KS v AM and Another (2021/28121) [2024] ZAGPJHC 1187; 2025 (4) SA 626 (GJ) (12 November 2024)
Court
South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg
Case number
2021/28121
Judge
S C Mia
Default judgment granted for privacy invasion, defamation, and non-consensual intimate image sharing on a fake Facebook profile, with damages and attorney-client costs.
Ethypersadh v Minister of Police N.O and Others (2023-064414) [2023] ZAGPPHC 595 (25 July 2023)
Court
North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria
Case number
2023-064414
Judge
C J van der Westhuizen
The court found that the search and seizure warrant issued by the third respondent complied with all statutory and common law requirements, including intelligibility, specificity of authorised persons and premises, and the existence of reasonable suspicion based on the evidence presented. The magistrate subjectively applied her mind as required, and hearsay evidence was sufficient to create the necessary suspicion for the warrant. The applicant failed to discharge the onus to prove invalidity or lack of judicial application of mind. Procedural objections regarding urgency, spoliation, joinder…