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Latest Judgments

  • Reynolds Maleka v Timothy Boyce N.O and Others CCT175/23 2026-02-24
  • Harris N.O. and Others v Herold Gie and Broadhead Inc CCT295/25 2026-02-13
  • Famous Idea Trading 4 (Pty) Ltd t/a Dely Road Courier Pharmacy v Government Employees Medical Scheme and Others CCT266/24 2026-02-11
  • Lewis Stores Proprietary Ltd v Pepkor Holdings Ltd and Others CCT316/25 2026-01-30
  • (a)Director of Public Prosecutions, Johannesburg and Another v Jonathan Schultz and Others CCT 280/24; (b)Director of Public Prosecutions, Bloemfontein v Nomalanga Moroadi Selina Cholota CCT 190/25 2026-01-23

Forthcoming

  • (A)Salungano Group Limited v Mashwayi Projects (Pty) Limited and Others CCT 37/25
    (B)Ndalamo Coal (Pty) Limited v Mashwayi Projects (Pty) Limited and Others CCT 38/25 19 February 2026 (Thursday)
  • Umdeni Wenkosi of Inkosi Luthuli and Another v Executive Council, KwaZulu-Natal and Others CCT 116/25 24 February 2026 (Tuesday)
  • Goodman Tshabangu v The State CCT281/23 26 February 2026(Thursday)

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Recent Hearings

  • Grancy Property Limited and Another v Dines Chandra Manilal Gihwala and Others CCT 344/24 17 February 2026 (Tuesday)
  • Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town and Another v Minister of Home Affairs and Others CCT 126/25 12 February 2026 (Thursday)
  • (A) Brain Gear Investments (Pty) Limited v Buhle Waste (Pty) Limited and Others; CCT 11/25
    (B)Sembcorp Silulumanzi (Rf) (Pty) Limited and Others v Buhle Waste (Pty) Limited and Others; and CCT 12/25
    (C) Sembcorp Utilities (Netherlands) NV v Buhle Waste (Pty) Limited and Others CCT 25/25 10 February 2026 (Tuesday)
  • Goodman Shabangu v The State CCT 281/23 05 February 2026 (Thursday)
  • Jan Louis Jordaan v MEC for Local Government Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, Western Cape and Others CCT 331/24 03 February 2026 (Tuesday)
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The notion of a bill of rights for South Africa can be traced back to an ANC document in the early 1920s. The Freedom Charter of 1955 carried the idea forward. 

 

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