409 judgments on file that touch interest, newest first, each with the court's own file.
| Handed down | Judgment | Court |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Mar 2024 | Syce and Another v Minister of Police[2024] ZASCA 30 · Application for special leave to appeal – referred for oral argument in terms of s 17(2)(d) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – discretion... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 26 Mar 2024 | 008/2024EC; 012/2024EC; 011/2024EC; 009/2023EC; 010/2024EC African National Congress v Electoral Commission of South Africa and Others[2024] ZAEC 3 · S 15(1) of the Electoral Commission Act of 1996 (the Electoral Commission Act) – application for the registration of a political party – Chi... | Electoral Court |
| 20 Mar 2024 | SAP SE v Systems Applications Consultants (Pty) Ltd t/a Securinfo and Another[2024] ZASCA 26 · Application for recusal – reasonable apprehension of bias – trial judge – misconceiving the issue in the evidence – preventing counsel from... | 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 |
| 9 Feb 2024 | Cohen v Absa Bank Limited[2024] ZASCA 16 · Insolvency law – Interpretation – s 31(2) read with s of the Insolvency Act of 1936 – whether a surety has locus standi to invoke s 31(2) to... | 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 |
| 16 Jan 2024 | Cupido v The State[2024] ZASCA 4 · Criminal law and Procedure – reliance on single witness – whether the court applied the cautionary rule in respect of single witness –admiss... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 12 Jan 2024 | BP Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2024] ZASCA 2 · Tax law – Customs and Excise – interim interdict – requirements restated – demand by Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service – am... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 23 Dec 2023 | Eskom v Vaal River Development Association (Pty) Ltd and Others[2022] ZACC 44 · Interim interdicts — nature of prima facie right — rights in Bill of Rights — content of rights — whether rights established — role of final... | Constitutional Court |
| 22 Dec 2023 | Secona Freight Logistics CC v Samie and Others[2023] ZASCA 183 · Civil procedure – locus standi – appealability – whether the issue of locus standi determined as a point in limine is appealable. | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 21 Dec 2023 | Allied Steelrode (Pty) Ltd v Dreyer and Another[2023] ZASCA 181 · National Credit Act of 2005 – whether agreement subject to the Act – loan and acknowledgment of debt not at arm’s length – interest only pay... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 18 Dec 2023 | Pieter Paul Le Roux and Another v Johannes G ` Coetzee and Seuns and Another[2023] ZACC 46 · Prescription Act 68 of 1969 — section 12(3) — clients’ professional negligence claim against legal practitioner — knowledge of facts may inc... | Constitutional Court |
| 18 Dec 2023 | Enviroserv Waste Management (Pty) Ltd v The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2023] ZASCA 180 · Income tax law – s 12C(1)(a) of the Income Tax Act of 1962 (the ITA) – whether cells built into landfills and used for treatment and storage... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 14 Dec 2023 | South African Legal Practice Council v Mokhele[2023] ZASCA 177 · Legal Practice – s of the Legal Practice Act of 2014 – whether the court may hear a matter that has become moot – the issues for determinati... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 12 Dec 2023 | Saboath General Traders (Pty) Ltd t/a Sausage Saloon and Another v Mthatha Mall (Pty) Ltd[2023] ZACC 43 · Ouster of jurisdiction of Magistrate’s Court in lease agreement — interests of justice and leave to appeal | Constitutional Court |
| 12 Dec 2023 | Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town v Minister of Home Affairs and Others[2023] ZACC 45 · Refugees Act 30 of 1998 — constitutionality of subsections 22(12) and 22(13) — provisions are unconstitutional Failure to renew visa — resul... | Constitutional Court |
