Newest first, read from the court's own list the day each is handed down.
| Handed down | Judgment |
|---|---|
| 24 Mar 2026 | Rowland and Others v Logos Carriers CC[2026] ZASCA 36 · 376/2024 · Extension of Security of Tenure Act of 1997 — eviction of occupiers — application for leave to appeal dismissed — application to amplify gro... |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Road Accident Fund v Sheriff of the High Court, Pretoria East and Others and Road Accident Fund v Stoffels and Another (268/2025 and 1182/2024)[2026] ZASCA 37 · Road Accident Fund — post-judgment interest — whether interest on judgment debt arises ex lege in terms of s 2(1) of the Prescribed Rate of... |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Scheer v Wagner N.O. & Others[2026] ZASCA 32 · 1109/2024 · Insolvency law – interpretation of ‘surplus’ in s 116 of the Insolvency Act of 1936 (the Act) – recognition of foreign trustee in terms of c... |
| 23 Mar 2026 | National Director of Public Prosecutions v Bacela and Another[2026] ZASCA 33 · 1072/2023 · Civil Procedure – Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998 – s 48(3) – whether forfeiture application must be served on respondents by... |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Eskom Holdings SOC Limited and Another v AfriForum NPC[2026] ZASCA 34 · 1049/2024 · Administrative law – statutory interpretation – Promotion of Access to Information Act of 2000 – whether the duty on a public body to justif... |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Hi-Q Automotive (Pty) Ltd v Erga Investments (Pty) Ltd and Another[2026] ZASCA 31 · 935/2024 · Powers of appellate court – s 16(2)(a)(i) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – power to dismiss appeal where decision sought will have no pr... |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Media Summnary The Regents of the University of California & Others v Eurolab (Pty) Ltd & Others[2026] ZASCA 30 · 294/2025 · Patent Law – application for revocation in terms of s of the Patents Act of 1978 (the Act) – whether entitlement to apply for a patent must... |
| 13 Mar 2026 | AfriForum NPC v Ngwathe Local Municipality and Others[2026] ZASCA 28 · 778/24 · Costs – Award – General Principles – costs follow the result – if the government loses in litigation between the government and a private pa... |
| 11 Mar 2026 | B[…] E[…] v N[…] T[…] and Others[2026] ZASCA 25 · 505/2025 · Jurisdiction – appealability – interim maintenance pendente lite under rule 43 – whether order constitutes a ‘decision’ as contemplated in s... |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Bonatla Property Holdings v Ruitersvlei Holdings & Another[2026] ZASCA 26 · 770/2024 · Company law – liquidation – locus standi to seek winding up – cession in securitatem debiti – applicant company having ceded its loan accoun... |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Nkwe Platinum Limited and Another v Genorah Resources (Pty) Ltd and Others[2026] ZASCA 27 · 921/2024 · Company Law – amalgamation agreement between holder of mining right under Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act of 2002 (MPRDA) an... |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Luphondo v The State[2026] ZASCA 24 · 123/2024 · Practice – principle of stare decisis – judgments of this Court enjoy equal status irrespective of the number of judges constituting bench.... |
| 6 Mar 2026 | Lenette Janse De Wit & Others v Toerien De Wit N O & Others[2026] ZASCA 23 · 607/2024 · Trust Property Control Act – section 13 – application to terminate trust and appoint receiver to distribute trust assets – whether appellant... |
| 5 Mar 2026 | The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service v Erasmus[2026] ZASCA 22 · 864/2024 · Tax Law – general anti-avoidance rule (GAAR) under Income Tax Act of 1962 (ITA) – appeal against GAAR assessment – statement of grounds for... |
| 27 Feb 2026 | The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service v Mining Pressure Systems (Pty) Ltd[2026] ZASCA 21 · 565/2023 · Customs and Excise Act of 1964 – tariff determination – classification of goods for the purposes of customs duty – imported seamless carbon... |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Africa Agriculture and Trade Investment Fund v Vienings[2026] ZASCA 19 · 74/2024 · Company Law – Companies Act of 1973 – whether conduct of business rescue practitioner constituted recklessness within the meaning of s 424(1... |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Baseline Civil Contractors (Pty) Ltd v The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2026] ZASCA 20 · 893/2024 · Tax Law – appeal against disallowance of objection to additional income tax assessment in terms of the Income Tax Act of 1962 and Tax Admini... |
