Newest first, read from the court's own list the day each is handed down.
| Handed down | Judgment |
|---|---|
| 19 Oct 2023 | Bouwer and Another NNO v Master of the High Court, Pretoria[2023] ZASCA 135 · 916/2022 · Administration of estates – annual curator’s account in terms of ss and of the Administration of Estates Act of 1965 – realised capital asse... |
| 19 Oct 2023 | Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development and Others v Ndumo (obo Emdwebu Community)[2023] ZASCA 136 · 577/2022 · Land claim – Restitution of Land Rights Act of 1994 – whether family or community claim – whether the second and fourth respondents impliedl... |
| 18 Oct 2023 | Mantis Investments Holdings v De Jager N O[2023] ZASCA 134 · 696/2022 · Sections and 151 of the Insolvency Act – Master’s decision admitting a creditor’s claim against a company in liquidation stands unless set a... |
| 17 Oct 2023 | The National Credit Regulator v National Consumer Tribunal and Others[2023] ZASCA 133 · 707/2022 · Review of National Consumer Tribunal’s (Tribunal) decision granting condonation for late filing of supplementary founding affidavit – whethe... |
| 13 Oct 2023 | Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma v William John Downer and Another[2023] ZASCA 132 · 788/2023 · Section of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – suspension of order pending appeal – abuse of process – not to order judgment to be carried int... |
| 12 Oct 2023 | Henque 1838 CC v Maxprop Holdings (Pty) Ltd and Others[2023] ZASCA 131 · 759/2022 · Sectional Title Schemes Management Act of 2011 – s read with s 2(7) – locus standi of sectional title owner to litigate in own name for repa... |
| 11 Oct 2023 | Mucavele and Another v MEC for Health, Mpumalanga Province[2023] ZASCA 129 · 889/2022 · Unopposed application ─ court impermissibly declining to make consent order an order of court ─ amending terms of settlement agreement ─ gra... |
| 11 Oct 2023 | M M v MEC for Health; Eastern Cape[2023] ZASCA 130 · 580/2022 · Delict – medical negligence – damages – claim for damages arising out of alleged medical negligence of hospital staff- whether the hospital... |
| 9 Oct 2023 | Silverback Technologies CC & Others v Commissioner, South African Revenue Service[2023] ZASCA 128 · 301/2022 · Revenue – customs duty – importation of bicycle parts for use in assembling bicycles – classification of such parts as constituting the esse... |
| 29 Sep 2023 | The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service v Absa Bank Limited and Another[2023] ZASCA 125 · 596/2021 · Tax law – General Anti-Avoidance Provisions – legality review of refusal to withdraw a notice issued in terms of s 80J of Income Tax Act - s... |
| 29 Sep 2023 | Golden Core Trade and Invest (Pty) Ltd v Merafong City Local Municipality and Another[2023] ZASCA 126 · 338/2022 · Administrative law – delay – legality review– reactive challenge – s 8(9) of the Water Services Act 108 of 1977 – whether the high court err... |
| 28 Sep 2023 | Integrity Forensic Solutions CC v Amajuba District Municipality[2023] ZASCA 124 · 662/2022 · Contract – whether proved that contracting parties reached consensus on terms of agreement – narrow factual issue determined at trial – appe... |
| 26 Sep 2023 | Evans v The State[2023] ZASCA 123 · 171/2022 · Criminal law – fraud – sentence – prescribed minimum sentence – appeal – cumulative convictions of fraud – applicability of section 51(2)(a)... |
| 20 Sep 2023 | KGA Life Limited v Multisure Corporation (Pty) Ltd and Others (with Funeral Federation of South Africa intervening as Amicus Curiae[2023] ZASCA 122 · 304/2022 · Funeral Group Scheme – termination of contract between intermediary and insurer – Insurance Act of 2017 (the 2017 Act) – effect on contract,... |
| 18 Sep 2023 | Jacolien Barnard NO and Another v National Consumer Tribunal and Another[2023] ZASCA 121 · 940/2021 · Section 148(2)(b) of the National Credit Act of 2005 – jurisdictional factor of applicant’s participation in hearing before National 2 Consu... |
| 15 Sep 2023 | Kunene Rampala Inc. v North West Province Department of Education and Sport and Development[2023] ZASCA 120 · 460/2022 · Public Procurement – validity of an addendum to the contract – whether concluded in contravention of s 217 of the Constitution, the Public F... |
