South Africa Case Law

Hutchinson v Global Business Administrators (Pty) Ltd and Another (2025/112376)

Hutchinson v Global Business Administrators (Pty) Ltd and Another (2025/112376) [2025] ZALCJHB 321 (24 July 2025)

Court

Labour Court Johannesburg

Case number

2025/112376

Judge

M Makhura

The applicant failed to prove that he was an employee of the first respondent after December 2023. He did not plead or substantiate the existence or terms of any employment contract, nor did he provide evidence of salary payments or employment after December 2023. The respondents' evidence, including invoices from Trinity Equity Holdings (Pty) Ltd for services rendered, established that the relationship was one of service provision, not employment. The applicant's reliance on an old payslip and his denial of the invoices were insufficient to establish an employment relationship. As a result,…

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• Jurisdiction Of Labour Court
• Contract Of Employment
• Repudiation Of Contract
• Urgent Application Abuse

D.D v I.L and Another (16939/2024)

D.D v I.L and Another (16939/2024) [2024] ZAWCHC 215 (20 August 2024)

Court

Western Cape High Court, Cape Town

Case number

16939/2024

Judge

R K Parker

Urgent application to secure school placement for a minor was struck off for lack of urgency after the court found mediation had not been meaningfully pursued.

• School Admission Dispute
• Parental Rights
• Urgent Application Abuse
• Mediation Requirement
• Best Interests Of Child
• Family-law

Homestead Enterprise (Pty) Limited v L.G.Nogaga Incorporated Attorneys and Another (HCGS390804)

Homestead Enterprise (Pty) Limited v L.G.Nogaga Incorporated Attorneys and Another (HCGS390804) [2024] ZAGPJHC 280 (2 March 2024)

Court

South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg

Case number

HCGS390804

Judge

Gilbert AJ

The High Court struck an urgent application from the roll, finding that 90 minutes’ after-hours notice and a bid for final relief amounted to an abuse of process.

• Urgent Application Abuse
• Final Relief On Short Notice
• Interim Interdict
• Notice Requirements
• Urgent-applications
• Abuse-of-process

Mahlangu and Others v Mahlangu and Others (73302/2017)

Mahlangu and Others v Mahlangu and Others (73302/2017) [2019] ZAGPPHC 491 (19 September 2019)

Court

North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria

Case number

73302/2017

Judge

J.J.C. Swanepoel

The High Court dismissed an urgent challenge to a will and removed no executrix, finding no real urgency, no evidentiary basis for undue influence, and a clear dispute of fact.

• Testamentary Capacity
• Undue Influence
• Removal Of Executrix
• Urgent Application Abuse
• Costs De Bonis Propriis
• Urgent-application-abuse

Aakiji and Others v Minister of Home Affairs and Others (2013/21797, 2013/21796, 2013/21799)

Aakiji and Others v Minister of Home Affairs and Others (2013/21797, 2013/21796, 2013/21799) [2013] ZAGPJHC 268 (3 October 2013)

Court

South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg

Case number

2013/21797, 2013/21796, 2013/21799

Judge

M A Makume

High Court dismissed one urgent detention application and found the others withdrawn, holding the papers were contradictory, dishonest, and an abuse of process.

• Unlawful Detention
• Urgent Application Abuse
• Costs De Bonis Propriis
• Constitutional Rights Of Foreign Nationals
• Urgent-application
• Abuse-of-process