South Africa Case Law

Dlamini and Another v Joosten and Others (30/05)

Dlamini and Another v Joosten and Others (30/05) [2005] ZASCA 138; [2006] 3 All SA 1 (SCA); 2006 (3) SA 342 (SCA) (30 November 2005)

Court

Supreme Court of Appeal

Case number

30/05

Judges

Harms, Streicher, Jafta, Mlambo, Cachalia

The SCA held that burial rights under ESTA attach to the cadastral land where the occupier resides, and that an established burial practice cannot be unilaterally withdrawn.

• Extension Of Security Of Tenure Act
• Burial Rights
• Cadastral Description
• Established Practice
• Real Rights
• Personal Servitude