Newest first, read from the court's own list the day each is handed down.
| Handed down | Judgment |
|---|---|
| 29 Nov 2019 | Qwelane v SAHRC & others[2019] ZASCA 167 · 686/2018 · Constitutional validity of s of the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act of 2000 – overbreadth and vagueness –... |
| 29 Nov 2019 | FirstRand Bank Limited t/a Wesbank v Davel[2019] ZASCA 168 · 1229/2018 · National Credit Act of 2005 – s131 – repossession of goods – attachment of motor vehicle – estimated value – sale as soon as practicable for... |
| 29 Nov 2019 | Malherbe v S[2019] ZASCA 169 · 1182/2018 · Search warrant in terms of s 21(1)(a) of the Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 – must be issued on the basis of information on oath – statement... |
| 29 Nov 2019 | Gauteng Division, Pretoria v Buthelezi[2019] ZASCA 170 · 142/18 · Appeal in terms of s 311(1) of the Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 – s 311(1) provides for an appeal as of right, without leave – the high co... |
| 29 Nov 2019 | Samuel Democracy Zwane N.O. v Andre Pretorius[2019] ZASCA 171 · 399/2018 · Condonation: application for condonation for late filing of appeal application not granted – no prospects of success - appeal struck from th... |
| 28 Nov 2019 | Makhuva-Mathebula Community v Regional Land Claims Commissioner, Limpopo & another[2019] ZASCA 157 · 1106/2018 · Restitution of Land Rights Act of 1994 – claim for restitution of land rights – review of Regional Land Claims Commissioner’s decision to pu... |
| 28 Nov 2019 | DPP, Western Cape v Schoeman & another[2019] ZASCA 158 · 904/2017 · Application for leave to appeal against refusal by trial court to reserve questions of law in terms of s 319 of the Criminal Procedure Act o... |
| 28 Nov 2019 | Mike Ness Agencies CC t/a Promech Boreholes v Lourensford Fruit Company (Pty) Ltd[2019] ZASCA 159 · 922/2018 · Contract – terms agreed in writing – parol evidence rule – appellant having proved the terms of the contract and having satisfied its entitl... |
| 28 Nov 2019 | Mthembu v The State[2019] ZASCA 160 · 525/2019 · Attempted murder and unlawful possession of – firearm and ammunition – appeal against conviction and sentence – appellant found in possessio... |
| 28 Nov 2019 | Body Corporate of Marine Sands v Extra Dimensions 121 (Pty) Ltd[2019] ZASCA 161 · 1082/2018 · Statute – interpretation of the expression ‘adversely affected’ in s 32(4) of the Sectional Titles Act of 1986. 2 __________________________... |
| 27 Nov 2019 | Gwiba v State[2019] ZASCA 155 · 117/2019 · Criminal Procedure – appeal – special leave granted against refusal of high court to grant leave to appeal from the regional court – appeal... |
| 26 Nov 2019 | Mbulelo v The State[2019] ZASCA 154 · 148/2019 · Criminal law – sentence - application for leave to appeal refused by regional court – petition subsequently refused by the high court – whet... |
| 25 Nov 2019 | Tellytrack v Marshalls World of Sport (Pty) Ltd & others[2019] ZASCA 153 · 971/2018 · Copyright – whether enabling the public to view horse racing events at bookmakers’ business locations constituted an infringement of the app... |
| 22 Nov 2019 | Airports Company SA Ltd v Masiphuze Trading (Pty) Ltd and Others[2019] ZASCA 150 · 1120/2018 · Suretyship – s of General Law Amendment Act of 1956 – compliance therewith – defence of justus error – alleged error induced by co-sharehold... |
| 22 Nov 2019 | Murray and Others NNO v African Global Holdings (Pty) Ltd and Others[2019] ZASCA 152 · 306/2019 · Voluntary winding-up of group of companies – s 351 of Companies Act of 1973 – whether solvent companies needing to be wound up in terms of s... |
| 21 Nov 2019 | Africa Cash & Carry (Pty) Ltd v The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2019] ZASCA 148 · 783/18 · Income and value added tax – Tax Administration Act of 2011 – powers of tax court to alter assessment under s 129(2)(b) – whether SARS prove... |
