241 judgments on file that touch municipality, newest first, each with the court's own file.
| Handed down | Judgment | Court |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Oct 2026 | Discovery Health (Pty) Ltd v Road Accident Fund and Another[2026] ZASCA 140 · Res judicata – court | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 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 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | Bertie van Zyl (Pty) Ltd and Another v The Municipal Manager of the Polokwane Local Municipality and Others[2026] ZASCA 133 · Final interdict – requirements – Contravention of legislation – whether such contravention sufficient to secure a final interdict – need by... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 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 | Breede Valley Onafhanklik v Speaker of the Breede Valley Municipality and Others[2026] ZASCA 130 · Local government — appointment of councillors to committees established in terms of s read with s of the Local Government: Municipal Structu... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 11 Sep 2026 | Mokasule N.O and Others v Botha N.O and Another[2026] ZACC 36 · Insolvency Act 24 of 1936 — section 8 — acts of insolvency — factual insolvency Duty of proper consideration — failure to appreciate facts —... | 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 |
| 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 | Lephalale Residents Party and Another v The Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa[2026] ZAEC 1 · Leadership dispute under s 20(2A) of the Electoral Commission Act of 1996 – application to remove the name of a leader of the political part... | Electoral Court |
| 23 Jun 2026 | City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality v Bantham and Others[2026] ZASCA 86 · Property law – mandament van spolie – interdict against unlawful eviction – onus on applicants to prove locus standi and entitlement to reli... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 4 Jun 2026 | The Msunduzi Municipality v Capital City Housing NPC and Others[2026] ZASCA 83 · Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act of 2004 (the Rates Act) – categorisation of rateable property under s of the Rates Act – soci... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 29 May 2026 | City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and Another v Summer Season Trading 63 (Pty) Ltd (988/2024 and 831/2024)[2026] ZASCA 81 · Law of Property – unlawful occupation – eviction – expropriation – Expropriation Act of 1975 – expropriation of property that formed the sub... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 20 Feb 2026 | Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality v Siyalanda Property Development (Pty) Ltd[2026] ZASCA 18 · Application for special leave to appeal – s 16(1)(b) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – Property zoning – regulation 9.3.1.2 of the Port E... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 15 Dec 2025 | Malakite Body Corporate and Another v City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Another[2025] ZASCA 192 · Municipal Law – Standardisation of Electricity By-Law 1999 – appropriate electricity tariff classification – meaning of and application of s... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Rustenburg Local Municipality v Burrie Smit Ontwikkelaars (Pty) Ltd[2025] ZASCA 147 · Expropriation – Expropriation Act of 1975 (the Act) – meaning and effect of s 12(3) – interest on unpaid compensation from expropriation dat... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 17 Sep 2025 | South Durban Community Environmental Alliance and Another v The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment and Others[2025] ZASCA 134 · Administrative Law Review – failure to take into account relevant considerations – environmental authorisations reviewable under ss of the P... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 15 Sep 2025 | Golden Core Trade and Invest (Pty) Limited v Merafong City Local Municipality and Another[2025] ZACC 27 · Water Services Act 108 of 1997 — constitutionality of section 8(9) — administrative law review — delay — municipal water tariffs — reasonabl... | Constitutional Court |
| 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 |
| 3 Sep 2025 | Knoop N O and Another v Islandsite Investments 180 (Pty) Ltd and Others (260/2024); Islandsite Investments 180 (Pty) Ltd and Another v Knoop N O and Others[2025] ZASCA 125 | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 2 Sep 2025 | Johannes Diederik Le Roux NO and Another v The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality[2025] ZASCA 122 · Delict – claim for damages – whether the municipality is delictually liable for damages of appellants as a result of the drowning of their m... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 22 Jul 2025 | Tridevco (Pty) Ltd and Another v Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development and Others[2025] ZASCA 110 · Statutory interpretation – Agricultural Land Act of 1970 (SALA) – subdivision of property – whether the definition of ‘agricultural land’ as... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 11 Jun 2025 | Inzalo Enterprise Management Systems (Pty) Ltd v Chief Albert Luthuli Municipality[2025] ZASCA 85 · Contract – interpretation – delivery of data – overbreadth of the order-remittal and referral for the hearing of oral evidence. | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 11 Jun 2025 | Kwadukuza Municipality v Consolidated Aone Trade and Invest 6 (Pty) Ltd [in Liquidation] and Others[2025] ZASCA 86 · Local Government: Municipal Systems Act of 2000 (Municipal Systems Act) – whether the high court correctly found that payment made under pro... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 10 Jun 2025 | Maximum Profit Recovery (Pty) Ltd v Naledi Local Municipality & Others[2025] ZASCA 83 · Section 16(2)(a)(i) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 (the Superior Courts Act) – whether in the interest of justice to hear moot appeal –... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 30 May 2025 | Aptitude Trading Enterprise (Pty) Ltd v The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and Another[2025] ZASCA 72 · Civil procedure – legality of court order extending suspension of order of invalidity of tender pending new award of tender – new tender awa... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 23 Apr 2025 | The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Others v Occupiers [of Portion 971 of the Farm Randjesfontein No 405] and Others[2024] ZASCA 47 · Property law – Prevention of Illegal Eviction from Unlawful Occupation of Land Act of 1998 (PIE) – eviction of unlawful occupiers – emergenc... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 10 Apr 2025 | Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality v Business Connexion (Pty) Ltd[2025] ZASCA 41 · Section 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – contractual claim – software and licences – whether there was delivery of the licences... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
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