55 judgments on file that touch companies act, newest first, each with the court's own file.
| Handed down | Judgment | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 18 May 2026 | Centaur Mining South Africa (Pty) Limited v Sivalutchmee Moodliar N.O. and Others[2026] ZACC 20 | Constitutional Court |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Blue Label Distribution (Pty) Ltd v St Clair Cooper N O and Others[2026] ZASCA 61 · Companies Act of 1973 – liquidation – whether liquidators can rely on s 341(2) of the Companies Act to reclaim payments – amounts alleged to... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 9 Apr 2026 | Glencore Operations SA (Pty) Ltd and Others v Commissioner for South African Inland Revenue and Another[2026] ZASCA 47 · Revenue – Customs and Excise Act of 1964 (the Act) – diesel fuel concession – entitlement to a refund of diesel fuel levy used for primary p... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Nkwe Platinum Limited and Another v Genorah Resources (Pty) Ltd and Others[2026] ZASCA 27 · Company Law – amalgamation agreement between holder of mining right under Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act of 2002 (MPRDA) an... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Africa Agriculture and Trade Investment Fund v Vienings[2026] ZASCA 19 · Company Law – Companies Act of 1973 – whether conduct of business rescue practitioner constituted recklessness within the meaning of s 424(1... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 4 Feb 2026 | G.U.D. Holdings (Pty) Ltd v Companies and Intellectual Property Commission and Others[2026] ZASCA 10 · Company Law – Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (the Commission) - Companies Act of 2008 – Interpretation of s 212 - Claim for... | 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 |
| 30 May 2025 | Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited and Another v Kalagadi Manganese (Pty) Ltd[2025] ZASCA 70 · Law of Contract – international arbitration agreement − disputes arising out of or in connection with the agreement – must be resolved throu... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 30 May 2025 | Selective Empowerment Investments 1 Ltd v Companies and Intellectual Property Commission[2025] ZASCA 71 · Public company – grounds for winding-up – failure to comply with statutory requirements of the Companies Act of 2008 (the Act) alternatively... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 14 May 2025 | Steyn and Another v Venter and Others[2025] ZASCA 59 · Prescription Act of 1969 – Close Corporations Act of 1984 – whether claims instituted by the first and second respondents against the appell... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 14 May 2025 | Msibithi Investments (Pty) Ltd and Others v African Legend Investment (Pty) Ltd and Others[2025] ZASCA 61 · Company Law – directors’ resolution – attack on basis of failure to comply with s of Companies Act of 2008 (the Act) – notice given – s comp... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 12 May 2025 | Henque 3935 CC t/a PQ Clothing Outlet v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2025] ZASCA 56 · Company in business rescue – whether tax liability arising from additional assessment raised by Commissioner for South African Revenue Servi... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Resilient Rock (Pty) Ltd v Voltex (Pty) Ltd t/a Atlas Group[2025] ZASCA 33 · 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... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Sumeil (Pty) Ltd v Coogal Finance (Pty) Ltd (In Liquidation) and Others[2025] ZASCA 27 · Claim for money payment on application – application of Plascon-Evans rule – Set-off – executory contract – reciprocal obligations – duty of... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Mashwayi Projects (Pty) Ltd and Others v Wescoal (Pty) Ltd and Others (11572023)[2025] ZASCA 5 · Company law – Companies Act of 2008 (the Act) – Chapter thereof – business rescue – whether post commencement creditors excluded from voting... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Equistock Properties 8 (Pty) Ltd and Another v Oosthuizen and Others (7382023 and 7392023)[2025] ZASCA 6 · Civil Procedure – the requirements of a final interdict restated – authority to bring an application not established – personal costs order... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 24 Dec 2024 | Superior Macadamias (Pty) Ltd and Others v Emvest Agricultural Corporation (Mauritius) Ltd and Another[2024] ZASCA 182 · Winding up – locus standi – creditor – failure to prove indebtedness of respondent. Winding up – shareholder – just and equitable – dormant... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 20 Dec 2024 | Macneil Plastics (Pty) Ltd v Van den Heever N O and Others[2024] ZASCA 181 · Liquidation – Company placed in liquidation due to inability to pay its debts – payment made by company to its creditor after the commenceme... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 27 May 2024 | Botha N O and Others v Jonker and Others[2024] ZASCA 78 · Liquidation – close corporation – first meeting of creditors and members of close corporation summoned more than one-month after date of fin... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Venator Africa (Pty) Ltd v Watts and Another[2024] ZASCA 60 · Company law – exception – s 218(2) read with s 22(1) of the Companies Act of 2008 – allegation that company carried on its business reckless... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 1 Dec 2023 | Islandsite Investments 180 (Pty) Ltd v National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others[2023] ZASCA 166 · Company Law –– restraint order under the Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998 – authority to represent company in business rescue –... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 1 Dec 2023 | Pasiya and Others v Lithemba Mining (Pty) Ltd and Others (206/2022) and Pasiya and Others v Lithemba Mining (Pty) Ltd and Others[2023] ZASCA 169 · Declaratory relief – when competent under s 21(1)(c) of Superior Courts Act of 2013 – company law – whether resolutions to increase authoris... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 28 Nov 2023 | Ciba Packaging (Pty) Ltd t/a Cibapac v Timelink Cargo (Pty) Ltd[2023] ZASCA 161 · Civil procedure – appealability of dismissal of an exception – restatement of principles. | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 23 Nov 2023 | and 913/2022 Armitage NO v Valencia Holdings 13 (Pty) Ltd and Others[2023] ZASCA 157 · Company law ─ action by executor of deceased shareholder’s estate ─ s 163 of the Companies Act of 2008 (the Act) ─ oppressive or unfairly pr... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 18 Sep 2023 | Jacolien Barnard NO and Another v National Consumer Tribunal and Another[2023] ZASCA 121 · Section 148(2)(b) of the National Credit Act of 2005 – jurisdictional factor of applicant’s participation in hearing before National 2 Consu... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 31 May 2023 | East Rand Member District of Chartered Accountants and Another v Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors and Others (1132022)[2023] ZASCA 81 · Application for leave to appeal – referral to oral argument in terms of s 17(2)(d) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – Mandatory Audit Firm... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 18 May 2023 | The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service v Nyhonyha and Others[2023] ZASCA 69 · Company law – setting aside of winding-up under s 354 of Companies Act of 1973 – test is whether facts demonstrate that continuation of wind... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 28 Apr 2023 | Louis N O and Others v Fenwick N O and Others (5982021)[2023] ZASCA 59 · Company law – business rescue – binding offer in terms of s 153(1)(b)(ii) of the Companies Act of 2008 rejected – consequences of – interpre... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 21 Apr 2023 | The Butcher Shop and Grill CC v The Trustees for the time being of the Bymyam Trust[2023] ZASCA 57 · Lease – remission and abatement of rent – vis major – subtenant suffering loss of use and enjoyment of leased premises – whether tenant enti... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 28 Mar 2023 | Independent Community Pharmacy Association v The New Clicks Group Limited[2023] ZACC 10 · Pharmacy Act 53 of 1974 — section 22A — Ownership of Pharmacies — Regulations relating to the Ownership and Licensing of Pharmacies — regula... | Constitutional Court |
| 24 Mar 2023 | Media summary Strategic Partners Group (Pty) Ltd and Others v The Liquidators of Ilima Group (Pty) Ltd (in liquidation) and Others[2023] ZASCA 27 · Company Law – shareholder liquidated – rights of liquidators to information – not limited to rights of shareholder – rights under s 414 and... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 25 Jan 2023 | Enforced Investment (Pty) Ltd and Others v Verifika Incorporated and Another[2023] ZASCA 5 · Contract – loan and repayment agreement – whether demand for payment valid – whether lender entitled to perfect security and accelerate paym... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 23 Jan 2023 | South African Reserve Bank and Another v Johnine Winsome Elisie Maddocks N O and Another[2023] ZASCA 4 · Exchange Control Regulations of the Currency and Exchanges Act,1933 – Legal consequences of a forfeiture order issued in terms of Regulation... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 13 Oct 2022 | Southern Sky Hotel and Leisure (Pty) Ltd and Others v Southern Sky Food Enterprises (Pty) Ltd[2022] ZASCA 134 · Whether agreement concluded by liquidators for the sale of the property of a company in liquidation is invalid by virtue of the provisions o... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 13 Oct 2022 | Mazars Recovery & Restructuring (Pty) Ltd and Others v Montic Dairy (Pty) Ltd (in liquidation) and Others[2022] ZASCA 135 · Company Law – business rescue – whether payments made to the business rescue practitioners after the conversion of business rescue proceedin... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 11 Feb 2022 | Cash Paymaster Services (Pty) Limited (In Liquidation) and Others v Freedom Under Law NPC & Others[2022] ZACC 2 · Joinder — direct and substantial interest — such not shown Variation of order — provisional liquidators — section 359(1)(a) of Companies Act... | Constitutional Court |
| 13 Dec 2021 | Bester N.O. and Others v Quintado 120 (Pty) Ltd[2021] ZACC 49 · Liquidation — factual enquiry — directing mind of the company test — misapplication of legal test — no jurisdiction | Constitutional Court |
| 9 Nov 2021 | Shiva Uranium (Proprietary) Limited and Another v Mahomed Mahier Tayob and Others[2021] ZACC 40 · Companies Act 71 of 2008 — business rescue — practitioner appointed in terms of section 130(6)(a) — resignation — section 139(3) — company t... | Constitutional Court |
| 3 Jun 2021 | Van Zyl v Auto Commodities (Pty) Ltd[2021] ZASCA 67 · Business rescue – effect on liability of surety – interpretation of s 154 of Companies Act of 2008 – deed of suretyship – interpretation – l... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
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