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Case law

Supreme Court of Appeal judgments

Newest first, read from the court's own list the day each is handed down.

Handed downJudgment
14 Apr 2021 The Attorneys Fidelity Fund Board of Control v Love[2021] ZASCA 44 · 170/2020 · Civil procedure – lapsing of appeal – application for condonation – factors to be considered – condonation granted – Attorney Fidelity Fund...
13 Apr 2021 Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma v Democratic Alliance and Economic Freedom Fighters[2021] ZASCA 39 · 1028/2019 · Review application – delay – State Attorney Act of 1957 – neither s 3(1), nor s 3(3), authorises the State to cover private legal costs – wh...
13 Apr 2021 Motus Corporation (Pty) Ltd and Another v Wentzel[2021] ZASCA 40 · 1272/2019 · Consumer Protection Act of 2008 – consumer approaching the high court to enforce their rights under the Act against the supplier of the moto...
13 Apr 2021 Tramore Property Group (Pty) Ltd v Vosloorus Square CC[2021] ZASCA 41 · 235/2020 · Contract – Property Law – enforceability of contract of sale of property of another – no basis for cancellation – locus standi – seller disp...
13 Apr 2021 King Price Insurance Company Ltd v Concise Consulting Services (Pty) Ltd[2021] ZASCA 42 · 1067/2019 · Contract – insurance – repudiation – claim of indemnification – whether false and misleading information provided by the respondent’s employ...
13 Apr 2021 Timasani (Pty) Ltd (in business rescue) and Another v Afrimat Iron Ore (Pty) Ltd[2021] ZASCA 43 · 91/2020 · Business rescue – s 133 of the Companies Act of 2008 (the Act) – moratorium on legal proceedings against company in business rescue – sale o...
12 Apr 2021 MT Pretty Scene; Galsworthy Ltd v Pretty Scene Shipping SA and Another[2021] ZASCA 38 · 684/2019 · Arrest of an associated ship in terms of ss 3(6) and (7) of the Admiralty Jurisdiction Regulation Act 105 of 1983 (the AJRA) – defect in sum...
8 Apr 2021 Media summary The Competition Commission of South Africa v Group Five Construction Limited[2021] ZASCA 37 · 195/20 · Competition Act of 1998 – interpretation and application of s 62 – whether the high court has jurisdiction to hear review application – whet...
7 Apr 2021 SARS v Levi Strauss SA (Pty) Ltd[2021] ZASCA 32 · 509/2019 · Customs and Excise Act of 1964 – section 49(7) – appeal against origin determination – importation of goods from SADC countries – certificat...
7 Apr 2021 FirstRand Bank Limited v Master of the High Court (Pretoria) and Others[2021] ZASCA 33 · 1120/19 · Insolvency Act of 1936 – interpretation of ss 106, 89 (2) and 14 (3) – liability for costs of sequestration when there is no free residue or...
7 Apr 2021 Govan Mbeki Municipality v New Integrated Credit Solutions (Pty) Ltd[2021] ZASCA 34 · 121/2020 · Procurement by municipality of debt management services – quintessentially a constitutional issue – factors to be applied in considering del...
7 Apr 2021 Millennium Waste Management (Pty) Ltd v Sol Plaatje Municipality[2021] ZASCA 35 · 99/2019 · Contract – unenforceable agreement to agree. Special leave – requires something more than reasonable prospects of success on appeal – court...
7 Apr 2021 Helen Suzman Foundation v Robert McBride and Others[2021] ZASCA 36 · 1065/2019 · Amicus curiae persisting in appeal despite settlement by parties – amicus impermissibly seeking to expand issue for adjudication – interpret...
30 Mar 2021 Malatji v Ledwaba NO and Others[2021] ZASCA 29 · 1136/2019 · Election of trustees by beneficiaries of community trust – interpretation of court order and trust deed – beneficiaries ‘present at such mee...
30 Mar 2021 Chester v Snowy Owl Properties & Another[2021] ZASCA 30 · 23/2020 · Contract – interpretation of the words ‘subject to’ certain condition precedents – non-fulfilment of a suspensive condition in a sale agreem...
