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1003 judgments on file that touch appeal, newest first, each with the court's own file.

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9 Oct 2026 Grancy Property Limited v Dines Chandra Manilal Gihwala[2026] ZACC 40 · no-conflict rule — no-profit rule — disgorgement of profits in duplum rule — development of common law — liquidated claims — statement and d... Constitutional Court
9 Oct 2026 Brain Gear Investments (Pty) Ltd v Buhle Waste (Pty) Ltd and Others; Sembcorp Silulumanzi (RF) (Pty) Ltd and Others v Buhle Waste (Pty) Ltd and Others; Sembcorp Utilities (Netherlands) NV v Buhle Waste (Pty) Ltd and Others CCT 11/25, 12/25 and 25/25[2026] ZACC 41 · Review — Promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000 — definition of “administrative action” — Municipality’s decision not taken “in t... Constitutional Court
7 Oct 2026 Salungano Group Ltd v Mashwayi Projects (Pty) Ltd and Others; Ndalamo Coal (Pty) Ltd v Mashwayi Projects (Pty) Ltd and Others[2026] ZACC 38 · Companies Act 71 of 2008 — sections 152 and 153 — business rescue proceedings — voting rights — post-commencement creditors Interpretation —... Constitutional Court
7 Oct 2026 Ackerman v Amaning and Another[2026] ZASCA 138 · Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act of 2004 — whether the appellant’s communications are hate speech under s 1... Supreme Court of Appeal
5 Oct 2026 Close Trade 200074 CC t/a Ilcor Engineering Services v Crossmoor Transport (Pty) Ltd[2026] ZASCA 134 · Contract – interpretation – payment and security provisions – deposit or guarantee required before commencement of manufacture – payment pro... Supreme Court of Appeal
5 Oct 2026 Director of Public Prosecutions, Gauteng Division v Matsepe & Another[2026] ZASCA 135 · Criminal Procedure – Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 (CPA) – separation of trials in terms of s 157 – application for leave to appeal dismiss... Supreme Court of Appeal
5 Oct 2026 Habib Overseas Bank Limited (in liquidation) v Crestar Printers and Publishers (Pty) Ltd (in liquidation) and Others[2026] ZASCA 136 · Insolvency – suretyship – set-off raised as defence by sureties (banking customers) against an insolvent bank – delay in raising defence of... Supreme Court of Appeal
5 Oct 2026 FJ Senekal Inc v The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited and Others[2026] ZASCA 137 · Insolvency – Insolvency Act of 1936 – s 63(2) – remuneration out of the estate for services rendered by a firm of which the trustee was a di... Supreme Court of Appeal
2 Oct 2026 Bertie van Zyl (Pty) Ltd and Another v The Municipal Manager of the Polokwane Local Municipality and Others[2026] ZASCA 133 · Final interdict – requirements – Contravention of legislation – whether such contravention sufficient to secure a final interdict – need by... Supreme Court of Appeal
1 Oct 2026 Pace v The State[2026] ZASCA 132 · Criminal procedure – prosecution of appeal – late noting of appeal – application for condonation – lapsed appeal – absence of application fo... Supreme Court of Appeal
30 Sep 2026 Makasela Consulting and Projects (Pty) Ltd v Mopani District Municipality[2026] ZASCA 131 · Professional Engineering Services – Reconsideration of application for special leave to appeal – risk-based appointment of applicant providi... Supreme Court of Appeal
29 Sep 2026 Lebra Development (Pty) Ltd and Others v Bester and Others[2026] ZASCA 125 · Civil Procedure – Uniform Rules of Court – non-compliance – rule 49 – explanation for the entire period of the delay – lapse of appeal – app... Supreme Court of Appeal
29 Sep 2026 NUMSA and Others v SCAW South Africa (Pty) Ltd[2026] ZASCA 126 · Claim for payment of severance pay due in terms of the contract of employment – application of s of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act –... Supreme Court of Appeal
29 Sep 2026 Mabunda v The State[2026] ZASCA 127 · Section 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – reconsideration of a refusal of leave to appeal – threshold of grave failure of justic... Supreme Court of Appeal
29 Sep 2026 Seetseng v Minister of Police and Another[2026] ZASCA 128 · Delict – unlawful arrest and detention – liability for subsequent detention – effect of declaration of unlawfulness – different parties may... Supreme Court of Appeal
29 Sep 2026 Tullis Laundry Solutions Africa (Pty) Ltd v MEC for Health, Western Cape and Another (472/2023); MEC for Health, Western Cape v Tullis Laundry Solutions Africa (Pty) Ltd and Another[2026] ZASCA 129 · Interpretation – court order – unlawfully awarded contract – suspension of invalidity to preserve delivery of essential service rather than... Supreme Court of Appeal