| 4 Dec 2023 | Tereza Rayment and Others v Minister of Home Affairs and Others, Richard Anderson and Others v Minister of Home Affairs and Others[2023] ZACC 40 · Immigration Act 13 of 2002 — invalidity of sections 10(6), 11(6) and 18(2) — Immigration Regulations — invalidity of regulation 9(9)(a) — in... | Constitutional Court |
| 4 Dec 2023 | One Movement South Africa NPC v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others[2023] ZACC 42 · Electoral Amendment Act 1 of 2023 — provision limiting seats that independent candidates can contest in the provincial and national election... | Constitutional Court |
| 4 Dec 2023 | Andrew Barney August v The State[2023] ZASCA 170 · Application for condonation of the late filing of notice of appeal – requirements for condonation restated – appellant not satisfying requir... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 1 Dec 2023 | Percy Mosuetsa v Derrick Mosuetsa and Others[2023] ZASCA 164 · Civil procedure – order of court not appealed or rescinded – application to stay execution – issue res judicata unless set aside on appeal o... | 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 | Savoi and Others v National Prosecuting Authority and Another[2023] ZACC 38 · Confirmation of the order of constitutional invalidity granted by the High Court — North West Gambling Act 2 of 2001 — Sections 84(1)(e), 87... | Constitutional Court |
| 27 Nov 2023 | Ad Hoc Central Authority for RSA and Another v Heidi Nicole Koch N.O. and Another[2023] ZACC 37 · Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction — interpretation of Article 13(b) — determination of the threshold fo... | Constitutional Court |
| 24 Nov 2023 | African National Congress v Ezulweni Investments (Pty) Ltd[2023] ZASCA 159 · Contract – conclusion – authority to conclude – test for factual disputes – evaluation of evidence – bare denials coupled with untenable ver... | 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 |
| 17 Nov 2023 | Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Others v Wilhelm Pretorius and Others[2023] ZASCA 155 · Appeal – Superior Courts Act of 2013, s 16(2)(a) – mootness – whether, irrespective of mootness, interests of justice require decision on ap... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 14 Nov 2023 | Robert Andrew Groves v The Minister of Police and Another[2023] ZACC 36 · Section 43 of the Criminal Procedure Act discretion – warrant of arrest – discretion of arresting officer | Constitutional Court |
| 10 Nov 2023 | Chairperson of the Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board and Others v Goldrush Group Management (Pty) Ltd and Another[2023] ZASCA 148 · Review – Gambling – Provincial Gambling Board having licenced two limited payout gambling machine operators and allocated limited payout mac... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 8 Nov 2023 | Lueven Metals (Pty) Ltd v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2023] ZASCA 144 · Tax law – declaratory order – whether appropriate not considered by high court – narrow basis for entertaining application for declaratory r... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 2 Nov 2023 | The Body Corporate of Marsh Rose v Steinmuller and Others[2023] ZASCA 143 · Property law – Sectional Titles Act of 1986 – reliance on transfer registration embargo established in terms of s 15B(3)(a)(i)(aa) of the Se... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 30 Oct 2023 | Ex parte Minister of Home Affairs and Others In re Lawyers for Human Rights v Minister of Home Affairs and Others[2023] ZACC 34 · Immigration Act 13 of 2002 — unconstitutionality of section 34(1)(b) and (d) — invalid Ex parte application for “revival” of a lapsed suspen... | Constitutional Court |
| 30 Oct 2023 | Fleet Africa (Pty) Limited v Polokwane Local Municipality[2023] ZASCA 142 · Contract law – jurisdiction – Superior Courts Act of 2013 – whether the parties explicitly agreed that a particular high court would have ex... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 25 Oct 2023 | Emalahleni Local Municipality v Lehlaka Property Development (Pty) Ltd[2023] ZASCA 138 · Civil law and procedure – practice – joinder – no public law relationship between private landowner and unlawful occupiers – notion of a ‘sp... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 3 Oct 2023 | Sasol Chevron Holdings Limited v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2023] ZACC 30 · Promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000 (PAJA) — delay in instituting application for review — section 7(1) of PAJA — 180-day peri... | Constitutional Court |
