Newest first, read from the court's own list the day each is handed down.
| Handed down | Judgment |
|---|---|
| 5 Jun 2025 | Japhta v The State[2025] ZASCA 80 · 1016/2023 · Criminal Law and Procedure - Special leave to appeal referred for oral argument in terms of s 17(2)(d) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 ––... |
| 4 Jun 2025 | Van Vuuren v Mec for Health, Gauteng Province[2025] ZASCA 76 · 054/2024 · Prescription – Institution of Legal Proceedings Against Certain Organs of State Act of 2002 (the Act) – condonation for late filing of the s... |
| 4 Jun 2025 | Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service v Virgin Mobile South Africa (Pty) Ltd[2025] ZASCA 77 · 1303/2023 · Tax law – Tax Administration Act of 2011 – default judgment – condonation – whether a party is exempted from applying for condonation for th... |
| 2 Jun 2025 | Pine Glow Investments (Pty) Ltd v The Minister of Energy and Others[2025] ZASCA 75 · 1264/2023 · Administrative Law – Petroleum Products Act 120 of 1977 (the Act) – whether decision of Minister of Minerals and Energy (the Minister) on ap... |
| 30 May 2025 | Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited and Another v Kalagadi Manganese (Pty) Ltd[2025] ZASCA 70 · 661/2024 · Law of Contract – international arbitration agreement − disputes arising out of or in connection with the agreement – must be resolved throu... |
| 30 May 2025 | Selective Empowerment Investments 1 Ltd v Companies and Intellectual Property Commission[2025] ZASCA 71 · 1325/2023 · Public company – grounds for winding-up – failure to comply with statutory requirements of the Companies Act of 2008 (the Act) alternatively... |
| 30 May 2025 | Aptitude Trading Enterprise (Pty) Ltd v The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and Another[2025] ZASCA 72 · 251/2024 · Civil procedure – legality of court order extending suspension of order of invalidity of tender pending new award of tender – new tender awa... |
| 30 May 2025 | Rathebe v The State[2025] ZASCA 73 · 1571/2024 · Criminal Law – Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 (the CPA) – the proper approach to adopt where an accused person whose erstwhile co-accused wa... |
| 30 May 2025 | Eugene Prinsloo v Donovan Theodore Majiedt N O and Another[2025] ZASCA 74 · 257/2024 · Practice – non-joinder – Long-term Insurance Act of 1998 (the Act) – whether the benefits of a long-term life insurance policy (the policy)... |
| 29 May 2025 | Endangered Wildlife Trust and Another v Director-General (Acting) Department of Water and Sanitation and Another[2025] ZASCA 69 · 1165/2023 · Statutory appeal – s 149(1) of National Water Act of 1998 (NWA) – against decision of Water Tribunal – confined to question of law – what th... |
| 28 May 2025 | Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment & Others v Badenhorst N.O. & Others[2025] ZASCA 68 · 1004/2023 · Administrative law – review under the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act of 2000 (PAJA), s 7(2) – failure to exhaust internal remedies... |
| 26 May 2025 | Director of Public Prosecutions, Gauteng Division v Thato Molefe and Another (4172024)[2025] ZASCA 67 · Section 35(5) of the Constitution – defective search warrant – admissibility of evidence – unfair trial – administration of justice – public... |
| 23 May 2025 | South African Legal Practice Council v Kgaphola and Another[2025] ZASCA 66 · 795/2023 · Legal Practice – Legal Practice Act of 2014 – whether high court exercised its discretion judicially – Professional misconduct – non-complia... |
| 20 May 2025 | Set Square Developments (Pty) Ltd v Power Guarantees (Pty) Ltd and Another and a related matter (099/2023 and 150/24)[2025] ZASCA 64 · Contract Law – on-demand performance guarantees – liability of guarantor. 3 ________________________________________________________________... |
| 20 May 2025 | Auckland Park Theological Seminary v Wamjay Holding Investments (PTY) Ltd[2025] ZASCA 65 · 041/2024 · Unjustified enrichment – s 12(3) of the Prescription Act of 1969 (Prescription Act) – commencement of the running of prescription – whether... |
| 16 May 2025 | Magudumana v Director of Public Prosecutions, Free State and Others[2025] ZASCA 62 · 1196/2023 · Criminal law – whether the appellant was arrested and abducted in Tanzania by members of South African Police Service – matter decided on re... |
