – interpretation – ss 59(1) and 60(1) – execution of a warrant against third p... |
| 5 Mar 2024 | MEC of Health and Social Development of the Gauteng Provincial Government v M[2024] ZASCA 21 · 272/2022 · Delict – claim for medical negligence damages – minor born with brain injury sustained during birth – whether hospital staff were negligent... |
| 28 Feb 2024 | Parry v Dunn-Blatch and Others[2024] ZASCA 19 · 394/2022 · Company law – section 163 of the Companies Act of 2008 – whether the applicant established any act or omission having a result that is oppre... |
| 21 Feb 2024 | Sekoala v The State[2024] ZASCA 18 · 579/2022 · Criminal law and procedure – appeal against rape conviction – whether the evidence of the complainant, a single witness, was correctly accep... |
| 9 Feb 2024 | Cohen v Absa Bank Limited[2024] ZASCA 16 · 1280/2021 · Insolvency law – Interpretation – s 31(2) read with s of the Insolvency Act of 1936 – whether a surety has locus standi to invoke s 31(2) to... |
| 8 Feb 2024 | Mthanti v The State[2024] ZASCA 15 · 859/2022 · Criminal law – sentence – appeal in terms of s 316B of the Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 (CPA) against sentences imposed – appellant convic... |
| 6 Feb 2024 | Lindsey and Others v Conteh[2024] ZASCA 13 · 774/2022 · Private international law – enforceability of foreign judgment – civil procedure – provisional sentence – liquidity. 3 _____________________... |
| 6 Feb 2024 | Vodacom (Pty) Ltd v Makate and Another[2024] ZASCA 14 · 401/2022 · Interpretation of the order of the Constitutional Court – assessment of equitable compensation in a ‘special contract’ – test for reviewabil... |
| 31 Jan 2024 | Transnet SOC Ltd v Tipp-Con (Pty) Ltd and Others[2024] ZASCA 12 · 797/2022 · Administrative law – legality review – self-review by state organ – delay – whether delay unreasonable – whether delay should be overlooked.... |
| 29 Jan 2024 | Ergomode (Pty) Ltd v Jordaan NO and Others[2024] ZASCA 10 · 643/2022 · Business rescue – s 133 of the Companies Act of 2008 – moratorium on legal proceedings against company in business rescue – landlord’s hypot... |
| 26 Jan 2024 | Remo Ventures Pty Ltd v Cecile Van Zyl and Others[2023] ZASCA 9 · 1262/2022 · Arbitration – interpretation of the Sales of Shares agreement – interpretation of the arbitration agreement – whether the purported arbitrat... |
| 26 Jan 2024 | Rabinowitz v Levy and Others[2024] ZASCA 8 · 1276/2022 · Arbitration award – application of s 33(1)(b) of the Arbitration Act of 1965 – whether alleged failure by arbitrator to comply with terms of... |
| 19 Jan 2024 | Ximba v The State[2023] ZASCA 6 · 957/2022 · Criminal Law – Rape conviction – whether finding of the trial court correct – held – the complainant was brutally raped – the appellant was... |
| 19 Jan 2024 | Nabolisa v The Regional Court Magistrate and Another[2023] ZASCA 7 · 568/2022 · Appeal against the dismissal of an application for review – whether the appellant's right to a fair trial was infringed – the appeal is dism... |
| 17 Jan 2024 | Mhlontlo Local Municipality & 2 others v Ngcangula and Another[2024] ZASCA 5 · 1154/2022 · Jurisdiction of the high court – whether withdrawal of salary increment constitutes a breach of contract of employment – jurisdiction of civ... |
| 16 Jan 2024 | Cupido v The State[2024] ZASCA 4 · 1257/2022 · Criminal law and Procedure – reliance on single witness – whether the court applied the cautionary rule in respect of single witness –admiss... |
| 15 Jan 2024 | Michael Jantjies v The State[2023] ZASCA 3 · 532/2022 · Criminal appeal – courts must take all the evidence into account – a court cannot convict the accused unless it finds that the accused’s ver... |
| 12 Jan 2024 | BP Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2024] ZASCA 2 · 801/2022 · Tax law – Customs and Excise – interim interdict – requirements restated – demand by Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service – am... |