| 21 Nov 2019 | Department of Local Government and Housing of the Gauteng Provincial Government[2019] ZASCA 149 · 1026/2018 · Pleadings – define the issues and scope and ambit of the dispute between the parties – court declining to order transfer on the basis that t... |
| 15 Nov 2019 | MEC for the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs v Maphanga[2019] ZASCA 147 · 652/2018 · Procedure – vexatious proceedings – requirements for an order prohibiting the institution of legal proceedings under s 2(1)(b) of the Vexati... |
| 14 Nov 2019 | Jones & others v Sutherland & another[2019] ZASCA 146 · 478/2018 · Eviction in terms of Extension of Security of Tenure Act of 1997 – is it just and equitable to terminate the right of residence in terms of... |
| 13 Nov 2019 | Siegfried Ernst v The State[2019] ZASCA 145 · 755/18 · Criminal procedure – trial of accused commencing in lower court before Superior Courts Act of 2013 came into effect on 23 August 2013 – conv... |
| 30 Oct 2019 | London & others v Department of Transport, Roads and Public Works, Northern Cape & others[2019] ZASCA 144 · 1035/2018 · Delict – action for damages by shareholders – necessary averments – alleged breach of contractual duty owed to a company resulting in its li... |
| 14 Oct 2019 | NW Civil Contractors CC v Anton Ramaano Inc & another (1076/2018 and 1024/2018)[2019] ZASCA 143 · Section 41(1) of the Attorneys Act of 1979 – attorney not in possession of a valid fidelity fund certificate – whether proceedings are void... |
| 1 Oct 2019 | Mncwengi & others v The State[2019] ZASCA 135 · 395/2018 · Criminal law and procedure - assessor sitting in prolonged trial - assessor not unable to continue to act as such - trial court ruled in ter... |
| 1 Oct 2019 | Goosen v Wiehahn[2019] ZASCA 137 · 761/2018 · Wills – interpretation of – nature of right – right regulated by testamentary disposition – not a pactum de contrahendo. ___________________... |
| 1 Oct 2019 | Mzalisi NO & others v Ochogwu & another[2019] ZASCA 138 · 630/2018 · Civil and customary marriages – eligibility of asylum seekers whose status has not been determined to marry whilst lawfully residing in Sout... |
| 1 Oct 2019 | Afrisam (SA) (Pty) Ltd v Maleth Investment Fund (Pty) Ltd[2019] ZASCA 139 · 651/2018 · Company Law – principles relating to court applications for winding-up of a company restated – intervening voluntary winding-up does not ext... |
| 1 Oct 2019 | The Laser Transport Group (Pty) Ltd & another v Elliot Mobility (Pty) Ltd & another[2019] ZASCA 140 · 835/2018 · Administrative law – review of a tender award – four-year contract concluded pursuant to a tender award challenged for non-adherence to prov... |
| 1 Oct 2019 | Top Trailers (Pty) Ltd & another v Kotze[2019] ZASCA 141 · 1006/2018 · Civil Procedure – default judgment obtained without prior notice to opposite party after the matter became opposed, may be rescinded in term... |
| 1 Oct 2019 | Liberty Group Ltd v Mall Space Management CC t/a Mall Space Management[2019] ZASCA 142 · 644/18 · Under the common law a mandate is in general terminable at the will of the principal – notice of intention to terminate unnecessary – princi... |
| 30 Sep 2019 | Uniting Presbyterian Church in SA & another v Reformed Presbyterian Church in SA & others[2019] ZASCA 129 · 1438/2018 · Contract – material error in persona caused by respondent – no contract of sale came into being. Property – abstract theory of transfer of o... |
| 30 Sep 2019 | Bakgaka – Ba – Mothapo Traditional Council v Tshepo Mathule Mothapo & others (926/2018[2019] ZASCA 130 · Customary law – locus standi – whether a Traditional Council established in terms of customary law had locus standi to institute action on b... |
| 30 Sep 2019 | Cash Paymaster Services (Pty) Ltd v Chief Executive Officer of the SASSA and others[2019] ZASCA 131 · 1029/2018 · Tender for the payment of social grants – whether contract included registration of recipients of social grants plus other beneficiaries in... |