| 3 Oct 2023 | Nu Africa Duty-Free Shops (Pty) Limited v Minister of Finance and Others CCT29/22,[2023] ZACC 31 | Constitutional Court |
| 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 |
| 24 Aug 2023 | Mncwabe v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others And Mathenjwa v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others (Consolidated matters)[2023] ZACC 29 · National Prosecuting Authority Act 32 of 1998 — sections 12, 13(1) and 14(3) — Appointments in National Prosecuting Authority — Functus offi... | Constitutional Court |
| 15 Aug 2023 | Koch & Kruger Brokers CC and Another v Financial Sector Conduct Authority and Others[2023] ZACC 27 · Section 34 of Bill of Rights — separated issue — High Court allegedly straying beyond separated issue — separated issue misconceived | Constitutional Court |
| 3 Aug 2023 | De Graaf NO v Camilleri (5652022)[2023] ZASCA 117 · Family law – divorce – interpretation and enforceability of clauses of a consent paper concluded by ex-spouses governing the ex-wife’s entit... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 2 Aug 2023 | Mudau v Municipal Employees Pension Fund and Others[2023] ZACC 26 · Pension Funds Act 24 of 1956 — section 12 — amendment of rules — pension fund may not apply retrospective rule amendment prior to registrati... | Constitutional Court |
| 13 Jul 2023 | Democratic Alliance v Public Protector and Others; President of the Republic of South Africa v Public Protector and Others CCT251/22,[2023] ZACC 25 · Section 194 of the Constitution — suspension of the Public Protector — Apprehension of bias — Sub judice rule — conflict of interest | Constitutional Court |
| 12 Jul 2023 | South African Council of Educators v Deon Scheepers and Others[2023] ZACC 23 · South African Council of Educators — professional discipline | Constitutional Court |
| 29 Jun 2023 | VJV and RT v Minister of Social Development and Another[2023] ZACC 21 · Children’s Act 38 of 2005 — constitutionality of section 40 — section is unconstitutional to the extent that it excludes permanent life part... | Constitutional Court |
| 29 Jun 2023 | Centre for Child Law v Schutte and Others[2023] ZACC 22 · Section 4 of the Mediation in Certain Divorce Matters Act 24 of 1987 — unfair discrimination — parental rights –– unmarried parents | Constitutional Court |
| 28 Jun 2023 | Fujitsu Services Core (Pty) Limited v Schenker South Africa (Pty) Limited[2023] ZACC 20 · [Interpretation of contracts] — [Exemption clauses] — [Exclusion of liability] — [Public Policy] | Constitutional Court |
| 26 Jun 2023 | South African Iron and Steel Institute v Fertilizer Association of South Africa and Others[2023] ZACC 18 · [National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Act 2 of 2022] — [sections 59(1)(a) and 72(1)(a) the Constitution] — [constitutional oblig... | Constitutional Court |
| 23 Jun 2023 | Independent Outdoor Media (Pty) Ltd v The Body Corporate of Overbeek Building and others[2023] ZACC 17 · Declaration of constitutional invalidity — Section 29(8) of the National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act 103 of 1977 — Minis... | Constitutional Court |
| 12 Jun 2023 | Beneyam Deselegn Ashebo v Minister of Home Affairs and Others[2023] ZACC 16 · Section 12(1) of the Constitution — principle of non-refoulement — section 49(1) and 34 of the Immigration Act 13 of 2002 — illegal foreigne... | Constitutional Court |
| 12 Jun 2023 | Ethekwini Municipality v Cooperativa Muratori & Cementisti - CMC di Ravenna Societa Cooperativa[2023] ZASCA 95 · Contract – decisions on adjudication of disputes under construction contract – enforcement by court – whether contrary to public policy – sp... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 9 Jun 2023 | Makana People’s Centre v Minister of Health & Others[2023] ZACC 15 · Mental Health Care Act 17 of 2002 — sections 33-4 — statutory regime for involuntary admission and treatment — constitutional validity — sec... | Constitutional Court |
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