Bojosinyane v Ditsobotla Local Municipality (2025/013682) [2025] ZALCJHB 119 (20 March 2025)
Court
Labour Court Johannesburg
Case number
2025/013682
Judge
M Makhura
The Labour Court ordered two municipal officials to pay the costs of an urgent application personally, jointly and severally, on a party-and-party scale.
Mbambisa and Others v Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality (272/2023) [2024] ZASCA 151; (2025) 46 ILJ 277 (SCA); 2025 (3) SA 112 (SCA) (8 November 2024)
Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number
272/2023
Judges
Schippers, Mokgohloa, Nicholls, Baartman, Masipa
The Supreme Court of Appeal held that section 32 of the Municipal Finance Management Act creates a statutory obligation for municipalities to recover unauthorised, irregular, or fruitless and wasteful expenditure from officials who deliberately or negligently incur such expenditure, regardless of whether the municipality suffered actual loss or received value for the expenditure. The court rejected the defendants' argument that liability under section 32 is limited to legal accountability and not financial liability, finding that the plain language, context, and purpose of the provision requi…
BEMAWU and Others v South African Broadcasting Corporation SOC Ltd and Others; Solidarity and Others v South African Broadcasting Corporation SOC Ltd and Others (J1592/16; J1343/16) [2017] ZALCJHB 341; [2017] 12 BLLR 1237 (LC); (2018) 39 ILJ 241 (LC) (15 September 2017)
Court
Labour Court Johannesburg
Case number
J1592/16; J1343/16
Judge
Gush
The Labour Court held that costs should be paid jointly and severally by the SABC and two officials after unlawful policy and dismissal conduct.