| 30 Sep 2019 | Ndimande v The State[2019] ZASCA 132 · 248/2018 · Evidence – admissibility of a pointing out where appellant’s rights in terms of s of the Constitution have been infringed – dock identificat... |
| 30 Sep 2019 | Umgeni Water and Minister of Water & Sanitation and another v Sembcorp Siza Water (Pty) Ltd (358/2018 & 497/2018)[2019] ZASCA 133 · Setting of Water Tariffs in terms of the Water Services Act 108 of 1997 – differentiation between respondent and other purchasers of bulk wa... |
| 30 Sep 2019 | Mbungela & another v Mkabi & others[2019] ZASCA 134 · 820/2018 · Customary law – s 3(1)(b) of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998 – requirements for a valid customary marriage – customar... |
| 27 Sep 2019 | CSARS v Atlas Copco South Africa (Pty) Ltd[2019] ZASCA 124 · 834/2018 · Income tax – valuation of stock at year end in terms of s 22(1)(a) of the Income Tax Act of 1962. 2 ________________________________________... |
| 27 Sep 2019 | Mosalakae & others v Matlala & Others[2019] ZASCA 125 · 267/2018 · Section 115 of the Companies Act 1973 – respondents applying to rectify the share register of a company to reflect the fifth to ninth respon... |
| 27 Sep 2019 | Livanje v The State[2019] ZASCA 126 · 378/2018 · Criminal Law and Procedure – appellant erroneously convicted of housebreaking with intent to rob instead of housebreaking with intent to com... |
| 27 Sep 2019 | Stallion Security v Van Staden[2019] ZASCA 127 · 526/2018 · Delict – claim for loss of support – vicarious liability of employer – employee committed murder entirely for own purposes – test is whether... |
| 27 Sep 2019 | Jacobs and another v Baumann NO and others[2019] ZASCA 128 · 239/2018 · South African Reserve Bank – debt rescheduling arrangements – oral agreement of loan – loan of money by foreign national to individuals proh... |
| 26 Sep 2019 | Marion Smith v Mountain Oaks Winery (Pty) Ltd & another[2019] ZASCA 123 · 1171/18 · Interdict sought on the basis of injurious falsehood – elements not proved - appeal upheld |
| 25 Sep 2019 | Telkom SA SOC Ltd v City of Cape Town[2019] ZASCA 121 · 1038/2018 · Erection of telecommunications infrastructure – public servitude in favour of licensee in terms of s 22(1)(a) of the Electronic Communicatio... |
| 23 Sep 2019 | Sewpersadh v Minister of Finance[2019] ZASCA 117 · 923/2018 · Interpretation – meaning of ‘full-time service’ of an organisation in s 1(1) of the Special Pensions Act of 1996 – appellant’s employment du... |
| 23 Sep 2019 | Pieters NO v Absa Bank Ltd[2019] ZASCA 118 · 979/2018 · Company dissolution – s 419 of Companies Act of 1973 – date of dissolution is date when Registrar recorded dissolution in the Companies Regi... |
| 23 Sep 2019 | Grobler v Master of the High Court & others[2019] ZASCA 119 · 645/2018 · Will – validity of unsigned draft will in terms of s 2(3) of Wills Act of 1953 – not established that deceased received, approved and intend... |
| 19 Sep 2019 | KwaZulu-Natal Bookmakers’ Society v Phumelela Gaming and Leisure Ltd[2019] ZASCA 116 · 889/2018 · National Gambling Act of 2004 – meaning of totalisator betting on sports – Lotteries Act of 1997 – meaning of ‘sports pool’ – does not inclu... |
| 18 Sep 2019 | Lewarne v Fochem International (Pty) Ltd[2019] ZASCA 114 · 1073/18 · Whether the Labour Court has exclusive jurisdiction in matters concerning an employment contract – sections 77(1) and 77(3) of the Basic Con... |
| 18 Sep 2019 | Sandvik v Outokumpu OYJ & another[2019] ZASCA 115 · 879/2018 · Patents – application for revocation of patent – invention obvious to a person skilled in the art and thus not involving an inventive step i... |
| 17 Sep 2019 | Victor Kwenda v The State[2019] ZASCA 113 · 682/2018 · Criminal Procedure – Appeal against a refusal to grant leave to appeal on petition – Leave to appeal to the high court was properly refused.... |
| 16 Sep 2019 | Sipho Ximba v The State[2019] ZASCA 111 · 1171/18 · Criminal Procedure – sentence – whether substantial and compelling circumstances exist to justify deviation from the prescribed minimum sent... |