South Africa Case Law

Sable Place Properties 106 (Pty) Ltd and Others v Visa Security Group (Pty) Ltd and Another (097988/2025)

Sable Place Properties 106 (Pty) Ltd and Others v Visa Security Group (Pty) Ltd and Another (097988/2025) [2025] ZAGPPHC 760 (18 July 2025)

Court

North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria

Case number

097988/2025

Judge

Minnaar

The court granted a section 18 application, keeping an urgent interdict operative pending appeal and awarding costs, including wasted costs, against the first respondent.

• Section 18 Application
• Interim Interdict
• Exceptional Circumstances
• Irreparable Harm
• Security Services Contract
• Section-18

Kagisano Molopo Local Municipality and Another v SNPRP Security Services CC (182/2023)

Kagisano Molopo Local Municipality and Another v SNPRP Security Services CC (182/2023) [2024] ZANWHC 196 (22 July 2024)

Court

North West High Court, Mafikeng

Case number

182/2023

Judge

FMM Reid

The High Court dismissed an exception to particulars of claim in a municipal security contract dispute, holding the claim was sufficiently pleaded and quantified.

• Exception To Pleadings
• Security Services Contract
• Municipal Finance Management Act
• Quantification Of Claim
• Vague And Embarrassing Pleading
• Exception-to-pleadings

Narayan Textiles CC v Fox Alarms and Security (15737/2015)

Narayan Textiles CC v Fox Alarms and Security (15737/2015) [2019] ZAGPJHC 21 (4 February 2019)

Court

South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg

Case number

15737/2015

Judge

Fisher

The court found that Narayan Textiles CC failed to establish that Fox Alarms and Security breached its contractual obligations. The evidence showed that the alarm system was operational on the night of the burglary, and the cause of its failure to send a signal was not discernible or attributable to any breach or fault by Fox. The contract was largely oral and imprecise, but Fox installed the system as agreed, and Narayan did not prove that Fox failed to advise on or install necessary features such as a Telkom backup line or anti-masking passives. The regulatory requirements were not shown to…

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• Contractual Breach
• Security Services Contract
• Burden Of Proof
• Adequacy Of Performance

Loureiro and Others v Imvula Quality Protection (Pty) Ltd (09/15228)

Loureiro and Others v Imvula Quality Protection (Pty) Ltd (09/15228) [2011] ZAGPJHC 140 (30 September 2011)

Court

South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg

Case number

09/15228

Judge

Satchwell

High Court held a security company liable in contract and delict after its guard opened a gate to intruders posing as police, enabling a robbery.

• Negligence
• Vicarious Liability
• Security Services Contract
• Duty Of Care
• Breach Of Contract
• Private Security Industry Regulation

Amatole District Municipality and Another v King William?s Town Taxi Management and Others (ECJ 048/2004)

Amatole District Municipality and Another v King William?s Town Taxi Management and Others (ECJ 048/2004) [2004] ZAECHC 41 (25 November 2004)

Court

High Courts - Eastern Cape

Case number

ECJ 048/2004

Judge

Plasket

Leave to appeal was refused because the contract at the heart of the dispute had expired, leaving no live issue between the parties. Section 21A of the Supreme Court Act requires that an appeal must have a practical effect or result, which was absent in this case. The applicants' arguments regarding public interest and the regulation of taxi ranks were found to be misplaced, as the judgment did not undermine municipal powers nor strike down the Code of Conduct for security officers. The relief sought was either not raised in the founding papers or was too vague to be granted. The court exerci…

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• Leave To Appeal
• Practical Effect Requirement
• Contractual Validity
• Municipal Powers
• Security Services Contract