26 Mar 2021 Massmart Holdings Limited v The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2021] ZASCA 27 · 84/2020 · Capital Gains Tax (CGT) – taxpayer implementing a share incentive scheme for its key management personnel - scheme conducted through a trust...
26 Mar 2021 National Credit Regulator v Getbucks (Pty) Ltd and Another[2021] ZASCA 28 · 140/2020 · Validity – Regulation under the National Credit Act of 2005 – invocation of defensive challenge to deregistration proceedings – period allow...
24 Mar 2021 Kubheka and Another v The State[2021] ZASCA 25 · 200/2020 · Criminal law and procedure – appeal against sentence – high court set aside sentences imposed by regional court and increased length of impr...
24 Mar 2021 Solidarity and Another v Black First Land First and Others[2021] ZASCA 26 · 163/2020 · Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act of 2000 – whether the order granted by the Equality Court declaring the pr...
19 Mar 2021 Groundprobe Pty Ltd and Another v Reutech Mining (Pty) Ltd and Others[2021] ZASCA 22 · 1226/2019 · Intellectual property law – patent – revocation – not involving an inventive step. 3 _______________________________________________________...
19 Mar 2021 South African Navy and Another v Tebeila Institute of Leadership, Education, Governance and Training[2021] ZASCA 23 · 252/2019 · Age requirements for recruitment to the defence force – equality challenge in terms of s of the Constitution – whether age requirements cons...
19 Mar 2021 Koni Multinational Brands (Pty) Ltd v Beiersdorf AG[2021] ZASCA 24 · 553/19 · Unlawful competition – passing-off – men’s shower gel – whether reputation of respondent’s get-up of predominant colour combination of blue,...
18 Mar 2021 FirstRand Bank Limited v The Spar Group Limited[2021] ZASCA 20 · 1334/2019 · A bank which is aware that funds deposited by a third party into its client’s bank account to which the client has no legitimate claim may n...
18 Mar 2021 Venter v The State[2021] ZASCA 21 · 779/2018 · Evidence – whether contradictions in the evidence of the complainant as a single witness and that of other witnesses in sexual offences were...
11 Mar 2021 Edward Mntambo v The State[2021] ZASCA 17 · 1137/16 · Criminal law – practice and procedure – charge of murder – appointment of assessors in terms of the proviso to s 93ter (1) of the Magistrate...
11 Mar 2021 Democratic Alliance and Others v Mkhwebane and Another[2021] ZASCA 18 · 1370/2019 · Uniform Rule 35(12) – production of documents to which ‘reference is made’ in pleadings or affidavits – meaning of – includes reference in a...
4 Mar 2021 Churchill v Premier, Mpumalanga[2021] ZASCA 16 · 889/2019 · Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act 130 of 1993 (COIDA) – plaintiff mistreated and injured in the course of a protest by...
2 Mar 2021 Monteiro and Another v Diedricks[2021] ZASCA 15 · 1199/19 · Mandament van spolie – principle affirmed that remedy possessory in nature – order requiring restoration of possession must be capable of be...
10 Feb 2021 Marsland v The Additional District Court Magistrate, Kempton Park and Another[2021] ZASCA 14 · 162/20 · Extradition – interpretation of Article 10(5) of the Southern African Development Community Protocol on Extradition – ss 4(1), 5(1)(a) and (...
9 Feb 2021 Global Environmental Trust and Others v Tendele Coal Mining (Pty) Ltd and Others[2021] ZASCA 13 · 1105/2019 · Interdict to stop coal mining – interpretation of statutes – National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998 (NEMA) – environmental author...
3 Feb 2021 Canelli v Canelli and Others[2021] ZASCA 12 · 205/2019
29 Jan 2021 Fusion Properties 233 CC v Stellenbosch Municipality[2021] ZASCA 10 · 932/2019 · Practice and procedure – application for leave to appeal – referral for oral argument in terms of s 17(2)(d) of the Superior Courts Act of 2...
29 Jan 2021 Media summary Swatch AG (Swatch SA) v Apple Inc.[2021] ZASCA 11 · 1320/2018 · Opposition to the registration of a trade mark in reliance upon ss 10(12), 10(14) and 10(17 of the Trade Marks Act 194 of 1993 – considerati...
