203 judgments on file that touch contract, newest first, each with the court's own file.
| Handed down | Judgment | 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 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | Premier of the Western Cape Government and Another v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others; City of Cape Town and Others v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others[2026] ZACC 37 · Sections 59(1)(a) and 72(1)(a) of the Constitution — Public Procurement Act 28 of 2024 — Chapter 4 — public participation | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Smada Security Services (Pty) Ltd v The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development[2026] ZASCA 90 · Administrative law — judicial review of an award of a tender at the behest of the successful tenderer — challenge based on an alleged materi... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Gore v Moollajie NO and Others[2026] ZASCA 82 · Insolvency – s 63(1) of the Insolvency Act of 1936 – remuneration of trustees – joint provisional trustees subsequently appointed as final t... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 27 May 2026 | Minister of Defence and Military Veterans and Another v Zeal Health Innovations (Pty) Limited[2026] ZACC 21 · Section 172(1)(b) of the Constitution — just and equitable remedy — true discretion — grounds for appellate interference established No prof... | Constitutional Court |
| 22 May 2026 | Kingdom of Lesotho v Frazer Solar GmbH and Others[2026] ZASCA 75 · Rescission of judgments and orders in terms of Uniform Rule 42(1)(a) or common law – grounds for rescission – explanation for default and bo... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 13 May 2026 | Dr Darren Levin Inc. and Another v Promenade Centre (Pty) Ltd[2026] ZASCA 70 · Contract – Consumer Protection Act of 2008 (CPA) – whether an agreement to lease immovable property is void and unenforceable under ss 51(1)... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 13 May 2026 | Button v The State[2026] ZASCA 71 · Criminal Law and Procedure – conviction on two counts of rape – sentence – special leave – application to introduce further evidence – s 16(... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Davison v Mpambaniso[2026] ZASCA 50 · Contract – identity of other party to an investment mandate – whether agreement concluded by respondent with appellant or a company represen... | 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 |
| 26 Mar 2026 | African Banking Corporation of Zambia Limited and Others v Mapula Solutions (Pty) Ltd[2025] ZASCA 38 · Law of Contract – claim for damages – whether appellants conspired to commit breaches of a Debt Rescheduling Agreement – whether their condu... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 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 |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Baseline Civil Contractors (Pty) Ltd v The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2026] ZASCA 20 · Tax Law – appeal against disallowance of objection to additional income tax assessment in terms of the Income Tax Act of 1962 and Tax Admini... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 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 |
| 13 Feb 2026 | Zincede Ngokwakho Housing (Pty) Ltd and Another v Matatiele Local Municipality[2026] ZASCA 17 · Mineral Rights – Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act of 2002 – whether holder of mineral right entitled to access to property to... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 1 Oct 2025 | Mafilika and Others v Elundini Local Municipality and Another[2025] ZASCA 142 · Municipal Law – Administrative Law – Promotion of Administrative Justice Act of 2000 – termination of electricity supply to property on the... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 29 Sep 2025 | Osman v Kariem[2025] ZASCA 139 · Property law – whether appellant established co-ownership of immovable property – Alienation of Land Act of 1981 – right to claim transfer o... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 17 Sep 2025 | Tight Business Enterprise CC v Petrus Johannes Lordan NO & Others[2025] ZASCA 133 · Civil Procedure – special plea – Prescription Act of 1969 – whether prescription begins to run on the date of signing an agreement or on the... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 9 Sep 2025 | Kruger v Sibanyoni and Others[2025] ZASCA 127 · Constitutional law – Extension of Security of Tenure Act of 1997 (ESTA) – installation of electricity – whether electricity is a reasonably... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Mavundla v Gotcha Security Services (Pty) Limited[2025] ZACC 11 · Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 — reinstatement of dismissed employee — claim for arrear remuneration — delay in factual reinstatement due t... | Constitutional Court |
| 12 Jun 2025 | Maano Water (Pty) Ltd v Eskom Holdings SOC Limited[2025] ZASCA 87 · Reviewability of tender cancellation – State owned enterprises – executive action distinguished from administrative action – rationality as... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 12 Jun 2025 | The State v Thabethe and Others[2025] ZASCA 88 · Application for leave to appeal – Criminal Procedure – reservation by State of questions of law under s 319(1) of the Criminal Procedure Act... | 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 |
| 20 May 2025 | Set Square Developments (Pty) Ltd v Power Guarantees (Pty) Ltd and Another and a related matter (099/2023 and 150/24)[2025] ZASCA 64 · Contract Law – on-demand performance guarantees – liability of guarantor. 3 ________________________________________________________________... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 20 May 2025 | Auckland Park Theological Seminary v Wamjay Holding Investments (PTY) Ltd[2025] ZASCA 65 · Unjustified enrichment – s 12(3) of the Prescription Act of 1969 (Prescription Act) – commencement of the running of prescription – whether... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 9 May 2025 | Manelis v Manelis[2025] ZASCA 55 · Divorce – accrual system – effect of the declaration of the net value of a party’s estate at the commencement of his or her marriage in an a... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 30 Apr 2025 | Huntrex 277 (Pty) Ltd v Berzack and Others[2025] ZACC 6 · Servitude — whether praedial or personal — approach to interpretation of servitude — whether servitude compliant with principles of property... | Constitutional Court |
| 30 Apr 2025 | Twenty-Third Century Systems (Pty) Ltd and Another v SAP Africa Region (Pty) Ltd[2025] ZASCA 51 · Law of contract – whether a contracting party can rely on the terms of a contract after the termination of the contract – distinction betwee... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 25 Apr 2025 | Johannes Frederick Gouws N O and Others v Johannes Petrus Erasmus Swarts N O[2025] ZASCA 48 · Law of Contract – verbal agreement – transfer of shares – whether a valid and legally binding purchase and sale agreement was concluded betw... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
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