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Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa

The Supreme Court of Appeal is, except in respect of certain labour and competition matters, the second highest court in South Africa. In terms of the Constitution, it is purely an appeal court and may decide only appeals and issues connected with appeals. (Banner image by Ben Bezuidenhout).

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January 1979
S v Mabaso and Another (284/78) [1979] ZASCA 1 (17 January 1979) Appeal allowed where sole eyewitness credibility and purported corroboration were fatally undermined, leaving reasonable doubt. Criminal law – murder appeal – sole eyewitness evidence – assessment of credibility and corroboration; medical evidence on sequence of wounds as undermining eyewitness account; improper reliance on tenuous circumstantial corroboration (axe, vehicle) and misattribution of untruthfulness to accused.	17 January 1979

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January 1979

S v Mabaso and Another (284/78) [1979] ZASCA 1 (17 January 1979)

Appeal allowed where sole eyewitness credibility and purported corroboration were fatally undermined, leaving reasonable doubt.

Criminal law – murder appeal – sole eyewitness evidence – assessment of credibility and corroboration; medical evidence on sequence of wounds as undermining eyewitness account; improper reliance on tenuous circumstantial corroboration (axe, vehicle) and misattribution of untruthfulness to accused.

17 January 1979