| 20 Feb 2026 | Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality v Siyalanda Property Development (Pty) Ltd[2026] ZASCA 18 · 789/2024 · Application for special leave to appeal – s 16(1)(b) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – Property zoning – regulation 9.3.1.2 of the Port E... |
| 13 Feb 2026 | Zincede Ngokwakho Housing (Pty) Ltd and Another v Matatiele Local Municipality[2026] ZASCA 17 · 844/2024 · Mineral Rights – Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act of 2002 – whether holder of mineral right entitled to access to property to... |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Ncala v Park Avenue Body Corporate and Others[2026] ZASCA 16 · 813/2023 · Community Schemes Ombud Service Act of 2011 – s 57(2) – whether it empowers the high court to condone the late filing of a statutory appeal... |
| 11 Feb 2026 | T N obo B N v The Member of the Executive Council for Health of the Eastern Cape Government and Others[2026] ZASCA 14 · 383/23 · Delict – measure of damages – child sustaining quadriplegic cerebral palsy as a result of hospital staff’s negligence – common law once-and-... |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Road Accident Fund v Newnet Properties (Pty) Ltd t/a Sunshine Hospital and Another[2026] ZASCA 15 · 616/2024 · Section 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – reconsideration of refusal of leave to appeal on petition – alleged contravention of v... |
| 6 Feb 2026 | Lutzkie v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2026] ZASCA 11 · 1135/2023 · Practice and procedure – s 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – referral of decision refusing special leave to appeal to the court... |
| 6 Feb 2026 | Matsi and Another v The South African Legal Practice Council (Gauteng Province)[2026] ZASCA 12 · 184/2023 · Legal Practitioner – Legal Practice Act of 2014 – whether the immediate suspension of a legal practitioner pending the determination of appl... |
| 6 Feb 2026 | Moloi v Road Accident Fund[2026] ZASCA 13 · 333/2024 · Delict – claim for damages – Road Accident Fund – future loss of earning capacity – applicant's expert evidence uncontroverted by respondent... |
| 4 Feb 2026 | G.U.D. Holdings (Pty) Ltd v Companies and Intellectual Property Commission and Others[2026] ZASCA 10 · 818/24 · Company Law – Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (the Commission) - Companies Act of 2008 – Interpretation of s 212 - Claim for... |
| 4 Feb 2026 | 4 Seasons Logistics CC v Kgotse[2026] ZASCA 9 · 1215/2023 · Practice and procedure – application for reconsideration of a decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal refusing leave to appeal – finality of... |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Tourvest Holdings (Pty) Ltd v Murti[2026] ZASCA 8 · 806/2024 · Delict – claim for damages for bodily injuries suffered when respondent fell from a moving safari truck – appellant relying on disclaimers i... |
| 26 Jan 2026 | Pick 'n Pay Retailers (Pty) Ltd v Williams and Another[2026] ZASCA 7 · 238/2024 · Practice and procedure – application for reconsideration in terms of s 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – whether grave failure o... |
| 22 Jan 2026 | SAHRA and Others v Dr Mandela and Others[2026] ZASCA 6 · 825/24 · National Heritage Resources Act of 1999 (the Heritage Act) - assets owned by Dr Makaziwe Mandela, the daughter of the late former President... |
| 16 Jan 2026 | Caledon River Properties (Pty) Ltd t/a Magwa Construction and Another v Special Investigating Unit and Another (375 & 419/2024)[2026] ZASCA 5 · Constitutional law – reconsideration application – s 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – refusal of leave to appeal – procurement... |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Waterford Estate Homeowners Association NPC v Riverside Lodge Body Corporate and Others[2026] ZASCA 3 · 819/2024 · Constitutional Law – s 39(1)(c) and (e) of Community Schemes Ombud Service Act of 2011 – power of adjudicator to declare contribution unreas... |