| 5 Sep 2023 | LOTTOSTAR (PTY) LTD and OTHERS v ITHUBA HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD and OTHERS (624/22 and 630/22)[2023] ZASCA 119 · Parties – joinder – to avoid causing unnecessary expense and delay and for expedience – court on appeal issuing directions as to future cour... |
| 4 Sep 2023 | and 630/22 The Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board and Another v Sunwest International t/a Grandwest Casino & Entertainment World and Another (Eastern Cape Gambling Board as Amicus Curiae)[2023] ZASCA 118 · 1330/2021 · Tax Law – Gambling – gambling tax – s of the Western Cape Gambling Tax Act of 1996 and Schedules thereto – whether freeplay credits awarded... |
| 3 Aug 2023 | De Graaf NO v Camilleri (5652022)[2023] ZASCA 117 · Family law – divorce – interpretation and enforceability of clauses of a consent paper concluded by ex-spouses governing the ex-wife’s entit... |
| 31 Jul 2023 | Municipal Gratuity Fund v The Pension Funds Adjudicator and Another (Case no 3642022)[2023] ZASCA 116 · Pension Fund Act of 1956 – whether the Pension Funds Adjudicator had jurisdiction to consider a complaint by a claimant who lodged their com... |
| 27 Jul 2023 | Rolston Pillay v The State[2023] ZASCA 113 · 451/2022 · Evidence – assessment of evidence of a single witness – cautionary rules – contradictions in the evidence of a single witness – onus of proo... |
| 27 Jul 2023 | Estate late Hafiz and Others v Hafiz and Others[2023] ZASCA 114 · 804/2022 · Trust – validity of deed of trust – requirements for valid trust established – ambiguity in clause relating to succession of trustees – inte... |
| 27 Jul 2023 | Dis-Chem Pharmacies Limited v Dainfern Square (Pty) Ltd & Others[2023] ZASCA 115 · 648/2022 · Alternative Dispute Resolution – jurisdiction of arbitrator – unjustified enrichment – whether an arbitrator has jurisdiction over the appel... |
| 26 Jul 2023 | Limpopo Provincial Council of the South African Legal Practice Council v Chueu Incorporated Attorneys and Others[2023] ZASCA 112 · 459/22 · Civil procedure – Legal Practice Act of 2014 – whether financial misconduct of one director of law firm invokes liability of all directors –... |
| 21 Jul 2023 | PFC Properties (Pty) Ltd v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Services and Others (543/21) and Brita De Robillard NO and Another v PFC properties (Pty) Ltd and Others[2023] ZASCA 111 · 409/22 · Winding-up application – business rescue application launched thereafter – stratagem to avoid winding-up – business rescue application an ab... |
| 19 Jul 2023 | De Beers Marine (Pty) Ltd v Harry Dilley (Pty) Ltd[2023] ZASCA 110 · 413/22 · Law of Salvage – International Convention on Salvage, 1989 – article 13(1) – recovery of autonomous underwater vehicle run aground on rocks... |
| 11 Jul 2023 | The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Others v San Ridge Heights Rental Property (Pty) Ltd[2023] ZASCA 109 · 517/2022 · Administrative action – review of the decision to classify property in terms of s 74(1) of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act of 20... |
| 3 Jul 2023 | Stay At South Point Properties (Pty) Ltd v Mqulwana and Others (UCT intervening as amicus curiae)[2023] ZASCA 108 · 1335/2021 · Eviction – applicability of the provisions of the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act of 1998 (PIE) to s... |
| 27 Jun 2023 | Vantage Goldfields SA (Pty) Ltd & Another v Arqomanzi (Pty) Ltd & Others[2023] ZASCA 106 · 733/2022 · Cession in securitatem debiti – realisation by way of parate executie of property ceded – Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act of... |
| 27 Jun 2023 | Firm-O-Seal CC v Prinsloo & Van Eeden Inc. and Another[2023] ZASCA 107 · 483/22 · Locus standi - section 137(4) of the Companies Act of 2008 - special plea of lack of locus standi to institute legal proceedings. 2 ________... |
| 23 Jun 2023 | Director of Public Prosecutions, KwaZulu-Natal v Pillay[2023] ZASCA 105 · 706/2022 · Criminal procedure – appeal in terms of s 311 of Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 – constitution of trial court in terms of s 93ter(1) of Magi... |
| 22 Jun 2023 | Freedom Under Law v Judicial Service Commission and Another[2023] ZASCA 103 · 550/2022 · Section 177 of the Constitution – removal of judge from office – Judicial Conduct Tribunal finding Judge guilty of gross misconduct – no jus... |
