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Kobe and Others v Premier of the Limpopo Province and Others (11377/2023) [2024] ZALMPPHC 64 (10 July 2024)
The High Court confirmed an interim interdict stopping appointments of headman or headwoman in specified Bahananwa villages pending an SCA appeal.
Janse van Rensburg and Others v WAD Holdings (Pty) Ltd and Others (29458/2022) [2022] ZAGPPHC 974 (5 December 2022)
The court found that the urgency relied upon by the applicants was entirely self-created, arising from their own dilatory conduct in prosecuting multiple actions, arbitrations, and applications over several years. The applicants failed to advance their litigation with diligence, and the imminent sale of shares was a foreseeable event that could have been addressed earlier. The court held that there were no compelling interests of justice, such as fraud or collusion, to justify indulgence of the urgent application. The applicants' repeated changes of position and procedural manoeuvres amounted…
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National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa v Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd and Others (J735/21) [2021] ZALCJHB 182; [2021] 10 BLLR 1049 (LC) (6 July 2021)
The Labour Court dismissed NUMSA’s urgent bid to stop Eskom implementing a final offer and changing conditions of service pending arbitration, finding no clear right and an adequate statutory remedy.
Upper Highway Air NPC v Enviroserve Waste Management (Pty) Ltd and Others (3692/2017) [2018] ZAKZDHC 21 (21 June 2018)
The court refused a postponement and dismissed an urgent interdict against a landfill operator, holding that environmental regulators should continue managing the dispute.
Hillside Safaris (Pty) Ltd v Afrika Plains Limited (2789/2017) [2017] ZAECGHC 88 (26 July 2017)
Urgent application for an interim interdict to preserve alleged traversal rights over Lilyvalley failed for lack of a prima facie right, urgency and joinder.
Nkosi v Van's Auctioneer and Another (9725/2017) [2017] ZAGPPHC 367 (21 June 2017)
The High Court dismissed an urgent interdict by an unrehabilitated insolvent to stop sale of estate property, finding fatal non-joinder and no suspension of execution.
Shanmugam v Peter N.O and Others (11638/2015) [2016] ZAKZDHC 16 (20 April 2016)
The court discharged an interim interdict stopping transfer of property, finding the sale agreement invalid for lack of authority, alternatively cancelled, and the claim prescribed.
Cecil N.O and Others v Bertulis and Another (04024/2014) [2014] ZAGPJHC 333 (11 March 2014)
Liquidators obtained an urgent interdict restraining a respondent and Capitec Bank from dealing with insurance proceeds pending action to recover alleged impeachable payments.
Solidarity obo van der Walt and Others v South African Police Service and Others (J 412/13) [2013] ZALCJHB 130; [2013] 8 BLLR 816 (LC); (2013) 34 ILJ 2943 (LC) (28 February 2013)
The Labour Court granted urgent interim relief stopping SAPS promotions under a disputed equity agreement pending related main proceedings.
Western Cape Fresh Produce Crisis Committee v City of Cape Town (16925/12) [2012] ZAWCHC 324 (28 September 2012)
Urgent application for an interdict pending review of municipal demolition decisions was dismissed for lack of a clear right, delay, locus standi, and balance of convenience.
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