29 Sep 2026 Breede Valley Onafhanklik v Speaker of the Breede Valley Municipality and Others[2026] ZASCA 130 · Local government — appointment of councillors to committees established in terms of s read with s of the Local Government: Municipal Structu... Supreme Court of Appeal
25 Sep 2026 Umkhonto Wesizwe Party v Electoral Commission of SA and Others[2026] ZAEC 6 · Electoral Commission Act of 1996 – Section 5(1)(b) confirms the Electoral Commission’s constitutional mandate to ensure that elections are f... Electoral Court
25 Sep 2026 Ad All CC v Kapa Bokoni Trading and Projects 10 CC[2026] ZASCA 124 · Unjustified enrichment – illegal contract – statutory illegality – s 20(1)(a) of the Private Security Industry Regulation Act of 2001 – cond... Supreme Court of Appeal
23 Sep 2026 African National Congress v Electoral Commission of South Africa and Another[2026] ZAEC 5 · Electoral law – Local government elections – Electronic nomination of candidates through Electoral Commission Online Candidate Nomination Sy... Electoral Court
23 Sep 2026 Financial Intelligence Centre and Others v Ndudane and Others[2026] ZASCA 122 · Financial Intelligence Centre Act of 2001 (the Act) – confidential information submitted to the Financial Intelligence Centre – purpose and... Supreme Court of Appeal
23 Sep 2026 Capitec v Ubuntu Family Health Centre Grayston (Pty) Ltd[2026] ZASCA 123 · Company law – general moratorium in s 133 of the Companies Act of 2008 (the Act) – no application to vindicatory proceedings – for return of... Supreme Court of Appeal
17 Sep 2026 Legal Practitioners' Fidelity Fund Board v Rodney Adrian Love and Another[2026] ZASCA 120 · Constitutional Law – principle of legality – High Court issuing order contradicting finding of appellate court that claim against fidelity f... Supreme Court of Appeal
11 Sep 2026 Mokasule N.O and Others v Botha N.O and Another[2026] ZACC 36 · Insolvency Act 24 of 1936 — section 8 — acts of insolvency — factual insolvency Duty of proper consideration — failure to appreciate facts —... Constitutional Court
11 Sep 2026 The Dombo Community and Others v Tshakhuma Community Trust and Others[2026] ZASCA 118 · Administrative law – review – decision of the Regional Land Claims Commission to accept a community land claim and to gazette the claim in r... Supreme Court of Appeal
9 Sep 2026 The Registrar of Animal Improvement v The Chianina Cattle Breeders’ Society of South Africa and Others[2026] ZASCA 117 · Animal Improvement Act of 1998 (the Act) – Promotion of Administrative Justice Act of 2000 (PAJA) – whether the high court was correct in gr... Supreme Court of Appeal
7 Sep 2026 Barnard v Barnard[2026] ZASCA 115 · Civil procedure – condonation and reinstatement of a lapsed appeal – rule 33(4) separation of issues order – whether the trial court exceede... Supreme Court of Appeal
7 Sep 2026 The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service v Cornucopia Trust[2026] ZASCA 116 · Tax Law - Income Tax Act of 1962 (the Act) – whether the raising fee paid by Cornucopia constituted ‘interest’, in the form of a ‘similar fi... Supreme Court of Appeal
4 Sep 2026 Kido Staalwerke CC v Safety Engineering International LLC and Another (2652024)[2026] ZASCA 114 · Intellectual property law – patent – infringement of claims – test to prove infringement restated – onus to prove that the infringer infring... Supreme Court of Appeal
3 Sep 2026 Equal Education v MEC for Education, Western Cape Government and Others (298/2024); South African Democratic Teachers’ Union v MEC for Education, Western Cape and Others[2026] ZASCA 113 · Constitutional law – ss and of the Constitution – Western Cape Provincial School Education Amendment Act of 2018 – constitutional challenge... Supreme Court of Appeal
31 Aug 2026 Zuma and Another v Chairperson of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations Regarding Efforts or Attempts Having Been Made to Stop the Investigation or Prosecution of Truth and Reconciliation Commission Cases and Others[2026] ZACC 34 · Superior Courts Act 10 of 2013 — section 47(1) — judge of a Superior Court — judicial independence — consent to sue Review application — Pro... Constitutional Court
28 Aug 2026 Municipal Employees Pension Fund v Ntabankulu Local Municipality[2026] ZASCA 112 · Civil Procedure – rescission of judgment – Uniform Rule 42(1)(a) – whether the appellant has met the requirements for rescission in terms of... Supreme Court of Appeal