| 22 Jun 2023 | City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality v Vresthena (Pty) Ltd & Others[2023] ZASCA 104 · 1124/2022 · Civil Procedure – Section 18(4) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 (the Act) – interpretation of the ‘next highest court’ – whether the appe... |
| 15 Jun 2023 | Le Roux v Zietsman and Another[2023] ZASCA 102 · 330/2022 · Law of delict – claim for damages – fraudulent non-disclosure and fraudulent misrepresentation – knowledge of latent defects on a leaking ro... |
| 14 Jun 2023 | Spangenberg and others v Engelbrecht NO and Another[2023] ZASCA 100 · 717/21 · Will – interpretation – context – terms clear and unambiguous – appeal dismissed. 2 ________________________________________________________... |
| 14 Jun 2023 | Discovery Insure Limited v Masindi[2023] ZASCA 101 · 534/2022 · Insurance policy – interpretation of terms of policy providing for forfeiture of benefits under policy – enforceability of such terms – whet... |
| 14 Jun 2023 | Minister of International Relations and Co-operation and Others v Simeka Group (Pty) Ltd and Others[2023] ZASCA 98 · 610/2021 · Constitutional and administrative law – procurement process – legality review – self-review by an organ of state – proper approach to establ... |
| 14 Jun 2023 | Police, Roads, and Transport Free State Provincial Government v Bovicon Consulting Engineers CC and Another[2023] ZASCA 99 · 278/2022 |
| 13 Jun 2023 | Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund v Guilherme[2023] ZASCA 96 · 702/2022 · Claim against the Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund (the Fund) – money paid into attorney’s trust account subsequently stolen – whether the... |
| 13 Jun 2023 | Democratic Alliance v The Minister of Home Affairs and another[2023] ZASCA 97 · 67/2022 · Constitutional Law – South African Citizenship Act of 1995– loss of citizenship – whether s 6(1)(a) is unconstitutional – s 3(3) of the Cons... |
| 12 Jun 2023 | and 567/2022)[2023] ZASCA 93 · Trade Marks – opposition to registration – section 10(17) of the Trade Marks Act 194 of 1993 – test – applies to similar goods – proof of ac... |
| 12 Jun 2023 | Motladile v Minister of Police[2023] ZASCA 94 · 414/2022 · Damages claim – unlawful arrest and detention – award not commensurate with damages suffered – failure of trial court to consider facts and... |
| 12 Jun 2023 | Ethekwini Municipality v Cooperativa Muratori & Cementisti - CMC di Ravenna Societa Cooperativa[2023] ZASCA 95 · 181/2022 · Contract – decisions on adjudication of disputes under construction contract – enforcement by court – whether contrary to public policy – sp... |
| 9 Jun 2023 | Mosselbaai Boeredienste (Pty) Ltd v OKB Motors CC[2023] ZASCA 91 · 1216/21 · Civil procedure – failure to comply with the rules of court – appeal lapsing – application for condonation and reinstatement of appeal – fac... |
| 9 Jun 2023 | MEC for Education, KwaZulu-Natal v Singh[2023] ZASCA 92 · 1188/2021 · Claim in delict for damages – lost income following early retirement for health reasons – liability of employer for omissions – wrongfulness... |
| 8 Jun 2023 | PIC SOC Ltd and Another v Trencon Construction (Pty) Ltd and Another[2023] ZASCA 88 · 365/2022 · Jurisdiction – power of court of appeal – judgment sought to be appealed against a nullity – appeal court unable to exercise discretion when... |
| 8 Jun 2023 | Corub Property (Pty) Ltd v Barbuzano[2023] ZASCA 89 · 427/2022 · Lease – commercial premises – interpretation of certain provisions of written lease agreement governing lessee’s liability to pay to lessor... |
| 8 Jun 2023 | Nemangwela v Road Accident Fund[2023] ZASCA 90 · 437/2022 · Claim for damages under the Road Accident Fund Act of 1996 – whether a Hyster 250 forklift is a ‘motor vehicle’ as defined in the Road Accid... |
| 7 Jun 2023 | Association for Voluntary Sterilization of South Africa v Standard Trust Limited and Others[2023] ZASCA 87 · 325/2022 · Section 21(1)(c) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 ─ enquiry into a determination of existing, future or contingent right or obligation ─ d... |
| 2 Jun 2023 | South African Nursing Council v Khanyisa Nursing School (Pty) Ltd and Another[2023] ZASCA 86 · 835/2022 · Interpretation of regulations – meaning of any calendar year in the definition of an academic year – regulations to accredit programmes in t... |