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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
27 Sep 2012 Roux v Hattingh[2012] ZASCA 132 · 636/11 · Delict – plaintiff injured during a game of rugby – factual findings of trial court assumed to be correct where no misdirection on part of t...
27 Sep 2012 Toubie v S[2012] ZASCA 133 · 635/11 · Criminal law – interpretation of Section of the Supreme Court Act of 1959 and s 322 of the Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 – the effect of a...
27 Sep 2012 Agri Wire (Pty) Ltd v The Competition Commissioner[2012] ZASCA 134 · Cartel – reference to Competition Tribunal in terms of s 4(1) of the Competition Act of 1998 – reference arising from evidence obtained by t...
27 Sep 2012 Robert Du Plooy v Ntombi Du Plooy[2012] ZASCA 135 · 417/11 · Ownership of immovable property – whether first appellant owning property in personal capacity or as nominee of siblings (the respondents) –...
27 Sep 2012 Roos v Roos en 'n Ander[2012] ZASCA 136 · 412/11
27 Sep 2012 Law Society of the Northern Provinces v Siphiwe Dube[2012] ZASCA 137 · 874/11 · Attorneys Act of 1979 – misconduct – appropriate order – suspension or removal from roll – whether court a quo misdirected itself in the exe...
26 Sep 2012 Paixão v Road Accident Fund[2012] ZASCA 130 · 640/11 · Dependants’ action – Permanent heterosexual life partnership – reciprocal duty of support established by tacit agreement – Common law extend...
25 Sep 2012 Thekiso v S[2012] ZASCA 129 · 73/12 · Criminal Procedure – leave to appeal – appeal against refusal of petition – issue to be determined is whether leave to appeal should have be...
21 Sep 2012 Sentinel Mining Industry Retirement Fund v Waz Props (Pty) Ltd[2012] ZASCA 124 · 779/11 · Contract: use of heading in interpretation; incorporation of tacit term. 2 ______________________________________________________________
21 Sep 2012 Bester and others NNO v Schmidt Bou Ontwikkelings CC[2012] ZASCA 125 · 696/11 · Claim for rectification of deed of transfer – not a ‘debt’ as contemplated by the Prescription Act of 1969 – first to fourth appellants’ def...
21 Sep 2012 Comwezi Security Services (Pty) Ltd v Cape Empowerment Trust Ltd[2012] ZASCA 126 · 759/11 · Contract – resolutive condition – interpretation – power of relaxation vested in one party – exercise of power – evidence of conduct of part...
21 Sep 2012 Hano Trading CC v JR 209 Investments (Pty) Ltd[2012] ZASCA 127 · 650/11 · Rules of court – rule 6 – non-compliance – filing of further affidavits – test to be applied – Indulgence – factors to be presented in appli...
21 Sep 2012 Crookes Brothers Ltd v Regional Land Claims Commission for the Province of Mpumalanga & others[2012] ZASCA 128 · 590/2011 · Contract – interpretation of - sale of immovable properties – claim for mora interest on purchase price. 2 _________________________________...
20 Sep 2012 City of Johannesburg v Cantina Tequila[2012] ZASCA 121 · 775/11 · Where a Town Planning Scheme includes among its primary rights the conduct of a hotel business, the scheme cannot be interpreted to permit a...
20 Sep 2012 Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe v Fick & others[2012] ZASCA 122 · 657/11 · Tribunal of Southern African Development Community – enforcement – whether competent – whether binding on Zimbabwe. 2 ______________________...
20 Sep 2012 Foize Africa v Foize Beheer[2012] ZASCA 123 · 752/11 · Interdict against peregini ─ effectiveness thereof ─ effect of a contractual provision that parties to a dispute would proceed to arbitratio...
19 Sep 2012 Ngqula v South African Airways[2012] ZASCA 120 · 701/11 · Practice – removal of proceedings – Interim Rationalisation of High Courts Act of 2002, s 3 – non-appealability of order authorising removal...
