MultiChoice Support Services (Pty) Ltd v Calvin Electronics t/a Batavia Trading and Another (226/2021; 296/2020) [2021] ZASCA 143 (8 October 2021)

Law of contract – cancellation in terms of provisions of contract –
contracting party applying for interdict to stop cancellation pending judicial
review of decision to cancel – interdict granted – cancellation of contract not
reviewable – does not involve control of public power – not administrative action
– neither reviewable under principle of legality – interdict legally unsustainable
– contempt of court – order based on legally unsustainable interdict – fatally
defective – requisites for contempt in any event not met – execution of contempt
order granted in terms of s 18 of Superior Courts Act 10 of 2013 – also defective
– execution requirements not met.