Mwelase and Others v Director- General for the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform and Another [2019] ZACC 30 (20 August 2019)

Practice and procedure – application for leave to appeal – referral
for oral argument in terms of s 17(2)(d) of the Superior Courts Act 10 of 2013
– leave sought against order of the high court directing applicant to provide
security for costs in terms of s 8 of the Close Corporations Act 69 of 1984 –
demand for security made under Uniform rules 47(1) and 47(3) – high court
exercising narrow discretion in making order – powers of appellate court to
interfere with exercise of such discretion circumscribed – no basis for
interference on appeal established.

Criminal Procedure Act — section 154(3) — identity of child victims — ongoing identity protection — competing constitutional rights — equality — best interests of the child — privacy and dignity — restorative justice — stigmatisation and agency —freedom of expression — open justice Order of declaration of invalidity granted and suspended for 24 months — interim reading-in granted

Gentrification - eviction - temporary emergency accommodation - inner city

Spatial apartheid - unconstitutional - progressive realisation - as near as possible

Constitutional validity of s 10 of the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of
Unfair Discrimination Act 4 of 2000 – overbreadth and vagueness – freedom of
expression and regulation of hate speech.