386 judgments on file that touch evidence, newest first, each with the court's own file.
| Handed down | Judgment | Court |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Aug 2025 | Magalone Mereki and Others v Moladora Trust and Another[2025] ZACC 16 · Extension of Security of Tenure Act 62 of 1997 (ESTA) — consent to graze cattle — such consent a right to use land for purposes of ESTA — te... | Constitutional Court |
| 31 Jul 2025 | Vodacom (Pty) Ltd v Makate and Another[2025] ZACC 13 | Constitutional Court |
| 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 |
| 12 Jun 2025 | Ditlhakanyane v The State[2025] ZASCA 90 · Practice and procedure – special leave to appeal – s 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013. Appeal – application for special leave to... | 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 |
| 30 May 2025 | Rathebe v The State[2025] ZASCA 73 · Criminal Law – Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 (the CPA) – the proper approach to adopt where an accused person whose erstwhile co-accused wa... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 29 May 2025 | Endangered Wildlife Trust and Another v Director-General (Acting) Department of Water and Sanitation and Another[2025] ZASCA 69 · Statutory appeal – s 149(1) of National Water Act of 1998 (NWA) – against decision of Water Tribunal – confined to question of law – what th... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 28 May 2025 | Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment & Others v Badenhorst N.O. & Others[2025] ZASCA 68 · Administrative law – review under the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act of 2000 (PAJA), s 7(2) – failure to exhaust internal remedies... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 26 May 2025 | Director of Public Prosecutions, Gauteng Division v Thato Molefe and Another (4172024)[2025] ZASCA 67 · Section 35(5) of the Constitution – defective search warrant – admissibility of evidence – unfair trial – administration of justice – public... | 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 |
| 16 May 2025 | Magudumana v Director of Public Prosecutions, Free State and Others[2025] ZASCA 62 · Criminal law – whether the appellant was arrested and abducted in Tanzania by members of South African Police Service – matter decided on re... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 16 May 2025 | JR 209 Investments (Pty) Ltd and Others v Homeless People Housing Co-Operative Ltd and Others[2025] ZASCA 63 · Contempt of court – requirements restated – whether conduct met requirements – Co-operatives Act of 2005 – s 72 (1) – whether competent to r... | 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 | Gilchrist v The State[2025] ZASCA 57 · Criminal Law and Procedure – s 93ter(1) of the Magistrates’ Court Act of 1944 – appellant legally represented – record stating no assessors... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 9 May 2025 | Godfrey Alfred Ntuli v The State[2025] ZASCA 53 · Criminal law – hearsay evidence – cannot be admitted after the close of the state’s case – the trial court must rule on it before close of t... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 8 May 2025 | Mothulwe v Labour Court, Johannesburg and Others[2025] ZACC 10 · Rescission — res judicata — section 34 of the Constitution — access to courts | Constitutional Court |
| 7 May 2025 | Nakana v Claassens & Others[2025] ZASCA 52 · Criminal law – malicious prosecution – whether the Supreme Court of Appeal (the SCA) may interfere with the order of the Limpopo Division of... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 30 Apr 2025 | Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Others v Ntuli[2025] ZACC 7 · Correctional Services Policy Procedures on Formal Education Programmes — right to further education — use of personal computers in prison ce... | Constitutional Court |
| 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 |
| 25 Apr 2025 | Sekabate v The State[2025] ZASCA 49 · Application for special leave referred to oral argument in terms of s 17 (2)(d) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – exceptional circumstanc... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 9 Apr 2025 | South African Municipal Workers’ Union v Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and Another[2025] ZACC 4 · Local Government: Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000 — Declaration of constitutional invalidity — confirmation — municipal employees — limitat... | Constitutional Court |
| 8 Apr 2025 | The Loan Company (Pty) Ltd v The National Credit Regulator and Another[2025] ZASCA 40 · National Credit Act, of 2005 – interpretation – sections 40(1), 40(3), 76(3), 100(1)(c),100(1)(d)(ii) and 151 – obligation to register as cr... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Uys N O and Others v National Credit Regulator and Another[2025] ZASCA 34 · National Credit Act of 2005 (NCA) – impugned transactions – whether the impugned transactions constitute credit agreements as defined by s 8... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service v Richards Bay Coal Terminal (Pty) Ltd[2025] ZACC 3 · Customs and Excise Act 91 of 1964 — tariff determination — section 47(9)(e) — wide appeal — review in terms of Promotion of Administrative J... | Constitutional Court |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Obiang v Janse van Rensburg & Others[2025] ZASCA 30 · Civil Procedure – rescission of orders in terms of rule 42(1)(a) of Uniform Rules of Court – Service of legal process in substantial complia... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Aventino Ecotroopers Joint Venture and Others v The MEC for the Department of Roads and Transport, Gauteng Province and Others[2025] ZASCA 32 · Tender – tender validity period – extensions of the period – s of the Public Finance Management Act of 1999 – supply chain management policy... | 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 |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Doorware CC v Mercury Fittings CC[2025] ZASCA 25 · Application for leave to appeal – dispute as to whether agreement exists – referred to oral evidence – interim interdict granted – applicant... