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Citation
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Judgment date
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| June 2025 |
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Review application dismissed due to lack of authority and untimeliness in challenging taxation proceedings.
Taxation of costs – authority to represent – failure to comply with procedural requirements – remedies for unopposed taxation.
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26 June 2025 |
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Court evaluates substantial and compelling circumstances to potentially deviate from the prescribed minimum for robbery.
Criminal Law – Sentencing – Robbery with aggravating circumstances – Substantial and compelling circumstances – Prescribed minimum sentence.
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24 June 2025 |
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Conviction of police officers for corruption upheld with a mandatory minimum sentence emphasizing societal interest in deterring corruption.
Criminal law - Sentencing - Corruption - Police bribery - Minimum sentence - Substantial and compelling circumstances - Societal interests in deterrence.
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19 June 2025 |
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Police officers found guilty of corruption after lawful entrapment operation without credible defense against bribery claims.
Criminal Law – Corruption by police officers – Entrapment operation admissibility – Section 252A compliance – Conviction in absence of testimony.
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11 June 2025 |
| May 2025 |
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Robbery conviction based on circumstantial evidence, single witness identification, and admissibility of warrantless search.
Criminal law – Robbery – Use of circumstantial evidence – Warrantless search – Single witness identification.
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29 May 2025 |
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Accused found guilty of robbery and attempted robbery, with witness identification and circumstantial evidence proving decisive.
Criminal Law - Identification evidence - Evaluation of single witness identification and dock identification - Robbery with aggravating circumstances - Application of minimum sentencing legislation to inchoate offenses.
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20 May 2025 |
| April 2025 |
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9 April 2025 |
| December 2024 |
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Court deemed arrest and detention lawful in a domestic violence charge; plaintiff's claim dismissed with costs.
Criminal Procedure – Domestic violence arrest – Lawfulness of warrantless arrest – Justification of detention – Exercise of discretion in arrest.
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3 December 2024 |
| November 2024 |
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29 November 2024 |
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Supermarket found liable for damages due to insufficient evidence of safety measures to prevent slip and fall accident.
Tort Law – Personal Injury – Slip and Fall – Negligence – Duty of Care – Res Ipsa Loquitur – Reasonableness of Safety Systems
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26 November 2024 |
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25 November 2024 |
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The court rescinded an unlawful taxation allocatur, limiting costs to a specific court order's timeframe.
Costs order - Rescission of allocatur - Whether covering entire defense costs was justified - Jurisdiction of court to rescind taxing master's decision.
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14 November 2024 |
| August 2024 |
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Accused were convicted for a fraudulent payment scheme against Massmart and money laundering violations.
Fraud – Unauthorised payments – Misrepresentation to Massmart and Standard Bank – Money laundering under the Prevention of Organized Crime Act.
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28 August 2024 |
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Attorney sentenced to imprisonment for theft of trust funds, emphasizing custodial sentences for maintaining professional integrity.
Criminal Law - Theft of trust funds - Sentencing of attorneys - Custodial sentences necessary to reflect crime's gravity and serve as deterrence.
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8 August 2024 |
| May 2024 |
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Court finds employees and a service provider guilty of fraud in false invoicing scheme using testimonial and circumstantial evidence.
Fraud – False invoicing – Reliable accomplice witness and hearsay evidence – Corporate crime implication – Inferential reasoning for guilt.
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14 May 2024 |
| April 2024 |
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30 April 2024 |
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26 April 2024 |
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The court found the accused guilty of rape and assault based on credible testimony from child witnesses supported by medical evidence.
Criminal Law - Sexual Offences - Assessing credibility of child witnesses - Reliability without corroboration - Consistency in testimony.
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22 April 2024 |
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22 April 2024 |
| February 2024 |
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Bail pending review - appeal processes complete - review grounds - incompetence of counsel - state reneging on an informal plea agreement - bail pending review test - late filing - abuse of process - bail and the interests of justice - schedule 5
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29 February 2024 |
| October 2023 |
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25 October 2023 |
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25 October 2023 |
| July 2023 |
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24 July 2023 |
Fraud and contraventions - Municipal Financial Management Act |
14 July 2023 |
| June 2023 |
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30 June 2023 |
| April 2023 |
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24 April 2023 |
| March 2023 |
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Commercial crime - Leave to appeal sentence
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13 March 2023 |
| February 2023 |
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Plea of guilty to various counts of fraud - Large amount of fraud - Prescribed minimum sentences
Pathological gambling addiction - Primary care-giver - Expert evidence of psychiatrist |
14 February 2023 |
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9 February 2023 |
| January 2023 |
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13 January 2023 |
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Accused acquitted on grounds of private defence; state's evidence insufficient to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
Criminal Law - Private Defence - Self-defence in familial conflict - Burden of proof in private defence claims - Credibility and proportionality of defensive acts.
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13 January 2023 |
| October 2022 |
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6 October 2022 |
| September 2022 |
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30 September 2022 |
| August 2022 |
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31 August 2022 |
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4 August 2022 |
| July 2022 |
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27 July 2022 |
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26 July 2022 |
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18 July 2022 |
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4 July 2022 |
| June 2022 |
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13 June 2022 |
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7 June 2022 |
| May 2022 |
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342A application - Inordinate pre-arrest delays
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22 May 2022 |
| April 2022 |
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26 April 2022 |
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21 April 2022 |
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21 April 2022 |
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21 April 2022 |
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21 April 2022 |
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20 April 2022 |
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8 April 2022 |
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8 April 2022 |
