African Realty Trust (Pty) Ltd v Acting Director-General Department of Water and Sanitation (WT03/20/LMP) [2021] ZAWT 1 (9 March 2021)
Court
Water Tribunal
Case number
WT03/20/LMP
Judges
T. Murombo, U. Mbeki
Water Tribunal upheld an appeal against refusal of a water use licence for two holding dams, finding the decision relied on outdated information and ignored expert evidence.
Thubakgale and Others v Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality and Others (39602/2015) [2017] ZAGPPHC 923; 2018 (6) SA 584 (GP) (15 December 2017)
Court
North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria
Case number
39602/2015
Judge
M J Teffo
The court found that the respondents breached the applicants' constitutional right of access to adequate housing by failing to allocate stands and houses to them despite their approved housing subsidies. The allocation of stands to other individuals was not in accordance with the National Housing Code or the Housing Act. The respondents' explanations regarding dummy numbers and administrative errors were not justifiable, and their delay in providing housing was unreasonable. The court held that the applicants, as approved beneficiaries, were entitled to transfer of the properties and that the…
Head of Department : Mpumalanga Department of Education and Another v Hoërskool Ermelo and Another (CCT40/09) [2009] ZACC 32; 2010 (2) SA 415 (CC) ; 2010 (3) BCLR 177 (CC) (14 October 2009)
The Constitutional Court held that, while the Head of Department has the power under section 22(1) of the Schools Act to withdraw a governing body's function to determine language policy on reasonable grounds, this power is not absolute and must be exercised in accordance with constitutional values and procedural fairness. The Court found that the Head of Department unlawfully conflated the powers under sections 22 and 25 by appointing an interim committee to determine language policy, as section 25 only applies where a governing body has ceased or failed to perform its functions, which was n…
SNT (Pty) Limited v Commissioner of the South African Revenue Services and Others (3917/2007) [2007] ZAGPHC 48; 2007 BIP 189 (T) (3 April 2007)
Court
High Courts - Gauteng
Case number
3917/2007
Judge
A. P. Ledwaba
The High Court upheld customs detention of soccer balls bearing the PELE mark, finding prima facie grounds of counterfeiting and well-known mark protection.