18 Sep 2012 Royal Hotel v Nachley Simon NO[2012] ZASCA 118 · 713/11 · Servitude – praedial – interpretation – entitlement to park on servient tenement – erection of building on substantial portion of servitude...
18 Sep 2012 Fourie v FirstRand Bank Ltd[2012] ZASCA 119 · 578/11 · Claim against appellant in terms of s 424 of the Companies Act of 1973 based on fraudulent conduct – causal link between fraudulent conduct...
14 Sep 2012 Judicial Service Commission v Cape Bar Council (Centre for Constitutional Rights as amicus curiae)[2012] ZASCA 115 · 818/11 · Absence of President of the SCA from meeting of the JSC – his deputy not invited – JSC not properly constituted – decisions at meeting conse...
14 Sep 2012 City of Johannesburg v Changing Tides 74 (Pty) Ltd and 97 others (The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa intervening as amicus curiae)[2012] ZASCA 116 · 735/11 · Eviction in terms of Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act of 1998 (PIE) – relationship between ss 4(6) an...
14 Sep 2012 Firstrand Bank v Venter[2012] ZASCA 117 · 829/11 · Bank – overdrawn current account – proof of – application of s of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act of 2002. Evidence – adm...
13 Sep 2012 The Wilds Home Owners Association v Van Eeden[2012] ZASCA 113 · 780/11 · Company law ─ s 252 of the Companies Act of 1973. 2 ___________________________________________________________ ___
13 Sep 2012 Donald & Richard Currie (Pty) Ltd v Growthpoint Properties Ltd[2012] ZASCA 114 · 572/11 · Where offer to convert equities in a company is made to holders by another entity, and offeree completes acceptance form in required manner,...
13 Sep 2012 Florence v The Government of the RSA[2013] ZASCA 104 · 550/12 · Section 33(eC) – appropriate method to cater for changes over time in the value of money – CPI adequate indicator – LCC exercised discretion...
12 Sep 2012 Hanuscke v Kungwini[2012] ZASCA 112 · 512/11 · Agreement for purchase of land – suspensive conditions – non- fulfilment within a reasonable time – agreement lapsing 2 ____________________...
7 Sep 2012 Tulip Diamonds Fze v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development[2012] ZASCA 111 · 810/2011 · Standing ─ International Co-operation in Criminal Matters Act of 1996 ─ request by Belgian examining magistrate for assistance of South Afri...
30 Aug 2012 The Minister of Defence v SA National Defence Force[2012] ZASCA 110 · 161/11 · Interdict – whether right established – peremption of appeal – desirability of leaving intact order that ought not to have been granted – co...
29 Aug 2012 Minister of Public Service and Administration v Ngwenya[2012] ZASCA 109 · 645/11 · Resolution of the Public Service Bargaining Council and Public Service Dispensation Determination – interpretation – jurisdiction of high co...
26 Jul 2012 Cipla Medpro v Aventis Pharma (139/12); Aventis Pharma SA v Cipla Life Sciences[2012] ZASCA 108 · 138/12 · Patent – validity – whether claim vague or otherwise revocable – contributory infringement – interim interdict – relevance of public interes...
20 Jun 2012 BATSA v Minister of Health[2012] ZASCA 107 · 463/11 · Proper interpretation of s 3(1)(a) of the Tobacco Products Control Act of 1993 as amended, read with the definitions of ‘advertise’ and ‘pro...
1 Jun 2012 Corporate Money Managers (Pty) Ltd & others v Kufa Trading Enterprise CC[2012] ZASCA 100 · 457/11 · Close Corporation – winding up by court – whether grounds for winding up established by applicants. 3 ______________________________________...
1 Jun 2012 Mohammed Cassimjee v Minister of Finance[2012] ZASCA 101 · 455/11 · Procedure – inordinate delay in prosecuting claim – inherent power of the court to prevent abuse of its process – whether discretion properl...
