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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
25 Nov 2022 Datacentrix (Pty) Ltd v O-Line (Pty) Ltd[2022] ZASCA 162 · 891/2021 · Contract law – breach of contract – interpretation of cancellation clause in a contract – non-compliance with prescribed procedure for cance...
24 Nov 2022 Case 650/2020 Madrasah Taleemuddeen Islamic Institute v Chandra Giri Ellaurie and Another[2022] ZASCA 160 · 755/2021 · Nuisance – the right to undisturbed use and enjoyment of own property is not unlimited – reasonable interference is to be expected depending...
21 Nov 2022 South African Health Products Regulatory Authority and Another v African Christian Democratic Party[2022] ZASCA 158 · 869/2021 · Civil procedure – supervisory order – affected parties not heard before order made – order not applied for by any party – no evidence to jus...
21 Nov 2022 National Commissioner of Correctional Services and Another v Democratic Alliance and Others (with South African Institute of Race Relations intervening as Amicus Curiae)[2022] ZASCA 159 · 33/2022 · Correctional Services Act 111 of 1998 – medical parole – s 79(1) – role of the Medical Parole Advisory Board (the Board) – powers of the Nat...
18 Nov 2022 Rustenburg Platinum Mines Limited and Another v The Regional Manager, Limpopo Region, Department of Mineral Resources and Others[2022] ZASCA 157 · 1109/2020 · Administrative Law – review of decisions of Regional Manager and Deputy Director General of the Department of Mineral resources and Energy....
16 Nov 2022 Kuttel v Master of the High Court and Others[2022] ZASCA 156 · 819/2021 · Trust and trustees – sale of shares owned by trust to company controlled indirectly by two trustees – whether sanction of court required for...
7 Nov 2022 CSARS v The Thistle Trust[2022] ZASCA 153 · 516/2021 · Revenue – capital gains tax – Income Tax Act of 1962 – capital gains determined in respect of trusts’ disposal of assets vested in a residen...
7 Nov 2022 Samancor Chrome Limited v Bila Civil Contractors (Pty) Ltd and Others[2022] ZASCA 154 · 159/2021 · Contempt of court order – joinder of directors and contempt relief sought in the same application – directors aware of the relief sought aga...
7 Nov 2022 Greater Tzaneen Municipality v Bravospan 252 CC[2022] ZASCA 155 · 428/2021 · Constitutional law – enrichment claim not ‘debt’ as defined in Institution of Legal Proceedings against Certain Organs of the State Act of 2...
7 Nov 2022 Zwelithini Maxwell Zondi v The State[2022] ZASCA 173 · 1232/2021 · Criminal law and procedure – appeal against conviction – credibility and reliability of the witnesses’ identification of the appellant – app...
4 Nov 2022 Slabbert N O & 3 Others v Ma-Afrika Hotels t/a Rivierbos Guest House[2022] ZASCA 152 · 772/2021 · Contract Law – whether cancellation clause unfair or unreasonable – doctrine of pacta sunt servanda. 2 _____________________________________...
3 Nov 2022 Golden Fried Chicken (Pty) Ltd v Vlachos and Another[2022] ZASCA 150 · 497/2021 · Intellectual Property – Trade Marks Act 194 of 1993 – infringement proceedings – registered mark – test for deception or confusion under s 3...
3 Nov 2022 Democratic Alliance v Brummer[2022] ZASCA 151 · 793/2021 · Plea of res judicata by reason of issue estoppel in action for damages arising from alleged unlawful termination of membership – prior judgm...
1 Nov 2022 Siyangena Technologies (Pty) Ltd v PRASA and Others[2022] ZASCA 149 · 487/2021 · Constitutional and administrative law – irregularities in procurement process by organ of state – legality review – self-review – delay – wh...
31 Oct 2022 Nyamukamadi Mukumela Denga (Mabirimisa) & Others v Mabirimisa Tshililo Arnold N N O & Others[2022] ZASCA 148 · 1296/2021 · Deceased estate – whether the administration of deceased had been finalised – administration of the estate finalised in terms of the Black A...
28 Oct 2022 KeyHealth Medical Scheme v Glopin (Pty) Ltd[2022] ZASCA 147 · 1265/2021 · Contract – revocation of mandate – whether agreement may be revoked at will by one of the parties – terms of duration and termination of agr...
