Thobejane and Others v Premier of the Limpopo Province and Another (1108/2019) [2020] ZASCA 176 (18 December 2020)

Civil procedure – court ruling on preliminary point and later reversing
its own order – court functus officio and the second order is incompetent and a nullity – jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Appeal (the SCA) – not triggered where high court had not given judgment or order on the issue sought to be argued on appeal – no discernable reason why leave to appeal was granted to the SCA.