1 Jun 2012 Minnies v The State[2012] ZASCA 102 · 881/11 · Criminal law – contravention of s 34(1)(b) of the South African Reserve Bank Act of 1989 – offering counterfeit money for sale (not as legal...
1 Jun 2012 CSARS v De Beers[2012] ZASCA 103 · 503/11 · Value-Added Tax Act of 1991 – meaning of „enterprise‟ – meaning of „imported services‟ – whether foreign advisory services utilized or consu...
1 Jun 2012 Ingonyama Trust v Ethekwini Municipality[2012] ZASCA 104 · 149/11 · Rating of State Property Act of 1984 - whether property vesting in Ingonyama Trust in the Ethekwini Municipality exempt from rates in terms...
1 Jun 2012 Body Corporate of the Pinewood Park Scheme no 202 v Dellis (Pty) Ltd[2012] ZASCA 105 · 498/11 · Sectional Title – Status and nature of rules governing control and management of body corporate – management rules – resolution of dispute a...
1 Jun 2012 Ngwenyama v Mayelane & another[2012] ZASCA 94 · 474/11 · Customary marriages – polygamy- Interpretation- s 7(6) of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998- whether failure by the hus...
1 Jun 2012 Grigor v The State[2012] ZASCA 95 · 607/11 · Attempted murder – self defence – must be a balance between the attack and the defence – bounds of self defence exceeded – sentence not shoc...
1 Jun 2012 King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality v KwaLindile Community[2012] ZASCA 96 · 537/11 · Restitution of Land Rights Act of 1994 – order by Land Claims Court in terms of s 34(5) that certain land within a municipality not be resto...
1 Jun 2012 Raubenheimer v Raubenheimer[2012] ZASCA 97 · 560/11 · Will – construction – bequest of immovable property subject to a usufruct without identifying a beneficiary – properly construed the testato...
1 Jun 2012 The MEC for Education, KZN v Shange[2012] ZASCA 98 · 529/11 · Condonation – Institution of Legal Proceedings Against Certain Organs of State Act of 2002 – knowledge of the identity of the joint debtor.
1 Jun 2012 Investec Employee Benefits Ltd v Marais & others[2012] ZASCA 99 · 580/11 · Pension Funds – Pension Funds Adjudicator not empowered to extend time limits laid down in Prescription Act of 1969 – Prescription Act appli...
31 May 2012 Raath v Nel[2012] ZASCA 86 · 473/11 · Damages – loss of income and earning capacity – proof of actual patrimonial loss in personal capacity – trust sole shareholder in company su...
31 May 2012 Chamber of Mines of SA v The Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases[2012] ZASCA 87 · 448/11 · Mines and Works Compensation Fund – deficit in fund – whether owners of mines and works may be levied for recovery of deficit. 2 ___________...
31 May 2012 Distell Ltd v CSARS[2012] ZASCA 88 · 526/11 · Excise and customs duty – Custom and Excise Act of 1964 - classification of beverages under tariff headings – fermented or distilled (spirit...
31 May 2012 Mangangeni Emmaus Westmead Returners Community Trust v The Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform[2012] ZASCA 89 · 361/11 · Settlement of land claim in terms of Restitution of Land Rights Act of 1994 – agreements to regulate holding and control of funds paid pursu...
31 May 2012 City of Cape Town v Hendricks[2012] ZASCA 90 · 633/11 · Warning/compliance notice of contravention of By-Law and demand that recipient comply to avoid legal action not ‘administrative action’ for...
31 May 2012 South Africa Congo Oil Company (Pty) Ltd v Identiguard International (Pty) Ltd[2012] ZASCA 91 · 710/11 · Execution – garnishee proceedings – rule of court 45(12)(a) – whether attachment of debt in terms of rule 45(8) necessary to render garnishe...
31 May 2012 Ivanov v North West Gambling Board[2012] ZASCA 92 · 312/11 · Search warrant - search and seizure - declaration of invalidity of search warrant - operates retrospectively - search and seizure invalid ex...