| 14 Jan 2026 | The National Director of Public Prosecutions v Gcaba[2026] ZASCA 4 · 488/2024 · Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998 (POCA) – application in terms of s for forfeiture of property held under a preservation order... |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Kasselman and Others v The South African National Road Agency SOC Ltd (SANRAL) and Others[2026] ZASCA 2 · 297/2024 · Administrative Law – The South African National Roads Agency Limited and National Roads Act of 1998 (SANRAL Act) – ss 7(1) and 7(2) of the P... |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Joan Marie Muller and Another v Cara Dorothy Masureik and Others[2025] ZASCA 1 · 807/2024 · Application for reconsideration – s 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – family law – marriage out of community of property with th... |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Joan Marie Muller and Another v Cara Dorothy Masureik and Others[2026] ZASCA 1 · 807/2024 |
| 22 Dec 2025 | Groundswell Developments Africa (Pty) Ltd and Others v Brown[2025] ZASCA 201 · 899/2024 · Reconsideration of provisional order of Court awarding costs on a punitive scale – no basis established for variation of such costs order –... |
| 19 Dec 2025 | Deon Smith and Others v Sasfin Bank and Another[2025] ZASCA 198 · 507/2024 · Section 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – reconsideration application – Uniform Rules of Court – refusal of application for resc... |
| 19 Dec 2025 | Cele v The State[2025] ZASCA 199 · 681/2024 · Criminal Procedure – sentence – murder – effective sentence of years imprisonment – whether shockingly inappropriate. Section 274 of the Cri... |
| 19 Dec 2025 | The Road Accident Fund & Others v Mautla and Others[2025] ZASCA 200 · 414/2024 · Superior Courts Act of 2013 – section 17(2)(f) – application for reconsideration of refusal of leave to appeal – section 16(1)(b) – test for... |
| 18 Dec 2025 | Jurnic Properties CC and Another v Victor Khanye Local Municipality and Others[2025] ZASCA 196 · 652/2024 · Constitutional Law – review in terms of s 6(2) of the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act of 2000 – requirements for own-interest standi... |
| 18 Dec 2025 | The Central Authority for the Republic of South Africa v MV and Another[2025] ZASCA 197 · 1396/2024 · The 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction – application for the return of a minor child to Switzerland... |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Badenhorst N O v Manyatta Properties Close Corporation and Others[2025] ZASCA 194 · 049/2024 |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Collins Letsoalo and Another v Mothusi Lukhele[2025] ZASCA 195 · 332/2023 · Civil procedure – application for reconsideration of refusal of leave to appeal – Section 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – moot... |
| 15 Dec 2025 | Tongaat Hulett Limited and Others v South African Sugar Association & Others[2025] ZASCA 190 · 945/2024 · Sugar Act of 1978 – nature of Sugar Industry Agreement – whether an agreement within the meaning of s136(2) of the Companies Act of 2008 – C... |
| 15 Dec 2025 | North West Provincial Department of Agriculture, Conservation, Environmental and Rural Development and Another v Bosigo Investment and Trading CC and Another[2025] ZASCA 191 · 228/2024 · Damages – claim for loss of profit arising from breach of contract – plaintiff bears onus to identify and prove saved expenses to be deducte... |
| 15 Dec 2025 | Malakite Body Corporate and Another v City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Another[2025] ZASCA 192 · 832/2024 · Municipal Law – Standardisation of Electricity By-Law 1999 – appropriate electricity tariff classification – meaning of and application of s... |
| 15 Dec 2025 | Christensen N O and Another v De Magalhaes[2025] ZASCA 193 · 763/2024 · Law of Insolvency – application for special leave to appeal in terms of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – referred for oral argument – speci... |
| 12 Dec 2025 | Mathebula v The State and Another[2025] ZASCA 189 · 1439/2024 · Criminal law and procedure – permanent stay of prosecution – restatement of the principles – whether exceptional or compelling circumstances... |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Moagi v The State[2025] ZASCA 188 · 854/2024 · Sentence – failure to pronounce on common purpose where conviction is in terms of s 51(1) of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 105 of 1997 – fa... |