| 16 May 2025 | JR 209 Investments (Pty) Ltd and Others v Homeless People Housing Co-Operative Ltd and Others[2025] ZASCA 63 · 746/2023 · Contempt of court – requirements restated – whether conduct met requirements – Co-operatives Act of 2005 – s 72 (1) – whether competent to r... |
| 14 May 2025 | Steyn and Another v Venter and Others[2025] ZASCA 59 · 096/2024 · Prescription Act of 1969 – Close Corporations Act of 1984 – whether claims instituted by the first and second respondents against the appell... |
| 14 May 2025 | Pieters and Another v Stemmet and Another[2025] ZASCA 60 · 079/24 · Extension of Security of Tenure Act of 1997 – Section 2(1)(a) – property within a township but designated for agricultural purposes – occupi... |
| 14 May 2025 | Msibithi Investments (Pty) Ltd and Others v African Legend Investment (Pty) Ltd and Others[2025] ZASCA 61 · 628/2023 · Company Law – directors’ resolution – attack on basis of failure to comply with s of Companies Act of 2008 (the Act) – notice given – s comp... |
| 13 May 2025 | Lorenzi v The State[2025] ZASCA 58 · 1171/2023 · Practice and procedure – special leave to appeal -refusal by two judges of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) – s 17(2)(f) of the Superior Co... |
| 12 May 2025 | Henque 3935 CC t/a PQ Clothing Outlet v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2025] ZASCA 56 · 846/2023 · Company in business rescue – whether tax liability arising from additional assessment raised by Commissioner for South African Revenue Servi... |
| 12 May 2025 | Gilchrist v The State[2025] ZASCA 57 · 1153/2021 · Criminal Law and Procedure – s 93ter(1) of the Magistrates’ Court Act of 1944 – appellant legally represented – record stating no assessors... |
| 9 May 2025 | Phogole v The State[2024] ZASCA 54 · 370/2023 · Criminal law and procedure – evidence of a single witness in a rape case – whether evidence was sufficient to sustain conviction despite con... |
| 9 May 2025 | Godfrey Alfred Ntuli v The State[2025] ZASCA 53 · 20730/23 · Criminal law – hearsay evidence – cannot be admitted after the close of the state’s case – the trial court must rule on it before close of t... |
| 9 May 2025 | Manelis v Manelis[2025] ZASCA 55 · 1235/22 · Divorce – accrual system – effect of the declaration of the net value of a party’s estate at the commencement of his or her marriage in an a... |
| 7 May 2025 | Nakana v Claassens & Others[2025] ZASCA 52 · 137/2024 · Criminal law – malicious prosecution – whether the Supreme Court of Appeal (the SCA) may interfere with the order of the Limpopo Division of... |
| 30 Apr 2025 | Twenty-Third Century Systems (Pty) Ltd and Another v SAP Africa Region (Pty) Ltd[2025] ZASCA 51 · 172/2023 · Law of contract – whether a contracting party can rely on the terms of a contract after the termination of the contract – distinction betwee... |
| 29 Apr 2025 | East Asian Consortium B.V. v MTN Group Limited and Others[2025] ZASCA 50 · 225/2023 · Delict – unlawful inducement – unlawful competition – conflict of law – transnational delicts – lex loci delicti – significant relationship... |
| 25 Apr 2025 | Johannes Frederick Gouws N O and Others v Johannes Petrus Erasmus Swarts N O[2025] ZASCA 48 · 1250/23 · Law of Contract – verbal agreement – transfer of shares – whether a valid and legally binding purchase and sale agreement was concluded betw... |
| 25 Apr 2025 | Sekabate v The State[2025] ZASCA 49 · 1223/2023 · Application for special leave referred to oral argument in terms of s 17 (2)(d) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – exceptional circumstanc... |
| 23 Apr 2025 | The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Others v Occupiers [of Portion 971 of the Farm Randjesfontein No 405] and Others[2024] ZASCA 47 · 636/23 · Property law – Prevention of Illegal Eviction from Unlawful Occupation of Land Act of 1998 (PIE) – eviction of unlawful occupiers – emergenc... |
| 17 Apr 2025 | Western Cape Provincial Department of Health[2025] ZASCA 45 · 886/2023 · Delict – medical negligence – damages – amendment of pleadings after litis contestatio – whether amendment of a claim for special damages in... |
| 17 Apr 2025 | Van Veen v Director of Public Prosecutions and Others[2025] ZASCA 46 · 104/2024 · Application for permanent stay of prosecution – whether the appellant’s medical condition is linked to the extra-curial delays of years to w... |