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Bidvest Protea Coin Security (Pty) Ltd v Mandla Wellem Mabena[2025] ZASCA 23 · Section 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – reconsideration of a decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal to refuse special leave t... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Ekapa Minerals (Pty) Ltd and Another v Sol Plaatje Local Municipality and Others[2025] ZACC 1 · [municipal property rates] — [principle of legality] — [section 172(1)(b)] — [just and equitable relief] — [review proceedings] | Constitutional Court |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Medupe & Others v African National Congress & Others[2025] ZASCA 22 · Administrative law – constitution of a voluntary association – interpretation of rule 12.2.4 of the African National Congress constitution –... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Tosholo v Road Accident Fund[2025] ZASCA 21 · Civil Procedure – special plea of prior settlement – compromised claim – settlement agreement neither challenged nor rectified – Road Accide... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Haralambos Prokas N O and Others v Zoviflo (Pty) Ltd[2025] ZASCA 18 · Contract – interpretation of – whether Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) and Nominee Shareholders Agreement (NSA) concluded on the same day are... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 5 Mar 2025 | The Road Accident Fund and Others v Hlatshwayo and Others (724/2023 and 724B/2023)[2025] ZASCA 17 · Civil procedure-whether it was competent for the full court to inquire into the issue of costs occasioned by the late settlement of two Road... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Ngcobo v The State[2025] ZASCA 12 · Criminal law – conviction – whether the trial court failed to exercise caution when considering the evidence of a single witness – whether t... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 10 Feb 2025 | Manwadu v Manwadu and Others[2025] ZASCA 10 · Evidence – uncertified copy of Identity Document utilised to prove customary marriage – failure to produce certificate of marriage or coroll... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 31 Jan 2025 | Magasela v The State (12572023)[2025] ZASCA 8 · Appeal against conviction and sentence – proof beyond a reasonable doubt – rejection of appellant’s version – not reasonably possibly true –... | 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 |
| 15 Jan 2025 | MEC for Health Eastern Cape v AS obo SS[2025] ZASCA 2 · Civil procedure – uniform rule 49 – condonation and reinstatement of appeal – discretion to condone not exercised judicially - delict – medi... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 27 Dec 2024 | Zeal Health Innovations (Pty) Ltd v Minister of Defence and Military Veterans and Another[2024] ZASCA 183 · Procurement law and administrative law – court’s powers when contract declared constitutionally invalid – just and equitable remedy in terms... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 20 Dec 2024 | Mawanda Makhala and Another v Director of Public Prosecutions, Western Cape[2024] ZACC 28 · Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 — admissibility of recanted section 204 statements without other incriminating evidence — statements inadm... | Constitutional Court |
| 19 Dec 2024 | N M v The Central Authority for the Republic of South Africa and Another[2024] ZASCA 178 · Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the Hague Convention) – whether a defence to the application for the... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 18 Dec 2024 | Eskom Holdings Soc Ltd and Another v Sonae Arauco (Pty) Ltd[2024] ZASCA 177 · Electricity Regulation Act of 2006 (the Act) – Eskom and municipalities’ statutory obligations regarding loadshedding – legal nature of Code... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 11 Dec 2024 | Smith v The Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund Board[2024] ZASCA 170 · The Attorneys Act of 1979 – whether funds were ‘entrusted’, as contemplated in s 26(a) of the Attorneys Act – applicability of s 47(1)(g) –... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 2 Dec 2024 | The Minister of Department of Rural Development and Land Reform and Others v Thamsanqa Davis Bisset[2024] ZASCA 164 · Land – compensation – s 42D of the Restitution of Land Rights Act of 1994 – settlement agreement – absence of concurrence – review – absence... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 13 Nov 2024 | Nkomazi Local Municipality v The Valuation Appeal Board For The District of Ehlanzeni & Others[2024] ZASCA 155 · Administrative Law – review of Valuation Appeal Board’s decision dismissing the appeal on the valuation of the property – failure to give re... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 8 Nov 2024 | Mbambisa and Others v Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality[2024] ZASCA 151 · Statutory interpretation – s of Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act of 2003 (MFMA) – liability of municipal officials for una... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 6 Nov 2024 | Merryweather v Scholtz and Another[2024] ZASCA 150 · Appeal – civil appeal from full court – trial court’s reliance on inadmissible evidence constituting an irregularity – appellant failed to d... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 4 Nov 2024 | Mluleki Martin Chithi and Others v Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform and Others (1203/2021, 1334/2021 & 261/2022)[2024] ZASCA 149 · Land claims – restitution of land – Restitution of Land Rights Act of 1994 – claim for restitution of land on grounds of being a ‘community’... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 31 Oct 2024 | Britton v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Others[2024] ZASCA 148 · Section 5(1)(a) of the Extradition Act of 1962 – finding of constitutional invalidity does not apply retrospectively – held that Constitutio... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
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