409 judgments on file that touch interest, newest first, each with the court's own file.
| Handed down | Judgment | Court |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 13 May 2025 | Lorenzi v The State[2025] ZASCA 58 · Practice and procedure – special leave to appeal -refusal by two judges of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) – s 17(2)(f) of the Superior Co... | 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 | Blind SA v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others[2025] ZACC 9 · Copyright Act 98 of 1978 — direct access — urgent relief after lapse of section 13A reading-in order — interim order to protect rights of pe... | 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 | 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 |
| 29 Apr 2025 | East Asian Consortium B.V. v MTN Group Limited and Others[2025] ZASCA 50 · Delict – unlawful inducement – unlawful competition – conflict of law – transnational delicts – lex loci delicti – significant relationship... | 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 |
| 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 | Western Cape Provincial Government and Others v D C Security (Pty) Ltd t/a D C Security and Others[2025] ZASCA 35 · Administrative law – review and setting aside – tender – Promotion of Administrative Justice Act of 2000 – whether appeal has been rendered... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 31 Mar 2025 | United Manganese of Kalahari (Pty) Limited v Commissioner of the South African Revenue Service and four other cases[2025] ZACC 2 · Section 105 of Tax Administration Act 28 of 2011 — test for granting a direction — relevant considerations in granting or refusing direction... | Constitutional Court |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Sishen Iron Ore Company (Pty) Ltd v CSARS[2025] ZASCA 16 · Taxation – taxpayer deriving income from mining operations – whether expenditure incurred in respect of the relocation of a neighbouring res... | 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 |
| 25 Feb 2025 | Board of Governors of Mitchell House School and Others v Maluleke[2025] ZASCA 15 · Civil Procedure – re-adjudication of concluded application by same court – functus officio – res judicata principles – Judge re-adjudicating... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 21 Feb 2025 | Akani Retirement Fund Administrators (Pty) Limited and Others v Moropa and Others (1125/2022 and 1129/2022)[2025] ZASCA 13 · Mootness – appeal having no practical effect – whether a discrete point of law arises – general principles restated. | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 6 Feb 2025 | Kangra Coal (Pty) Ltd v The Trustees of the Time Being of the Corneels Greyling Trust and Others[2025] ZASCA 9 · Appeals in terms of s 148(3) of the National Water Act of 1998 (the NWA) against water use licences (the WUL) – suspension of licence pursua... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 30 Jan 2025 | Spar Group Limited and Others v Twelve Gods Supermarket (Pty) Ltd and Others[2025] ZASCA 7 · Superior Courts Act of 2013 (the Superior Courts Act) – Reconsideration of application for special for leave to appeal – s 17(2)(f) of the S... | 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 |
| 20 Dec 2024 | Commissioner for the South Africa Revenue Service v Medtronic International Trading S.A.R.L[2024] ZACC 26 | Constitutional Court |
| 20 Dec 2024 | Charnelle Commando and Others v City of Cape Town and Another[2024] ZACC 27 · Gentrification — eviction — temporary emergency accommodation — inner city Spatial apartheid — unconstitutional — progressive realisation —... | Constitutional Court |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 19 Dec 2024 | Glencore Operations South Africa (Pty) Limited and Others v Master of the High Court, Northwest and Others[2024] ZASCA 179 | 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 |
| 12 Dec 2024 | DPP, Limpopo v Kwinda[2024] ZASCA 175 · Appeal in terms of s 311(1) of the Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 (the CPA) – whether the question raised is a question of law or fact – ple... | 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 |
| 19 Nov 2024 | Govan Mbeki Local Municipality v Glencore Operations South Africa (Pty) Limited and Others; Emalahleni Local Municipality v Glencore Operations South Africa (Pty) Limited and Others[2024] ZACC 25 · Municipal planning by-laws — transfer embargoes — delegated powers under section 32(1) of the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act 1... | Constitutional Court |
| 19 Nov 2024 | Sabelo Sithole v Electoral Commission of South Africa and Others[2024] ZAEC 30 · Application by applicant for declaratory relief to compel Electoral Commission – to recognise and register him as lawful leader of a registe... | Electoral Court |
| 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 |
| 25 Oct 2024 | Rademeyer v Ferreira[2024] ZACC 24 · Prescription Act 68 of 1969 — sale agreement — same cause of action — breach of contract — specific performance — right to claim damages | Constitutional Court |
| 23 Oct 2024 | Grancy Property Limited and Another v Dines Chandra Manilal Gihwala and Others[2024] ZASCA 144 · Contract – breach – failure to acquire additional shares – disposal of shares – quantification of damages – whether highest intermediate val... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 23 Oct 2024 | Transasia 444 (Pty) Ltd v The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy and Others (702/2023) & Transasia Minerals (SA) (Pty) Ltd v The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy and Others[2024] ZASCA 145 · Failure to cite party with direct and substantial interest in application to compel disclosure of records held by the Director-General of th... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 21 Oct 2024 | Democratic Alliance v Ramaphosa and Others[2024] ZAEC 24 · Electoral irregularities – undue influence and abuse of power to influence the conduct and outcome of elections – Item 9(2)(e) of the Electo... | Electoral Court |
| 21 Oct 2024 | Singh v The Body Corporate of St Tropez[2024] ZASCA 142 · Provisional order of sequestration – conflict of interest on part of judicial officer raised ex post facto as ground of appeal – Judicial Co... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 17 Oct 2024 | Polovin v The Director of Public Prosecutions and Others[2024] ZASCA 140 · Criminal law and procedure – private prosecution – review – whether leave to appeal should be granted in terms of s 17(2)(b) read with s 17(... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 11 Oct 2024 | Western Cape and Others[2024] ZASCA 138 · Appeal against dismissal of review and declaratory relief – disputes resolved in terms of settlement made an order of court – appellants did... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 10 Oct 2024 | Maria Luisa Palma Codevilla v Paula Jane Kennedy-Smith NO and Others[2024] ZASCA 136 · Agreement of sale of immovable property – lapsing of suspensive condition – whether revival of agreement thereafter is competent. 3 ________... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 9 Oct 2024 | Herman Botha v Bool Smuts and Another[2024] ZACC 22 · Section 14 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa — right to privacy — information in public domain — voluntary public disclosu... | Constitutional Court |
| 9 Oct 2024 | Swanepoel N.O. (Executor in the Estate Late Mignon Adelia Steyn) v Profmed Medical Scheme[2024] ZACC 23 · Medical Schemes Act 131 of 1998 — substitution — transmissibility of right to just administrative action — procedural fairness — material no... | Constitutional Court |
| 3 Oct 2024 | President of the Republic of South Africa and Others v Wezizwe Feziwe Sigcau and Others[2024] ZACC 21 · Admin law — Commission committed no error of law or fact —No basis to review the Commission’s findings — Customary law — Commission sufficie... | Constitutional Court |
| 2 Oct 2024 | Thistle Trust v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2024] ZACC 19 · Income Tax Act 58 of 1962 — Section 25B — Section 26A — conduit principle — capital gains tax — beneficiaries Tax Administration Act 28 of 2... | Constitutional Court |
| 2 Oct 2024 | Greater Tzaneen Municipality v Bravospan 252 CC[2024] ZACC 20 · Compensation for services delivered pursuant to an unlawful tender process — court not placed in a position to decide substantive basis for... | Constitutional Court |
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