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Judgments on appeal

1006 judgments on file that touch appeal, newest first, each with the court's own file.

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19 Apr 2024 Police, Roads & Transport, Free State and Others (497/2022 & 820/2022)[2024] ZASCA 56 · Civil procedure – Section 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – whether a proper case for reconsideration in terms of s 17(2)(f) is... Supreme Court of Appeal
19 Apr 2024 Nel & Others v Cilliers[2024] ZASCA 57 · Contract – specific performance – whether either of two contracts is unlawful and unenforceable for failure to comply with section read with... Supreme Court of Appeal
18 Apr 2024 City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality v Vresthena (Pty) Ltd and Others[2024] ZASCA 51 · Civil Practice – Appealability of interim orders - order held to be final in nature and appealable; municipal law – deliberate non-payment o... Supreme Court of Appeal
18 Apr 2024 MM obo GM v Member of the Executive Council for the Department of Health, North West Province[2024] ZASCA 52 · Delict – medical negligence – transmissibility of damages to parent on death of minor child. Death of child not reported to Master – effect... Supreme Court of Appeal
17 Apr 2024 Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (Pty) Ltd v Competition Commission and Another[2024] ZACC 3 · Competition Act 89 of 1998 — Rules for the Conduct of Proceedings in the Competition Commission — standard of review in special statutory re... Constitutional Court
17 Apr 2024 Mathuthu and Others v The State[2024] ZASCA 50 · Criminal procedure – appeal against conviction and sentence – leave to appeal refused by regional magistrate – petition in terms of s 309C o... Supreme Court of Appeal
15 Apr 2024 68 Wolmarans Street Johannesburg (Pty) Ltd and Others v Tufh Limited[2024] ZASCA 48 · Special leave to appeal – law of contract – enforcement of provision in loan agreement – failure to pay all rates, taxes, water and electric... Supreme Court of Appeal
15 Apr 2024 Gensinger and Neave CC & Others v Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy[2024] ZASCA 49 · Administrative law – interpretation of section 12A(1)(a) of the Petroleum Products Act 120 of 1977 – whether the holders of site and retail... Supreme Court of Appeal
12 Apr 2024 Capitec Bank Limited v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2024] ZACC 1 · Value-Added Tax Act 89 of 1991 — whether a supply free of charge may constitute a taxable supply Value-Added Tax Act 89 of 1991 — section 16... Constitutional Court
12 Apr 2024 Petrus Johannes Bestbier and Others v Nedbank Limited[2024] ZACC 2 · Extension of Security of Tenure Act 62 of 1997 — Rule 46A of Uniform Rules of Court — residential property — party who may be affected Constitutional Court
12 Apr 2024 Christopher Charles Hughes v Nicolas Gargassoulas and Others[2024] ZASCA 46 · Civil Procedure – application for leave to appeal in terms of section 17(2)(d) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – whether the appeal would... Supreme Court of Appeal
9 Apr 2024 Centre for Child Law and Others v South African Council for Educators and Others[2024] ZASCA 45 · Administrative law – when does the clock begin to run under s 7(1)(b) of the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act of 2000 (PAJA), in the... Supreme Court of Appeal
8 Apr 2024 National Department of Public Works v Fani and 77 Others [Collectively referred to as “Residents of Farm Greydel (Airport Park)”] and Another[2024] ZASCA 43 · Condonation – lapsed appeal – late filing of record and heads of argument – delay not fully explained and prospects of success remote – cond... Supreme Court of Appeal
8 Apr 2024 Organi Mark (Pty) Ltd v Goolam Nabi Ebrahim Akoodie and Another[2024] ZASCA 44 · Whether a South African high court has jurisdiction to consider and determine a claim under s 361 of the Swaziland Companies Act of 2009 aga... Supreme Court of Appeal
5 Apr 2024 Makwakwa and Others v Minister of State Security[2024] ZASCA 41 · Interdict – Ex parte proceedings – need for good faith – intelligence report – foreign State said to be monitoring internal politics of ruli... Supreme Court of Appeal
