128 judgments on file that touch sentence, newest first, each with the court's own file.
| Handed down | Judgment | Court |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | Pace v The State[2026] ZASCA 132 · Criminal procedure – prosecution of appeal – late noting of appeal – application for condonation – lapsed appeal – absence of application fo... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 26 Jul 2026 | Tshabangu v S[2026] ZACC 32 · Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 — sections 167 and 186 — exercise of discretion — essential to the just decision of the case | Constitutional Court |
| 25 May 2026 | Ngwadla v State[2026] ZASCA 77 · Criminal Law and Procedure – evidence of a single witness – whether sufficient to sustain a conviction of murder – doctrine of common purpos... | 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 |
| 5 May 2026 | Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Others v Leso[2026] ZASCA 64 | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Mvubu v The State[2026] ZASCA 62 · Criminal Law and Procedure – sentence – special leave – s 309 of the Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 (the CPA) – leave to appeal refused by t... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 24 Apr 2026 | Mandla v The State[2026] ZASCA 59 · Criminal procedure – appeal – leave to appeal against dismissal of petition in terms of s 309C of the Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 – issue... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Mokoele v The State[2026] ZASCA 57 · Appeal – against refusal by high court of petition for leave to appeal against convictions by regional court – State applying for postponeme... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Pholosi v The State[2026] ZASCA 49 · Criminal Procedure – appeal – Regional Court refusing leave to appeal – petition to High Court for leave to appeal against conviction dismis... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 2 Apr 2026 | Motsitsi v The State[2026] ZASCA 44 · Criminal Law and Procedure – conviction – common purpose – dissociation from common purpose – Criminal Law Amendment Act 105 of 1997 – wheth... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 19 Dec 2025 | Cele v The State[2025] ZASCA 199 · Criminal Procedure – sentence – murder – effective sentence of years imprisonment – whether shockingly inappropriate. Section 274 of the Cri... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Moagi v The State[2025] ZASCA 188 · Sentence – failure to pronounce on common purpose where conviction is in terms of s 51(1) of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 105 of 1997 – fa... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 1 Dec 2025 | Lekeka v The State[2025] ZASCA 182 · Criminal Law – s 17(2)(f) of Superior Courts Act of 2013 – application for reconsideration of a decision refusing special leave to appeal –... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Moloto v The State[2025] ZASCA 169 · Sentence – the existence of substantial and compelling circumstances warranting deviation from prescribed minimum sentences – brutality of o... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 5 Nov 2025 | Zolani Godloza and Another v The State[2025] ZACC 24 · Jurisdiction — constitutional matter — potential limitation of the right not to be deprived of freedom arbitrarily and without just cause Ju... | Constitutional Court |
| 3 Sep 2025 | Schoeman v Director of Public Prosecutions[2025] ZASCA 124 · The interpretation of s 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – true nature of the enquiry – discretionary power of the President of t... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 8 Aug 2025 | Mohlaloga v The State (1028/2023 and 1112/2023)[2025] ZASCA 115 · Criminal Law – s 17(2)(f) of Superior Courts Act of 2013 – application for reconsideration of a decision refusing special leave to appeal –... | 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 20 Dec 2024 | Sithole v S[2024] ZACC 30 · Military Discipline Supplementary Measures Act 16 of 1999 — Defence Act 42 of 2002 — military judges — judicial independence — boards of inq... | Constitutional Court |
| 12 Dec 2024 | Sethosa v The State[2024] ZASCA 172 · Criminal Procedure – appeal against conviction and sentence – leave to appeal refused by the Regional Court – petition in terms of s 309C of... | 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 |
| 29 Nov 2024 | Loyiso Ludidi & Others v The State (983/2022 and 056/2024)[2024] ZASCA 162 · Sentence of life imprisonment – whether a lengthy period of incarceration as an awaiting trial prisoner can amount to a substantial and comp... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 16 Oct 2024 | Naraidu v The State[2024] ZASCA 139 · Criminal law – Tax practitioner – claim for a refund under the Value- Added Tax Act of 1991 (the VAT Act) – fraud – intent to defraud – know... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 26 Sep 2024 | Shongwe v The State[2024] ZASCA 127 · Murder – robbery with aggravating circumstances – whether murder premeditated – whether appellant wrongly convicted of robbery with aggravat... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 30 Aug 2024 | Mfana Ignitius Kubai v The State[2024] ZASCA 123 · Criminal law – sentence – rhino poaching – maximum sentence – s 117(1)(a) of the Limpopo Environment Management Act of 2003 – accounting for... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 20 Jun 2024 | Moodley and Another v The State[2024] ZASCA 102 · Criminal Law and Procedure – identification – witnesses’ previous knowledge of the appellants – appellants identified by witnesses on the st... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 14 Jun 2024 | Masango and Another v The State[2024] ZASCA 98 · Criminal Procedure – first appellant appeal against conviction and sentence – second appellant appeal against conviction – leave to appeal r... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 7 Jun 2024 | Mabena v The State[2024] ZASCA 89 · Criminal Law – Sentencing – Convictions of robbery with aggravating circumstances and attempted murder – whether sentence for each convictio... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 23 May 2024 | Schultz v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Others[2024] ZASCA 77 · International law – extradition – Constitution – Extradition Act of 1962 – whether power to make extradition request to a foreign State vest... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 20 May 2024 | Electoral Commission of South Africa v Umkhonto Wesizwe Political Party and Others[2024] ZACC 6 · [Recusal] — [double requirement of reasonableness] — [narrow and defined legal issue] — [no reasonable apprehension of bias] [Section 47(1)(... | Constitutional Court |
| 26 Apr 2024 | Umkhonto Wesizwe Political Party and Another v Electoral Commission of South Africa and Others[2024] ZAEC 5 · Appeal against the Electoral Commission’s decision upholding the objection lodged in terms of s of the Electoral Act of 1998 – whether the E... | Electoral Court |
| 26 Apr 2024 | Nkomo and Others v The State[2024] ZASCA 61 · Criminal law and procedure – distinction between recognition and identification of a suspect. Factors applicable. 2 ________________________... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Director of Public Prosecutions, Eastern Cape, Makhanda v Coko (Women's Legal Centre Trust, Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa and Commission for Gender Equality intervening as Amici Curiae)[2024] ZASCA 59 · Criminal law and procedure – rape – consent to an act of sexual penetration – nature of consent – appeal by Director of Public Prosecutions... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 17 Apr 2024 | Mathuthu and Others v The State[2024] ZASCA 50 · Criminal procedure – appeal against conviction and sentence – leave to appeal refused by regional magistrate – petition in terms of s 309C o... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 20 Mar 2024 | Nong and Masingi v The State[2024] ZASCA 25 · Criminal Procedure – appeal against conviction – leave to appeal refused by regional magistrate – petition in terms of s 309C refused by the... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 14 Mar 2024 | Director of Public Prosecutions, Kwazulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg v Ndlovu[2024] ZASCA 23 · Criminal law and procedure – appeal by Director of Public Prosecutions in terms of s 311 of the Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 – import of s... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 21 Feb 2024 | Sekoala v The State[2024] ZASCA 18 · Criminal law and procedure – appeal against rape conviction – whether the evidence of the complainant, a single witness, was correctly accep... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 8 Feb 2024 | Mthanti v The State[2024] ZASCA 15 · Criminal law – sentence – appeal in terms of s 316B of the Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 (CPA) against sentences imposed – appellant convic... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 6 Feb 2024 | Lindsey and Others v Conteh[2024] ZASCA 13 · Private international law – enforceability of foreign judgment – civil procedure – provisional sentence – liquidity. 3 _____________________... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
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