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Administrative Law [2025] ZAGPPHC 740

Ezihe v Minister of Home Affairs and Another (060971/25)

Ezihe v Minister of Home Affairs and Another (060971/25) [2025] ZAGPPHC 740 (25 July 2025)

The court dismissed an unopposed motion to compel a decision on a spousal permit application because the papers were procedurally defective and the supplementary affidavit lacked leave.

  • Spousal Permit Application
  • Supplementary Affidavit Filing
  • Court Discretion On Affidavits
  • Professional Responsibility
  • Motion-proceedings
  • Supplementary-affidavit
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Civil Procedure [2023] ZAFSHC 511

Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality and Another v University of the Free State and Others (3497/2021)

Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality and Another v University of the Free State and Others (3497/2021) [2023] ZAFSHC 511 (27 December 2023)

The court found that the Sixth Respondent did not seek leave to file the Explanatory Affidavit, nor did the previous orders grant a blanket licence to file any affidavit at will. The orders were specific in permitting supplementation, answering, or replying by way of further affidavit, but only with proper application and court approval. The Sixth Respondent failed to provide a plausible explanation for not including the relevant facts in his earlier affidavit, and the Explanatory Affidavit did not address new matters or evidence. Its filing constituted an irregular step under Rule 30, and th…

  • Uniform Rule 30
  • Filing Of Further Affidavits
  • Joinder Of Parties
  • Court Discretion On Affidavits
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