25 Aug 2026 Kalagadi Manganese (Pty) Limited & Others v Industrial Development Corporation of SA Limited & Others[2026] ZASCA 111 · Refusal of leave to appeal – reconsideration in terms of s 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act – whether exceptional circumstances in the fo... Supreme Court of Appeal
21 Aug 2026 Chetane v The Minister of Police and Another (4822025)[2026] ZASCA 110 · Delict – criminal procedure – unlawful arrest and detention in terms of s 40(1)(b) of the CPA – malicious prosecution – whether the appellan... Supreme Court of Appeal
20 Aug 2026 South African Board for Sheriffs v Thaka Frederick Seboka and Others[2026] ZASCA 109 · Civil Procedure – Sheriffs Act of 1986 – the role of the South African Board for Sheriffs in the appointment of acting sheriffs and the issu... Supreme Court of Appeal
14 Aug 2026 Sustaining the Wild Coast NPC and Others v Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy and Others CCT194/24 & Natural Justice and Another v Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy and Others[2026] ZACC 33 · Section 172(1)(b) of the Constitution — just and equitable remedy — true discretion — grounds for appellate interference established Section... Constitutional Court
13 Aug 2026 Hengdeli Deyesion International Shipping Limited v MV ‘Haralambos’ and Others[2026] ZASCA 107 · Maritime Law – vessel association – Admiralty Jurisdiction Regulation Act 105 of 1983 (AJRA) – standard and burden of proof on reconsiderati... Supreme Court of Appeal
12 Aug 2026 79/2025)[2026] ZASCA 106 · Contempt of Court – Code of Advertising Practice – Intellectual Property – court order prohibiting marketing of product in offending packagi... Supreme Court of Appeal
7 Aug 2026 LIFE HEALTHCARE GROUP (PTY) LTD AND LIFE RENAL CARE (PTY) LTD V MEDICLINIC SOUTHERN AFRICA (PTY) LTD AND MEDICLINIC RENAL SERVICES SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTDCAC 277/CAC/Mar25 · Competition law – appeal – interim relief in terms of s 49C of the Competition Act of 1998 (the Act) – whether the Competition Tribunal corr... Competition Appeal Court
27 Jul 2026 Showroom Centre (Pty) Ltd v Kagan[2026] ZASCA 103 Supreme Court of Appeal
26 Jul 2026 Tshabangu v S[2026] ZACC 32 · Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 — sections 167 and 186 — exercise of discretion — essential to the just decision of the case Constitutional Court
24 Jul 2026 Janse van Vuuren v WJB Stieger Konstruksie (Pty) Ltd[2026] ZASCA 102 · Prescription – section 12(3) of the Prescription Act of 1969 – application of prescription regulated by the provisions of the Housing Consum... Supreme Court of Appeal
21 Jul 2026 Swanvest 328 (Pty) Ltd and Others v Ensemble Hotel Holdings (Pty) Ltd and Others[2026] ZASCA 101 · Companies Act of 2008 (Companies Act) – oppressive or prejudicial conduct – relief under s 163 of the Companies Act – whether majority share... Supreme Court of Appeal
13 Jul 2026 Alpheus Mogase Molopo v The State[2026] ZASCA 100 · Evidence – reliability of identification evidence – cautionary rule – housebreaking, robbery with aggravating circumstances and murder – app... Supreme Court of Appeal
7 Jul 2026 Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town and Another v Minister of Home Affairs and Others[2026] ZACC 30 · Refugees Act 130 of 1998 — asylum applications — principle of non-refoulement — procedural non-compliance cannot bar asylum applications wit... Constitutional Court
7 Jul 2026 Thabang Motjamela v George Local Municipality[2026] ZACC 31 · Vexatious litigant — development of the common law — mental health assessment order — right to dignity — right to freedom and security of pe... Constitutional Court
7 Jul 2026 FirstRand Limited and Another v National Bank of Abu Dhabi PJSC (Pty) Limited[2026] ZASCA 98 · Intellectual Property – Trade marks – Trade Marks Act 194 of 1993 – s 10(4) – whether there is a bona fide intention of using a mark as a tr... Supreme Court of Appeal
7 Jul 2026 Mpumalanga Society of Advocates v Judicial Service Commission and Others[2026] ZASCA 99 · Judicial Service Commission – recommendation of a candidate for judicial appointment, unaware of adverse comments against the candidate and... Supreme Court of Appeal
3 Jul 2026 The Legal Practitioners’ Indemnity Insurance Fund v Johan Venter & Associates and Another[2026] ZASCA 95 · Reconsideration application – s 17(2)(f) of Superior Courts Act of 2013 – application for reconsideration of refusal of petition for leave t... Supreme Court of Appeal
3 Jul 2026 QI Logistics (Pty) Ltd v The Commissioner for SARS[2026] ZASCA 96 · Customs and Excise Act of 1964 – statutory obligations of clearing agents appointed under s 64B – proof required to acquit goods entered for... Supreme Court of Appeal

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