| 14 Apr 2025 | Mason N O v Mason and Another[2025] ZASCA 44 · 1286/2023 · Close Corporation Act of 1984 – misappropriation of funds by member of close corporation (CC) – whether debt owed to CC prescribed – s 12(3)... |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Minister of Environmental Affairs v The Trustees for the time being of Groundwork Trust and Others[2025] ZASCA 43 · 549/2023 · National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act of 2004 (the Air Quality Act) – statutory interpretation – ministerial powers to enact re... |
| 10 Apr 2025 | Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality v Business Connexion (Pty) Ltd[2025] ZASCA 41 · 1186/2023 · Section 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – contractual claim – software and licences – whether there was delivery of the licences... |
| 10 Apr 2025 | Van der Nest NO v Minister of Police[2025] ZASCA 42 · 154/2024 · Civil procedure – whether a court of appeal can raise an issue mero motu – Interpretation of s 39(2) of the Civil Proceedings Evidence Act o... |
| 8 Apr 2025 | The Loan Company (Pty) Ltd v The National Credit Regulator and Another[2025] ZASCA 40 · 1104/2023 · National Credit Act, of 2005 – interpretation – sections 40(1), 40(3), 76(3), 100(1)(c),100(1)(d)(ii) and 151 – obligation to register as cr... |
| 4 Apr 2025 | JT International Manufacturing South Africa (Pty) Ltd v The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2025] ZASCA 37 · 1330/2023 · Interpretation: Customs and Excise Act of 1964 – twelve imported consignments of cigarette tobacco entered under rebate code 460.24 not ente... |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Eastern Cape[2025] ZASCA 36 · 277/2023 · Delict - Medical negligence - failure to monitor the appellant and foetus during labour - whether hospital staff was negligent - whether neg... |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Uys N O and Others v National Credit Regulator and Another[2025] ZASCA 34 · 869/2023 · National Credit Act of 2005 (NCA) – impugned transactions – whether the impugned transactions constitute credit agreements as defined by s 8... |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Western Cape Provincial Government and Others v D C Security (Pty) Ltd t/a D C Security and Others[2025] ZASCA 35 · 971/2023 · Administrative law – review and setting aside – tender – Promotion of Administrative Justice Act of 2000 – whether appeal has been rendered... |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Obiang v Janse van Rensburg & Others[2025] ZASCA 30 · 714/2023 · Civil Procedure – rescission of orders in terms of rule 42(1)(a) of Uniform Rules of Court – Service of legal process in substantial complia... |
| 31 Mar 2025 | The National Director of Public Prosecutions v Victor N O and Others[2025] ZASCA 31 · 756/2023 · Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998 (POCA) – funds kept in bank accounts of company and directors the proceeds of an unlawful inve... |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Aventino Ecotroopers Joint Venture and Others v The MEC for the Department of Roads and Transport, Gauteng Province and Others[2025] ZASCA 32 · 1233/2023 · Tender – tender validity period – extensions of the period – s of the Public Finance Management Act of 1999 – supply chain management policy... |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Resilient Rock (Pty) Ltd v Voltex (Pty) Ltd t/a Atlas Group[2025] ZASCA 33 · 1132/2023 · Insolvency law – section 347(5) of the Companies Act of 1973 – whether an appeal court has jurisdiction to grant a final winding-up order, w... |
| 28 Mar 2025 | late Yasmin Salie) and Another[2025] ZASCA 26 · 501/2023 · Delict – negligence – runner colliding with member of public during race – route on promenade not cordoned off – runner negligent in failing... |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Sumeil (Pty) Ltd v Coogal Finance (Pty) Ltd (In Liquidation) and Others[2025] ZASCA 27 · 1140/2023 · Claim for money payment on application – application of Plascon-Evans rule – Set-off – executory contract – reciprocal obligations – duty of... |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Lebashe Investment Group (Pty) Ltd and Others v United Democratic Movement and Another[2025] ZASCA 29 · 1308/2023 · Practice — pleadings — exception on ground that amended plea does not disclose a defence — appealability of dismissal of exception — interes... |