5 Apr 2024 Summermania Eleven (Pty) Ltd v Hattingh N O[2024] ZASCA 42 · Contract law – breach of a warranty – onus on the plaintiff to prove breach. Civil procedure – in a trial, evidence is given orally – court... Supreme Court of Appeal
4 Apr 2024 Mhlari NO and Others v Nedbank Limited[2024] ZASCA 39 · Unjust enrichment ─ conditio indebiti and conditio sine causa specialis ─ when available ─ not required to plead reliance on one to the excl... Supreme Court of Appeal
4 Apr 2024 Savannah Country Estate Homeowners Association v Zero Plus Trading 194 (Pty) Ltd and Others[2024] ZASCA 40 · Procedure – application for special leave to appeal in terms of s 16(1)(b) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – difference between ‘special... Supreme Court of Appeal
3 Apr 2024 Moladora Trust v Mereki and Others[2024] ZASCA 37 · Land occupied in terms of s 3(4) of the Extension of Security of Tenure Act No of 1997 – no express agreement or consent for occupier to gra... Supreme Court of Appeal
3 Apr 2024 MEC for Health, Gauteng v de Lange[2024] ZASCA 38 · Civil Procedure – claim for damages – separated issues – not clearly stated – stated case limiting separated issues – judgment on stated cas... Supreme Court of Appeal
2 Apr 2024 Lead HV (Pty) Ltd and Another v HV Test (Pty) Ltd[2024] ZASCA 36 · Appeal against grant of a final interdict – concerns factual findings – no basis for interference and due to effluxion of time – appeal moot... Supreme Court of Appeal
28 Mar 2024 Highway Junction (Pty) Ltd and Others v Di-Thabeng Truck and Taxi (Pty) Ltd and Others[2024] ZASCA 31 · Interdictory relief – four interdicts sought – interdict granted which adequately protects rights – appeal against refusal to grant further... Supreme Court of Appeal
28 Mar 2024 Cyril and Another v The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2024] ZASCA 32 · Practice – Appealability – application to review ruling on admissibility in criminal trial while trial still pending – leave given to compla... Supreme Court of Appeal
28 Mar 2024 Glowing Rooms (Pty) Ltd v Levin N O & Others[2024] ZASCA 33 · Contract law – whether the eviction order was properly granted – whether the respondents had a right to cancel the lease agreement – whether... Supreme Court of Appeal
28 Mar 2024 Centaur Mining South Africa (Pty) Ltd v Cloete Murray N O and Others[2024] ZASCA 34 · Rescission in terms of rule 42(1)(a) of the Uniform Rules of Court of default judgment granted under s 20(9) of the Companies Act of 2008 –... Supreme Court of Appeal
28 Mar 2024 PRASA v Community Property Company (Pty) Ltd and Another[2024] ZASCA 35 · Contractual claim for payment of amount paid to settle outstanding electricity consumption charges levied by municipality – no contractual r... Supreme Court of Appeal
27 Mar 2024 Syce and Another v Minister of Police[2024] ZASCA 30 · Application for special leave to appeal – referred for oral argument in terms of s 17(2)(d) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – discretion... Supreme Court of Appeal
26 Mar 2024 008/2024EC; 012/2024EC; 011/2024EC; 009/2023EC; 010/2024EC African National Congress v Electoral Commission of South Africa and Others[2024] ZAEC 3 · S 15(1) of the Electoral Commission Act of 1996 (the Electoral Commission Act) – application for the registration of a political party – Chi... Electoral Court
26 Mar 2024 Technology Corporate Management (Pty) Ltd and Others v De Sousa and Another[2024] ZASCA 29 · Companies Act of 1973 – s 252 – claim that manner in which the business of the company has been conducted was unfairly prejudicial, inequita... Supreme Court of Appeal
22 Mar 2024 Featherbrooke Homeowners’ Association NPC v Mogale City Local Municipality[2024] ZASCA 27 · Court orders – need for clarity – court failing to make orders on disputes between parties in granting interdict – proper discretion not exe... Supreme Court of Appeal
22 Mar 2024 Standard Bank of South Africa Limited v Swartz and Others[2024] ZASCA 28 · Practice and procedure – application for business rescue – no leave given to intervene and bring such application – no application before co... Supreme Court of Appeal
20 Mar 2024 Nong and Masingi v The State[2024] ZASCA 25 · Criminal Procedure – appeal against conviction – leave to appeal refused by regional magistrate – petition in terms of s 309C refused by the... Supreme Court of Appeal
