Sign in
South Africa Source-linked decisions Coverage checked

South Africa Case Law

Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.

Courts on this page
2 court collections
Last checked

South Africa decisions

Decisions matching the current search

Clear filters
Criminal Law [2011] ZAWCHC 154

Vos en Anders v S (A 107/2005)

Vos en Anders v S (A 107/2005) [2011] ZAWCHC 154 (18 February 2011)

The court granted leave to appeal against convictions for housebreaking and theft, finding a real prospect another court may view corroboration as insufficient.

  • Housebreaking And Theft
  • Credibility Of Accomplice Evidence
  • Leave To Appeal
  • Standard Of Proof
  • Corroboration Of Evidence
  • Criminal-law
Read case analysis
Criminal Law [1999] ZASCA 65

S v Buthelezi and Others (39/97)

S v Buthelezi and Others (39/97) [1999] ZASCA 65 (21 September 1999)

The Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed appeals by 17 appellants convicted over the Boipatong attack, upholding findings on common purpose and corroborated accomplice evidence.

  • Common Purpose Liability
  • Murder
  • Attempted Murder
  • Public Violence
  • Credibility Of Accomplice Evidence
  • Common-purpose-liability
Read case analysis
Criminal Law [1997] ZASCA 111

S v Leeuw (14/95)

S v Leeuw (14/95) [1997] ZASCA 111 (27 November 1997)

The Supreme Court of Appeal upheld the attempted-robbery conviction, set aside the death sentence as unconstitutional, and remitted murder sentencing.

  • Murder
  • Manslaughter
  • Robbery With Aggravating Circumstances
  • Common Purpose
  • Credibility Of Accomplice Evidence
  • Criminal-law
Read case analysis

About this LexChat collection

South Africa decisions are organised by court, judge, legal area and indexed issue so a practitioner can move from a proposition to a citable authority with the surrounding context intact.