South African Court or Tribunal

Poverty Alleviation Network & Ors v President of the Republic of South Africa & Ors [2010] ZACC 5 (24 February 2010)

Right to Public Participation Requires Reasonable Opportunity to be Heard
Poverty Alleviation Network & Ors v President of the Republic of South Africa & Ors [2010] ZACC 5 (24 February 2010)
In Poverty Alleviation Network (‘Matatiele 3’) the Constitutional Court of South Africa effectively held that constitutional obligations owed by South African legislatures to facilitate public involvement [...]

Joseph v City of Johanesburg [2009] ZACC 30 (9 October 2009)

No Longer Left in the Dark: Right to Municipal Services and the Procedural Fairness Obligations of Electricity Providers
Joseph v City of Johanesburg [2009] ZACC 30 (9 October 2009)
The Constitutional Court of South Africa has held that government-owned electricity service providers have an obligation to accord procedural fairness to tenants receiving electricity before disconnecting supply.
Facts
The applicants [...]

Mazibuko v City of Johanesburg [2009] ZACC 29 (8 October 2009)

The Right to Water: South African Court Considers Justiciability of Socio-Economic Rights and the Roles of Courts and Parliaments
Mazibuko v City of Johanesburg [2009] ZACC 29 (8 October 2009)
The decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa in Mazibuko v City of Johannesburg [2009] ZACC 28 is the first to consider the right of access [...]

Brümmer v Minister for Social Development and Others (CCT 25/09) [2009] ZACC 21 (13 August 2009)

Freedom of Information and Access to the Courts
Brümmer v Minister for Social Development and Others (CCT 25/09) [2009] ZACC 21 (13 August 2009)
On 13 August 2009, the Constitutional Court of South Africa handed down a decision regarding the rights of access to court and access to information.  The Court determined that, in certain circumstances, statutory [...]

Centre for Child Law v Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development and Others (with the National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Re-integration of Offenders as Amicus Curiae) [2009] ZACC 18 (15 July 2009)

Rights of the Child and Minimum Sentencing Legislation
Centre for Child Law v Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development and Others (with the National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Re-integration of Offenders as Amicus Curiae) [2009] ZACC 18 (15 July 2009)
The Constitutional Court of South Africa upheld a decision of the High Court declaring invalid [...]

Residents of Joe Slovo Community v Thubelisha Homes & Ors [2009] ZACC 16 (10 June 2009)

Evictions Must be Just, Equitable and Reasonable
Residents of Joe Slovo Community v Thubelisha Homes & Ors [2009] ZACC 16 (10 June 2009)
The South African Constitutional Court has upheld a High Court decision to grant an application to evict approximately 20,000 residents of the informal settlement known as the Joe Slovo settlement.  The eviction was sought [...]

Trustees for the time being of the Biowatch Trust v Registrar Genetic Resources and Others (CCT 80/08) [2009] ZACC 14 (3 June 2009)

Costs in Public Interest and Constitutional Litigation
Trustees for the time being of the Biowatch Trust v Registrar Genetic Resources and Others (CCT 80/08) [2009] ZACC 14 (3 June 2009)
The Constitutional Court of South Africa has confirmed that the general rule for an award of costs in constitutional litigation between a private party and the state [...]

Machele and 67 Others v William Marofane Mailula and Others [2009] ZACC 7 (26 March 2009)

Stay of Eviction into Homelessness Required to Prevent Violation of Human Dignity and Rights
Machele and 67 Others v William Marofane Mailula and Others [2009] ZACC 7 (26 March 2009)
The Constitutional Court of South Africa held that eviction will ‘always’ be a constitutional matter.  The court further held an interim execution order for eviction was [...]

City of Johannesburg and Others v Mazibuko and Others (489/08) [2009] ZASCA 20 (25 March 2009)

South African Constitutional Court Considers the Right to Sufficient Water and a Dignified Life
City of Johannesburg and Others v Mazibuko and Others (489/08) [2009] ZASCA 20 (25 March 2009)
In this case, the Supreme Court of South Africa considered whether a local authority had a duty under the South African Constitution to provide free water to [...]

Zealand v Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development and Another [2008] ZACC 3 (11 March 2008)

This decision of the South African Constitutional Court concerns whether the imprisonment of a remand prisoner in maximum security custody deprived him of liberty arbitrarily or without just cause.
Detailed case note.

Occupiers of 51 Olivia Road, Berea Township and 197 Main Street, Johannesburg v City of Johannesburg CCT 24/07 [2008] ZACC 1 (19 February 2008)

In a landmark judgment of the South African Constitutional Court, the Court’s key message was that human beings must be treated as such.  The judgment affirms the basic principle that where people face homelessness due to an eviction, public authorities should engage seriously and in good faith with the affected occupiers with a view to [...]