S S v V V S [2018] ZACC 5 (1 March 2018)

Public Protector Act 23 of 1994 — personal costs — punitive costs — representative litigant — personal indemnity exceeded —  accountability

Immigration Act 13 of 2002 — unconstitutionality of section
34(1)(b) and (d) — invalid

Ex parte application for “revival” of a lapsed suspension of
invalidity — legally incompetent — Constitutional Court is
empowered to supplement its previous order under
section 172(1)(b) of the Constitution

Urgent application for extension of a suspension of invalidity — appropriate remedy, and just and equitable order — extension granted.

Interpretation of s 11(a)(ii) of the Prescription Act 68 of 1969 – whether a maintenance order is a judgment debt, subject to 30 years’ prescription period, or any other debt, subject to three years’ prescription period – held: maintenance orders are final, executable and appealable – a maintenance order is thus a judgment debt for the purposes of the Prescription Act, and subject to 30 years’ prescription period.