537 judgments on file that touch constitution, newest first, each with the court's own file.
| Handed down | Judgment | Court |
|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2026 | The Municipal Manager of the Umdoni Local Municipality and Others v S Sookhraj and Another[2026] ZASCA 65 · Municipal law – Local Government: Municipal Structures Act 117 of 1998 – interpretation of s 43(2) – whether the allocation of seats on a mu... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Road Accident Fund and Others v Legal Practitioners’ Indemnity Insurance Fund, NPC and Others (1106/2024 and 1479/2024)[2026] ZASCA 63 · Administrative Law – Promotion of Administrative Justice Act of 2000 (PAJA) – Road Accident Fund Act of 1996 (the Act) – whether the Ministe... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 24 Apr 2026 | Van der Vyver Transport (Pty) Ltd v The Minister of Labour and Others[2026] ZASCA 58 · Administrative law – Promotion of Administrative Justice Act of 2000 – extension of the period for launching review application where no exp... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Absa Bank Ltd and Another v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2026] ZACC 15 · Income Tax Act 58 of 1962 — statutory interpretation — sections 80A to L — impermissible avoidance arrangement — Tax benefit — party to an a... | Constitutional Court |
| 22 Apr 2026 | South African Human Rights Commission v Agro Data CC and Another[2026] ZACC 16 · South African Human Rights Commission Act 40 of 2013 — Chapter 9 institution — section 184(2)(b) of the Constitution — South African Human R... | Constitutional Court |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Gorr Assist (Pty) Ltd v Bayport Securitisation (RF) Ltd[2026] ZASCA 51 · Appeal – application for special leave to appeal – condonation – whether reasonable prospects of success on appeal – determining factual bas... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Lizelle Schreuder N O v Minister of Police and Others[2026] ZASCA 52 · Delict – unlawful arrest and detention – Child Justice Act of 2008 – minor arrested and detained as adult – absence of knowledge of minority... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 9 Apr 2026 | Eskom Holdings Soc Ltd v Botha[2026] ZASCA 48 · Statutory interpretation – Institution of Legal Proceedings against certain Organs of State Act of 2002 (the Act) – whether Eskom exercises... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 8 Apr 2026 | Black Sash Trust v Minister of Social Development and Others[2026] ZACC 12 · Social grants — invalidity of contract — just and equitable profit determination— judicial review — liquidation — public interest | Constitutional Court |
| 8 Apr 2026 | Systems Applications Consultants (Pty) Ltd t/a Securinfo v SAP SE and Another[2026] ZACC 13 | Constitutional Court |
| 7 Apr 2026 | Koopman v Minister of Police[2026] ZASCA 45 · Security for costs – Rule 49(13) of the Uniform Rules of Court – Rule of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Appeal – single judge of the high... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 1 Apr 2026 | NAD Property Income Fund (Pty) Ltd v The South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited and Another[2026] ZASCA 42 · Expropriation – s 12(1) of the Expropriation Act of 1975 – s 25(3) of the Constitution – just and equitable – compensation payable – true di... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 25 Mar 2026 | South African Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union v Massmart Holdings and Others[2026] ZACC 11 · Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 — interpretation of section 68(1)(b) — claim for payment of just and equitable compensation — loss attributa... | Constitutional Court |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Newnet Property v The Road Accident Fund & Another[2026] ZASCA 35 · Relief sought to enforce judgment debts and related relief for mandamus - non-compliance with court orders - directing the acting Chief Exec... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Hi-Q Automotive (Pty) Ltd v Erga Investments (Pty) Ltd and Another[2026] ZASCA 31 · Powers of appellate court – s 16(2)(a)(i) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – power to dismiss appeal where decision sought will have no pr... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 13 Mar 2026 | AfriForum NPC v Ngwathe Local Municipality and Others[2026] ZASCA 28 · Costs – Award – General Principles – costs follow the result – if the government loses in litigation between the government and a private pa... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 11 Mar 2026 | B[…] E[…] v N[…] T[…] and Others[2026] ZASCA 25 · Jurisdiction – appealability – interim maintenance pendente lite under rule 43 – whether order constitutes a ‘decision’ as contemplated in s... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 27 Feb 2026 | Democratic Alliance v Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Alliance and Others[2026] ZACC 10 · Temporary emergency shelter — Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002 — Housing Act 107 of 1997 | Constitutional Court |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Reynolds Maleka v Timothy Boyce N.O and Others[2026] ZACC 7 · Section 186(1)(e) of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 —constructive dismissal — intolerability — grievance procedure — exhaustion of inte... | Constitutional Court |
| 13 Feb 2026 | Harris N.O. and Others v Herold Gie and Broadhead Inc[2026] ZACC 6 · Housing Development Schemes Act 65 of 1988 — section 6 — repayment of entrusted funds — remedy against errant attorneys | Constitutional Court |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Ncala v Park Avenue Body Corporate and Others[2026] ZASCA 16 · Community Schemes Ombud Service Act of 2011 – s 57(2) – whether it empowers the high court to condone the late filing of a statutory appeal... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Famous Idea Trading 4 (Pty) Ltd t/a Dely Road Courier Pharmacy v Government Employees Medical Scheme and Others[2026] ZACC 5 · Rule 53 record — review jurisdiction — reviewability of tender award — government employees medical scheme — exercise of private power — rev... | Constitutional Court |
| 11 Feb 2026 | T N obo B N v The Member of the Executive Council for Health of the Eastern Cape Government and Others[2026] ZASCA 14 · Delict – measure of damages – child sustaining quadriplegic cerebral palsy as a result of hospital staff’s negligence – common law once-and-... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 6 Feb 2026 | Lutzkie v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2026] ZASCA 11 · Practice and procedure – s 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – referral of decision refusing special leave to appeal to the court... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 30 Jan 2026 | Lewis Stores Proprietary Ltd v Pepkor Holdings Ltd and Others[2026] ZACC 4 · Competition law — intervention in large merger — test restated — Competition Appeal Court erring in introducing new test or applying wrong t... | Constitutional Court |
| 23 Jan 2026 | (a)Director of Public Prosecutions, Johannesburg and Another v Jonathan Schultz and Others CCT 280/24; (b)Director of Public Prosecutions, Bloemfontein v Nomalanga Moroadi Selina Cholota[2026] ZACC 3 · Extradition Act 67 of 1962 — outgoing extradition request — authority to make — separation of powers — prosecutorial independence — section... | Constitutional Court |
| 22 Jan 2026 | SAHRA and Others v Dr Mandela and Others[2026] ZASCA 6 · National Heritage Resources Act of 1999 (the Heritage Act) - assets owned by Dr Makaziwe Mandela, the daughter of the late former President... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 21 Jan 2026 | VVC v JRM and Others[2026] ZACC 2 · Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998 — section 10(2) — confirmation of constitutional invalidity — change of marriage system —... | Constitutional Court |
| 16 Jan 2026 | Tholo Energy Services CC v CSARS[2026] ZACC 1 · Customs and Excise Act 91 of 1964 — section 47(9)(e) — nature and scope of tariff appeals — what constitutes a determination for purposes of... | Constitutional Court |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Joan Marie Muller and Another v Cara Dorothy Masureik and Others[2026] ZASCA 1 | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 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 | 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 |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Badenhorst N O v Manyatta Properties Close Corporation and Others[2025] ZASCA 194 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 20 Nov 2025 | Socialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans v Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs[2025] ZACC 26 · Local Government: Municipal Structures Act 117 of 1998 — section 43(2)(c) — confirmation of constitutional invalidity — executive committee... | Constitutional Court |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Rossouw v Blignaut & Wessels and Another[2025] ZASCA 146 · Civil Procedure – Institution of Legal Proceedings against Certain Organs of State Act of 2002 – condonation application in terms of s 3(4)... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
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