28 Jan 2021 Duwayne Esau and Others v Minister of Co-Operative Governance and Traditional Affairs and Others[2021] ZASCA 9 · 611/2020 · Disaster Management Act of 2002 (DMA) – decisions and regulations made during state of national disaster under the DMA – policy decisions of...
21 Jan 2021 OR Tambo District Municipality and Another[2021] ZASCA 8 · 1066/19 · Contempt of court proceedings – failure to comply with court order – application for declarator to that effect – standard of proof required...
15 Jan 2021 MTN Service Provider (Pty) Ltd v Belet Industries CC t/a Belet Cellular[2020] ZASCA 7 · 1077/2019
15 Jan 2021 The Health Professions Council of South Africa and Others v Grieve[2021] ZASCA 6 · 1356/2019
14 Jan 2021 Minister of Transport v Brackenfell Trailer Hire (Pty) Ltd and Others[2021] ZASCA 5 · 707/2019 · Administrative Law: Review of decision of the Health Professions Council of South Africa: allegations that doctor persuaded patients to inve...
13 Jan 2021 United Democratic Movement and Another v Lebashe Investment Group (Pty) Ltd and Others[2021] ZASCA 4 · 1032/2019 · Interim interdict – appealability – whether there is an absence of irreparable harm – per majority judgment: interests of justice do not req...
7 Jan 2021 Municipality of Mhlontlo v TDH Tsolo Junction[2021] ZASCA 3 · 1086/2019 · Contract–conditions in preliminary letter of appointment not incorporated in main contract for development–main contract sole memorial of ag...
6 Jan 2021 Haitas v Froneman and Others[2021] ZASCA 1 · 1158/2019 · Restitution of Land Rights Act of 1994 – claim for restitution of land rights – review of Regional Land Claims Commissioner’s decision to pu...
6 Jan 2021 Silwane Community Development Trust v Regional Land Claims Commissioner, Kwazulu-Natal and Others (900/2019[2021] ZASCA 2
29 Dec 2020 Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd v Resilient Properties (Pty) Ltd and Others (Case no 663/19); Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd v Sabie Chamber of Commerce and Tourism, and Others (Case no 664/19); Thaba Chweu Local Municipality and Others v Sabie Chamber of Commerce and Tourism, and Others[2020] ZASCA 185 · 583/19
24 Dec 2020 Gent and Another v Du Plessis[2020] ZASCA 184 · 1029/2019 · Civil procedure – in the absence of a cross-appeal respondent not entitled to variation of the order of the court below. Company law – secti...
23 Dec 2020 Municipal Employees Pension Fund v Mongwaketse[2020] ZASCA 181 · 969/2019 · Pension fund – acceptance as member of person not qualified to be a member – acceptance contrary to rules of fund – ultra vires and void – m...
23 Dec 2020 Wilke NO & Others v Griekwaland Wes Korporatief Ltd[2020] ZASCA 182 · 1327/2019 · Civil procedure – action by creditor based on acknowledgement of debt which related only to arrears – judgment in favour of debtor on basis...
23 Dec 2020 Sekepe Investments (Pty) Ltd and Others v Government Employees Pension Fund and Another[2020] ZASCA 183 · 110/2019 · Specific performance – standing – claims made to enforce rights of shareholders – no derivative action required – conditions for the advance...
18 Dec 2020 Consol Glass (Pty) Ltd v The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2020] ZASCA 175 · 1010/2019 · Tax liability under the Value-Added Tax Act of 1991 – services rendered in respect of a debt refinancing transaction – disallowance of input...
18 Dec 2020 Thobejane and Others v Premier of the Limpopo Province and Another[2020] ZASCA 176 · 1108/2019 · Civil procedure – court ruling on preliminary point and later reversing its own order – court functus officio and the second order is incomp...
18 Dec 2020 President of the RSA and Another v Women’s Legal Centre Trust and Others; Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development v Faro and Others; and Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development v Esau and Others[2020] ZASCA 177 · 612/19 · Constitutional law – Muslim marriages – whether there is a constitutional obligation on the State to enact legislation recognising Muslim ma...