27 Oct 2022 MEC for Health, Limpopo v L W M obo D M[2022] ZASCA 146 · 502/2021 · Delict – Medical negligence – failure to monitor the appellant and foetus during labour – whether hospital staff was negligent – whether neg...
26 Oct 2022 Deon Nel v Petrus Jacobus de Beer & Another[2022] ZASCA 145 · 406/21 · Sale of land – right of pre-emption – right of pre-emption in lease agreement in respect of five separately registered farms – sale of two o...
24 Oct 2022 Morganambal Mannaru and another v Robert MacLennan-Smith and others[2022] ZASCA 137 · 271/2021 · Property law – servitude of right of way – whether owners of dominant tenements entitled to erect gate across servitude road – in absence of...
24 Oct 2022 Nesongozwi v Commissioner for SARS[2022] ZASCA 138 · 838/2021 · Tax Administration Act of 2011 – valuation of shares for purposes of donations tax and capital gains tax – assessment and objection – appeal...
24 Oct 2022 Naude and Another v Louis Pasteur Medical Investments (Pty) Ltd and Others[2022] ZASCA 139 · 31/2021 · Business rescue ─ appeal against an order granting a shareholder and a disputed creditor legal standing at meetings of creditors ─ settlemen...
24 Oct 2022 Member of the Executive Council for the Department of Health, Eastern Cape v Mbokodi[2022] ZASCA 140 · 213/2021 · Civil Procedure – action for damages for medical negligence – Rule nisi – whether competent for court to issue rule nisi calling upon a part...
24 Oct 2022 Lebashe Financial Services (Pty) Ltd v The Prudential Authority and Others[2022] ZASCA 141 · 346/2021 · Practice – standing on appeal – depends on directness and sufficiency of interest in relief claimed on appeal – creditor and shareholder of...
24 Oct 2022 Mobile Telephone Networks (Pty) Ltd v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2022] ZASCA 142 · 805/2021 · Tax law – Value-Added Tax Act of 1991 – declaratory order – under which of ss 10(18) or 10(19) pre-paid vouchers fall – fact specific test –...
24 Oct 2022 Imperial Logistics Advance (Pty) Ltd v Remnant Wealth Holdings (Pty) Ltd[2022] ZASCA 143 · 326/2021 · Procedure – application for postponement – unavailability of current legal representative – no satisfactory explanation furnished for postpo...
24 Oct 2022 Coral Lagoon Investments 194 (Pty) Ltd and Another v Capitec Bank Holdings Limited[2022] ZASCA 144 · 887/2021 · Contract – agreement not to sue – pactum de non petendo anticipando – enforcement thereof not against public policy. 2 _____________________...
13 Oct 2022 Land and Agricultural Bank of South Africa v The Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform and Others[2022] ZASCA 133 · 1174/2021 · Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998 – civil recovery of property under chapter 6 – exclusion of ‘interest’ in property from operat...
13 Oct 2022 Southern Sky Hotel and Leisure (Pty) Ltd and Others v Southern Sky Food Enterprises (Pty) Ltd[2022] ZASCA 134 · 617/2021 · Whether agreement concluded by liquidators for the sale of the property of a company in liquidation is invalid by virtue of the provisions o...
13 Oct 2022 Mazars Recovery & Restructuring (Pty) Ltd and Others v Montic Dairy (Pty) Ltd (in liquidation) and Others[2022] ZASCA 135 · 526/2021 · Company Law – business rescue – whether payments made to the business rescue practitioners after the conversion of business rescue proceedin...
13 Oct 2022 MV ‘TARIK III’ Credit Europe Bank N.V. v The Fund Comprising the Proceeds of the Sale of the MV Tarik III and Others[2022] ZASCA 136 · 1294/2021 · Shipping – Admiralty Jurisdiction Regulation Act 105 of 1983 – when an agreement that has been admitted or proved is said to have been termi...
7 Oct 2022 The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service v Airports Company for South Africa[2022] ZASCA 132 · 785/2021 · Tax Administration Act of 2011 – application for amendment to objection against an additional assessment - no procedure in the Act for amend...
6 Oct 2022 Limpopo v Leboho[2022] ZASCA 131 · 87/2021 · Contract – calculation of leave days – jurisdiction of the courts – clause 14.1 of the collective agreement between the parties – difference...
