1003 judgments on file that touch appeal, newest first, each with the court's own file.
| Handed down | Judgment | Court |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Dec 2025 | Wares v Additional Magistrate, Simonstown and Others[2025] ZACC 29 · Extradition Act 67 of 1962 — constitutionality of section 10(1) —section is unconstitutional to the extent that it does not make provision f... | Constitutional Court |
| 19 Dec 2025 | Deon Smith and Others v Sasfin Bank and Another[2025] ZASCA 198 · Section 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – reconsideration application – Uniform Rules of Court – refusal of application for resc... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 19 Dec 2025 | Cele v The State[2025] ZASCA 199 · Criminal Procedure – sentence – murder – effective sentence of years imprisonment – whether shockingly inappropriate. Section 274 of the Cri... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 19 Dec 2025 | The Road Accident Fund & Others v Mautla and Others[2025] ZASCA 200 · Superior Courts Act of 2013 – section 17(2)(f) – application for reconsideration of refusal of leave to appeal – section 16(1)(b) – test for... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 18 Dec 2025 | Jurnic Properties CC and Another v Victor Khanye Local Municipality and Others[2025] ZASCA 196 · Constitutional Law – review in terms of s 6(2) of the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act of 2000 – requirements for own-interest standi... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 18 Dec 2025 | The Central Authority for the Republic of South Africa v MV and Another[2025] ZASCA 197 · The 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction – application for the return of a minor child to Switzerland... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Badenhorst N O v Manyatta Properties Close Corporation and Others[2025] ZASCA 194 | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Collins Letsoalo and Another v Mothusi Lukhele[2025] ZASCA 195 · Civil procedure – application for reconsideration of refusal of leave to appeal – Section 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – moot... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 15 Dec 2025 | North West Provincial Department of Agriculture, Conservation, Environmental and Rural Development and Another v Bosigo Investment and Trading CC and Another[2025] ZASCA 191 · Damages – claim for loss of profit arising from breach of contract – plaintiff bears onus to identify and prove saved expenses to be deducte... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 15 Dec 2025 | Malakite Body Corporate and Another v City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Another[2025] ZASCA 192 · Municipal Law – Standardisation of Electricity By-Law 1999 – appropriate electricity tariff classification – meaning of and application of s... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 15 Dec 2025 | Christensen N O and Another v De Magalhaes[2025] ZASCA 193 · Law of Insolvency – application for special leave to appeal in terms of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – referred for oral argument – speci... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Moagi v The State[2025] ZASCA 188 · Sentence – failure to pronounce on common purpose where conviction is in terms of s 51(1) of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 105 of 1997 – fa... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 4 Dec 2025 | NAD Property Income Fund (Pty) Ltd v Bushbuckridge Local Municipality and Another[2025] ZASCA 184 · Arbitration – Arbitration Act of 1965 (Arbitration Act) – whether an arbitrator, in arbitration proceedings, is empowered to declare invalid... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 4 Dec 2025 | Clanwilliam and Others[2025] ZASCA 185 · Inquest Proceedings – Inquests Act of 1959 – whether the magistrate misdirected himself by not holding a public inquest and hearing oral evi... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 1 Dec 2025 | Lekeka v The State[2025] ZASCA 182 · Criminal Law – s 17(2)(f) of Superior Courts Act of 2013 – application for reconsideration of a decision refusing special leave to appeal –... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 1 Dec 2025 | Ntayiya v South African Revenue Service[2025] ZASCA 183 · Tax law – Income Tax Act of 1962 – Tax Administration Act of 2011 – assessments of taxpayer – whether submission of nil returns by taxpayer... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 28 Nov 2025 | Johannes Wessel Greeff v Body Corporate of Merriman Court and Others[2025] ZASCA 176 · Law of Property – requirements for the extension of a sectional unit prescribed in Sectional Titles Act of 1986 and Sectional Titles Schemes... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 28 Nov 2025 | Skhumbuzo Zulu v Vikizitha R Mlotshwa and Others[2025] ZASCA 177 · Appeal – notice of appeal and the record of appeal lodged late – applications for condonation in respect of lateness – application for the r... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 28 Nov 2025 | Samuel Alfred Schoonhoven N O and Others v Pieter Cornelius Antonius Schoonhoven and Others[2025] ZASCA 178 · Trusts – discretionary trust – designation of capital beneficiaries – testamentary reservation – founder’s right to designate – scope of the... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 28 Nov 2025 | Mafoko Security Patrols (Pty) Ltd and Others v Mjayeli Security (Pty) Ltd and Others[2025] ZASCA 179 · Tender – invalidity – remedy – s 172(1)(a) and (b) of the Constitution – just and equitable remedy – unlawful award – tenderer continues to... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 28 Nov 2025 | Tekoa Consulting Engineers (Pty) Ltd v Alfred Nzo District Municipality and Others[2025] ZASCA 180 · Municipal law – tender – mootness – no practical effect – discrete legal issue of public importance – Review – standing – lateness – vaguene... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 21 Nov 2025 | Showroom Centre (Pty) Ltd and Others v Ronald Kagan[2025] ZASCA 175 · Civil procedure – leave to appeal – reconsideration in terms of s 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 of refusal of leave to appeal... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Naledi Local Municipality and Others v Appolus and Others[2025] ZASCA 171 · Local Government: Municipal Systems Act of 2000 – interpretation of s 54A – review of the appointment of a Municipal Manager – whether groun... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 14 Nov 2025 | AIG South Africa Limited and Others v Azrapart (Pty) Ltd and Another[2025] ZASCA 172 · Insurance law – antecedent insurance agreements – whether the insurance contract falls to be rectified – whether antecedent agreements were... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 13 Nov 2025 | South Africa Riding for the Disabled Association v Regional Land Claims Commission, Western Cape and Others[2025] ZACC 25 · Land — land reform — restitution — claim — right to intervene of lawful occupier — may intervene only for purpose of determining compensatio... | Constitutional Court |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Moloto v The State[2025] ZASCA 169 · Sentence – the existence of substantial and compelling circumstances warranting deviation from prescribed minimum sentences – brutality of o... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Groundswell Developments Africa (Pty) Ltd and Others v Brown[2025] ZASCA 170 · Section 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – validity of the agreement of sale – validity of the builder’s lien relied upon misrepr... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 7 Nov 2025 | South African Legal Practice Council v Oosthuizen[2025] ZASCA 168 · Legal Practice – Attorney – Professional Misconduct – Application for striking from roll – Legal Practice Act of 2014 – s 40(8) provides tha... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 5 Nov 2025 | Zolani Godloza and Another v The State[2025] ZACC 24 · Jurisdiction — constitutional matter — potential limitation of the right not to be deprived of freedom arbitrarily and without just cause Ju... | Constitutional Court |
| 4 Nov 2025 | Waterberg Boulevard (Pty) Ltd v Smulhoekie Tuisnywerheid (Pty) Ltd and Another[2025] ZASCA 167 · Civil Law – Magistrates’ Courts Act of 1944 – Whether a claim for arrear rental is a claim for specific performance in terms of s 46 – monet... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 31 Oct 2025 | King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality & Others v Hintsa and Others[2025] ZASCA 165 · Interpretation of the resolution – whether the resolution taken by the municipality’s council applied to the respondents - whether the respo... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 31 Oct 2025 | Sterea Digital CC and Another v The City of Cape Town and Others[2025] ZASCA 166 · Municipal law – property – rezoning application. Administrative Law – Promotion of Administrative Justice Act of 2000, ss 6(2)(e)(iii) and 6... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 28 Oct 2025 | Logik Group Africa (Pty) Ltd t/a Fire Logik v Fire Logic (Pty) Ltd[2025] ZASCA 164 · Delict– Passing-off proceedings onus of proving reputation for passing- off application discharged – whether the respondent established the... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 27 Oct 2025 | Els v Venter and Another[2025] ZASCA 163 · Statutory interpretation – Consumer Protection Act of 2008 – meaning and effect of ‘transaction’, ‘service’ and ‘rental’ – whether residenti... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 24 Oct 2025 | National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities v Independent Communications Authority of SA[2025] ZASCA 161 · Administrative law – unreasonable delay in instituting review proceedings – explanation not reasonable – no basis to interfere with discreti... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 23 Oct 2025 | Nordien and Another v Kidrogen RF (Pty) Ltd and Another[2025] ZASCA 159 · Property law – eviction – lease agreement signed by directors of the company which owned the property without indicating that they acted on... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 23 Oct 2025 | Thembakazi Ntangazana v Member of Executive Council for The Department of Education, Eastern Cape[2025] ZASCA 160 · Lapsed reconsideration application in terms of s 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – inadequate delay explanation trumped by good... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Municipal Employees Pension Fund v City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Others[2025] ZACC 23 · [Locus standi] — [substitution of litigant] — [standing in review proceedings] — [legal effect of an order of substitution after litis conte... | Constitutional Court |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Portapa (Pty) Limited t/a Supabets and Others v Casino Association of South Africa and Another, andThe Gauteng Gambling Board v Casino Association of South Africa v Portaba (Pty) Ltd t/a Supabets and Others (182/2024 & 215/2024)[2025] ZASCA 158 · Gambling Laws: Interpretation of ‘sporting event’ in s of the Gauteng Gambling Act of 1995 – limiting fixed-odds bets with bookmakers to ‘sp... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 20 Oct 2025 | The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Another v Seale and Another[2025] ZASCA 156 · Application of s 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – – existence of two orders issued by this Court on application for leave to ap... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 20 Oct 2025 | Lopes and Another v Executive Mayor of the Knysna Local Municipality & Others[2025] ZASCA 157 · Mootness – appeal having no practical effect – whether discrete legal point arises – general principles restated. | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 17 Oct 2025 | Walker and Another v Schabort Potgieter Attorneys Inc and Others (320/2024 and 368/ 2024)[2025] ZASCA 154 · Claim of a company in liquidation for assets recovered by an attorney – attorney’s duty to account and debatement of accounts-whether s 32(1... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 17 Oct 2025 | Parch Properties 72 (Pty) Ltd v Summervale Lifestyle Estate Owner’s Association and Others[2025] ZASCA 155 · Community Schemes Ombud Act of 2011 – jurisdiction of the high court not ousted – whether refusal to amend the constitution of a Community S... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 16 Oct 2025 | NT Makhubele Enterprises CC & Others v Business Partners Limited[2025] ZASCA 151 · Costs – review of taxation – party who fails to attend taxation cannot invoke review procedure under 17(3) of the Rules Regulating the Condu... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 16 Oct 2025 | Itokolle-Clinix Private Hospital (Pty) Ltd v MNT obo DORM[2025] ZASCA 153 · Delict – medical negligence – injury to foetal brain – child born suffering from cerebral palsy – admitted negligence by nursing staff in mo... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Christoffel Jacobus Petrus Wolmarans N O and Others v The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited[2025] ZASCA 150 · National Credit Act of 2005 (the Act) – suretyship granted in respect of credit agreement to which Act applies – settlement agreements concl... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 9 Oct 2025 | The IPA Foundation (NPC) v South African Pharmacy Council[2025] ZASCA 148 · Pharmacy Act of 1974 – Pharmacy Council’s power to expand the scope of practice of pharmacists to provide pharmacist-initiated management of... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Pepkor Holdings Ltd, Shoprite Furniture Ltd and Lewis Stores LimitedCAC 271/CAC/Jul25 · Competition law – Appeal against decision of the Competition Tribunal granting leave to respondent to intervene in merger proceedings under... | Competition Appeal Court |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Motsima and Another v Kopa and Others[2025] ZASCA 144 · Application for condonation – failure to prosecute appeal – reinstatement of lapsed appeal – inordinate delay – long periods of delay unexpl... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Khamusi Shonisani Mudau-Mamode v Vhuhwaho Denge[2025] ZASCA 145 · Civil procedure – Magistrates’ Court Rules – rule 55(1)(k) – whether the regional court and the full bench were correct in dismissing the ap... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
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