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High Court of South Africa Western Cape, Cape Town

Currently serving on the bench:

Judge President N P Mabindla-Boqwana

Deputy Judge President P L Goliath

Judge N C Erasmus

Judge R Allie

Judge T C Ndita

Judge A Le Grange

Judge V C Saldanha

Judge C M J Fortuin

Judge M I Samela

Judge R C A Henney

Judge M J Dolamo

Judge J I Cloete

Judge B P Mantame

Judge K M Savage

Judge G Salie Da Silva

Judge L Nuku

Judge E D Wille

Judge T Papier

Judge M K Parker

Judge M Sher

Judge S Kusevitsky

Judge H M Slingers

Judge M Francis

Judge N Mangcu-Lockwood

Judge J D Lekhuleni

Judge D M Thulare

Judge C N Nziweni

Judge M Holderness

Judge M Pangarker

Judge N E Ralarala

 

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Citation
Judgment date
September 2016
Reported
A directive barring failed asylum seekers from applying for Immigration Act visas was arbitrary, unconstitutional and set aside.
Immigration and refugee law – interpretation of Refugees Act and Immigration Act – whether failed asylum seekers may apply for temporary residence visas – Directive excluding asylum seekers from visa applications held arbitrary and unconstitutional – right to dignity and family life implicated.
21 September 2016
May 2016
Reported
Magistrate’s committal for extradition upheld where requesting State showed prima facie extraterritorial jurisdiction and double criminality.
Extradition; cybercrime and extraterritorial jurisdiction; section 10(2) certificate as conclusive proof of sufficiency of foreign evidence; double criminality — substantial similarity between US child‑pornography statutes and SORMA/Films and Publications Act; ministerial executive discretion under s11 of the Extradition Act.
6 May 2016