3 Oct 2022 N’Wandlamharhi Communal Property Association and Another v Westcott and Others[2022] ZASCA 129 · 401/2021 · Property – servitude – rights of access to and occupation of immovable properties – rights constitute subtraction from dominium of land – no...
3 Oct 2022 Classen & Another v The State[2022] ZASCA 130 · 803/21 · Criminal Law and Procedure – hearsay evidence – s 3(1)(c) of Law of Evidence Amendment Act of 1988 – admissibility, assessment and probative...
30 Sep 2022 Van Wyk Van Heerden Attorneys v Gore NO and Another[2022] ZASCA 128 · 828/2021 · Insolvency – deposit into attorney’s account – application to set aside under s 26(1)(b) of Insolvency Act of 1926 – test whether attorney b...
28 Sep 2022 Samsung Electronics SA (Pty) Ltd v The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2022] ZASCA 126 · 764/2021 · Customs and Excise Act of 1964 – classification of smartphone as a ‘telephone for cellular networks’ for customs duty.
28 Sep 2022 Zurich Insurance Company South Africa Ltd v Gauteng Provincial Government[2022] ZASCA 127 · 734/2021 · Insurance contract – damage to rock mass when tunnels for Gautrain Rapid Rail System constructed – whether insured’s claim had prescribed –...
26 Sep 2022 Solomons v The State[2022] ZASCA 124 · 1292/21 · Criminal Law and Procedure – murder – inter-partner violence – domestic violence – sentence – years’ imprisonment, years of which is suspend...
26 Sep 2022 Nhlapo v The State[2022] ZASCA 125 · 835/2021 · Criminal law and procedure – sentence in excess of the prescribed minimum for robbery – whether effective sentence of years’ imprisonment fo...
22 Sep 2022 Botha v Botha[2022] ZASCA 123 · 820/2021
19 Sep 2022 N S v J N[2022] ZASCA 122 · 506/2021 · Superior Courts Act of 2013 - s 16(2)(a)(i) – parental rights and responsibilities in respect of a minor child - decision sought would have...
14 Sep 2022 Wezizwe Feziwe Sigcau and Another v The President of the Republic of South Africa and Others[2022] ZASCA 121 · 961/2020 · Administrative Law – Review of determination of successor to the royal throne under the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act...
5 Sep 2022 Siphelele Goodman Nene v The State[2022] ZASCA 120 · 466/2021 · Appeal against refusal of petition for leave to appeal by the high court – whether leave ought to have been granted. 2 _____________________...
29 Aug 2022 Minister of Social Development v SA Childcare (Pty) Ltd & Others; MEC, Social Development, Eastern Cape & Others v SA Childcare (Pty) Ltd & Others[2022] ZASCA 119 · 71/2021 · Social development – Early Childhood Development facilities – payment of subsidies by national and provincial Departments of Social Developm...
22 Aug 2022 Qurashi and Others v The State[2022] ZASCA 118 · 1166/2018 · Criminal law and procedure – admission of evidence pursuant to search and seizure allegedly in violation of constitutional right to privacy...
16 Aug 2022 Benedict Moagi Peloeole v The Director of Public Prosecutions, Gauteng[2022] ZASCA 117 · 740/2022 · Criminal law and procedure – appeal and cross-appeal on sentence – appellant convicted on two counts of murder – whether the murders were pr...
28 Jul 2022 Leysath v Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund Board of Control[2022] ZASCA 115 · 770/2021 · Claim for reimbursement in terms of s of the Attorneys Act of 1979 – appellant alleging that deposits paid by clients to instructing attorne...
28 Jul 2022 MJ K v II K[2022] ZASCA 116 · 360/2021 · Divorce – parties married out of community of property subject to the accrual system – determination of accrual – whether assets of trusts o...
21 Jul 2022 Z v Z[2022] ZASCA 113 · 556/2021 · Divorce – Maintenance – Adult dependent child – Divorce Act of 1970 – s 6 – whether parent has locus standi in judicio to claim maintenance...
21 Jul 2022 Minister of Police v Van der Watt and Another[2022] ZASCA 114 · 1009/2021 · Judgments and orders – compromise agreements made orders of court – State Attorney conceding merits and quantum against the Minister of Poli...