20 Mar 2024 SAP SE v Systems Applications Consultants (Pty) Ltd t/a Securinfo and Another[2024] ZASCA 26 · Application for recusal – reasonable apprehension of bias – trial judge – misconceiving the issue in the evidence – preventing counsel from... Supreme Court of Appeal
14 Mar 2024 Director of Public Prosecutions, Kwazulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg v Ndlovu[2024] ZASCA 23 · Criminal law and procedure – appeal by Director of Public Prosecutions in terms of s 311 of the Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 – import of s... Supreme Court of Appeal
14 Mar 2024 Murray and Others NNO v Ntombela and Others[2024] ZASCA 24 · Review – whether it is competent for a court to compel delivery of a rule record before determining whether what is before it is a review as... Supreme Court of Appeal
8 Mar 2024 Queen Sibongile Winnifred Zulu v Queen Buhle Mathe and Others[2024] ZASCA 22 · Family law – administration of deceased estate – Marriage Act of 1961 – whether consequences of civil marriage precluded husband from conclu... Supreme Court of Appeal
5 Mar 2024 Bechan and Another v SARS Customs Investigations Unit and Others[2024] ZASCA 20 · Search and seizure – Tax Administration Act of 2011 (the TAA) – interpretation – ss 59(1) and 60(1) – execution of a warrant against third p... Supreme Court of Appeal
5 Mar 2024 MEC of Health and Social Development of the Gauteng Provincial Government v M[2024] ZASCA 21 · Delict – claim for medical negligence damages – minor born with brain injury sustained during birth – whether hospital staff were negligent... Supreme Court of Appeal
28 Feb 2024 Parry v Dunn-Blatch and Others[2024] ZASCA 19 · Company law – section 163 of the Companies Act of 2008 – whether the applicant established any act or omission having a result that is oppre... Supreme Court of Appeal
22 Feb 2024 Ronald Februarie and Others v Andrew Phillips and Others[2024] ZAEC 2 · Section 20(2A) of the Electoral Commission Act of 1996 – application by members of political party for declaratory and interdictory relief –... Electoral Court
21 Feb 2024 Sekoala v The State[2024] ZASCA 18 · Criminal law and procedure – appeal against rape conviction – whether the evidence of the complainant, a single witness, was correctly accep... Supreme Court of Appeal
9 Feb 2024 Cohen v Absa Bank Limited[2024] ZASCA 16 · Insolvency law – Interpretation – s 31(2) read with s of the Insolvency Act of 1936 – whether a surety has locus standi to invoke s 31(2) to... Supreme Court of Appeal
8 Feb 2024 Mthanti v The State[2024] ZASCA 15 · Criminal law – sentence – appeal in terms of s 316B of the Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 (CPA) against sentences imposed – appellant convic... Supreme Court of Appeal
6 Feb 2024 Lindsey and Others v Conteh[2024] ZASCA 13 · Private international law – enforceability of foreign judgment – civil procedure – provisional sentence – liquidity. 3 _____________________... Supreme Court of Appeal
6 Feb 2024 Vodacom (Pty) Ltd v Makate and Another[2024] ZASCA 14 · Interpretation of the order of the Constitutional Court – assessment of equitable compensation in a ‘special contract’ – test for reviewabil... Supreme Court of Appeal
31 Jan 2024 Transnet SOC Ltd v Tipp-Con (Pty) Ltd and Others[2024] ZASCA 12 · Administrative law – legality review – self-review by state organ – delay – whether delay unreasonable – whether delay should be overlooked.... Supreme Court of Appeal
29 Jan 2024 Ergomode (Pty) Ltd v Jordaan NO and Others[2024] ZASCA 10 · Business rescue – s 133 of the Companies Act of 2008 – moratorium on legal proceedings against company in business rescue – landlord’s hypot... Supreme Court of Appeal
26 Jan 2024 Rabinowitz v Levy and Others[2024] ZASCA 8 · Arbitration award – application of s 33(1)(b) of the Arbitration Act of 1965 – whether alleged failure by arbitrator to comply with terms of... Supreme Court of Appeal
17 Jan 2024 Mhlontlo Local Municipality & 2 others v Ngcangula and Another[2024] ZASCA 5 · Jurisdiction of the high court – whether withdrawal of salary increment constitutes a breach of contract of employment – jurisdiction of civ... Supreme Court of Appeal
16 Jan 2024 Cupido v The State[2024] ZASCA 4 · Criminal law and Procedure – reliance on single witness – whether the court applied the cautionary rule in respect of single witness –admiss... Supreme Court of Appeal

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