Mohale v Road Accident Fund (7257/2019) [2022] ZALMPPHC 38 (14 July 2022)
Court
Limpopo High Court, Polokwane
Case number
7257/2019
Judge
Kganyago
The court held that Dr Kumbirai’s affidavit was properly signed and commissioned, allowed the matter to be re-enrolled for trial, and referred the judgment to the Legal Practice Council.
Msezeni and Others v Workforce Group (Pty) Ltd and Another (30437/2018) [2021] ZAGPJHC 133 (17 May 2021)
Court
South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg
Case number
30437/2018
Judge
S C Mia
The High Court held that Dew Crisp, not Workforce Group, was the applicants’ employer and granted declaratory relief with costs against the first respondent.
Bee Foundation (Pty) Ltd and Others v IDADA Trading 108 (Pty) Ltd (5654/2011) [2021] ZAGPPHC 296 (21 April 2021)
Court
North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria
Case number
5654/2011
Judge
Maumela
The court dismissed IDADA’s Rule 30 application with costs and held that prior motion affidavits and a section 415 insolvency transcript were admissible at trial.
Thamae and Others v Roering NO and Others (46072/2013) [2017] ZAGPJHC 389; 2017 (2) SA 328 (ECG) (23 November 2017)
Court
South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg
Case number
46072/2013
Judge
DP de Villiers
The court dismissed an application to lift provisional liquidation and place a mining company in business rescue, finding the applicants lacked locus standi.
S v Dithlakanyane and Others (SS 43/2012) [2014] ZAGPJHC 395 (16 October 2014)
Court
South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg
Case number
SS 43/2012
Judge
k satchwell
The court held that the affidavits of the absent accountholders are hearsay evidence as defined by the Law of Evidence Amendment Act and section 2(2) of POCA, since their probative value depends on the credibility of the deponents who are not available to testify. The court found that the State had produced the best available evidence regarding the unavailability of the witnesses and had taken reasonable steps to secure their attendance. The court determined that the admission of the affidavits would not render the trial unfair to the accused, except in the case of accused 11, who had made an…
NUM obo Smith v Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration and Others (C 489/12) [2013] ZALCCT 7 (20 March 2013)
Court
Labour Court Cape Town
Case number
C 489/12
Judge
Steenkamp
The court found that the arbitrator did not commit a gross irregularity in the conduct of the proceedings. Smith's refusal to answer questions about Coetzee was at the insistence of his own representative, and the arbitrator merely advised him of his right not to answer. The inference drawn from Smith's silence was reasonable. The arbitrator's finding that Smith committed the misconduct was supported by cumulative circumstantial evidence: Smith was the only employee with the necessary knowledge and access, he was on duty at the relevant time, and multiple telephone calls were made to Coetzee…