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Verwey v Minister of Police and Others (2024-104069) [2024] ZAGPPHC 1024 (17 October 2024)
High Court of South Africa (Gauteng Division, Pretoria)
17 October 2024
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by that training facility, including that of the Applicant. [5] As a result of these discrepancies and the subsequent criminal investigation into Webbs’ arms, members of the Firearms Task
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REPUBLIC
OF SOUTH AFRICA
IN
THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA
GAUTENG
DIVISION, PRETORIA
Case
Number: 2024-104069
1.
REPORTABLE: NO
2.
OF INTEREST TO OTHER JUDGES: NO
3.
REVISED: NO
DATE:
17 October 2024
In
the matter between:
JACQUES
VERWEY
First Applicant
and
MINISTER
OF POLICE
First Respondent
NATIONAL
COMMISSIONER OF THE
SOUTH
AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
Second Respondent
PROVINCIAL
COMMISSIONER OF THE
SOUTH
AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
Third Respondent
EASTERN
CAPE HEAD OF OFFICE OF THE
CENTRAL
FIREARMS REGISTRY STATION
Fourth Respondent
COMMANDER
PATERSON POLICE STATION
Fifth Respondent
DESIGNATED
FIREARM OFFICER OF
PATERSON
POLICE STATION
Sixth Respondent
CONSTABLE
AVIWE JIYA
Seventh Respondent
SERGEANT
VAN RENSBURG
Eighth Respondent
JUDGMENT
K. Strydom AJ
Introduction
[1]
The Applicant, on an urgent basis seeks the
return of firearms and ammunition he had handed over to the Paterson
police station.
He further seeks declaratory orders confirming that
he is currently in possession of valid firearm licences as well as a
valid
competency certificate.
[2]
The Respondents have collectively opposed
the Application and have filed one Answering Affidavit. Save where
necessary, to avoid
prolixity, in this judgment they will
collectively be referred to as “the Respondents” or “the
SAPS”, depending
on the context.
Background
[3]
The facts are largely common cause. During
October 2020 the plaintiff had successfully completed firearm
training through an accredited
training centre, Webb’s Arms.
His competency certificates were issued during March 2021, and he
subsequently obtained firearm
licences for each of the firearms
relevant to this application.
[4]
Subsequently, an investigation into Webb's
Arms revealed discrepancies of multiple portfolios of evidence, held
by that training
facility, including that of the Applicant.
[5]
As
a result of these discrepancies and the subsequent criminal
investigation into Webbs’ arms, members of the Firearms Task
Team visited the Applicant on 27 August 2024. Amongst the members of
the team was the eighth Respondent, Sergeant Van Rensburg.
According
to the Applicant, the eighth Respondent informed him in no uncertain
terms that he may not retain possession of his firearms
and must hand
them in at Paterson police station. The Respondents, on the other
hand, submit the Applicant was informed of “
...the
serious implications
...”
[1]
of the irregularities and that he was given the option to surrender
his firearms, pending the finalisation of the investigation
into
Webbs’ Arms.
[6]
The Applicant then voluntarily drove
himself to the police station and deposed to a warning statement. He
handed over the firearms
to Constable Aviwe Jiya, the seventh
Respondent, who completed the “
Property
Acknowledgement of Receipt
” form.
The Applicant affixed his signature to the bottom of this form where
it is indicated “
Signature of the
person from whom the property was seized
.”
[7]
The Applicant alleges that he was then
informed by the eighth respondent that he would need to redo his
competency certification
as well as obtain new firearm licences for
the firearms. This is denied by the Respondents.
[8]
The Applicant redid and passed the relevant
training at a different accredited training institution in Humansdorp
on 31
st
of August 2024. On the 9
th
of September 2024 he approached the Paterson Police Station to apply
for a competency certificate. The designated firearms officer
at the
Paterson Police Station then indicated he could not apply for a new
competency certificate, as the system showed that he
still held a
valid competency certificate and valid firearms licences.
[9]
Having therefore become aware that there
was therefore no basis upon which the SAPS was entitled to “seize”
or retain
the firearms, he instituted the present proceedings. The
Respondents deny that seizure took place and insist that the
Applicant
surrendered the firearms voluntarily.
Urgency and Points
in limine
[10]
Apart from the usual challenge to urgency,
the Respondents additionally raised the following points
in
limine
:
a.
An application for the transfer of the
matter to the Eastern Cape Division, Port Elizabeth;
b.
An objection to the Applicant’s
reliance on the
rei vindicatio
in his replying affidavit, under circumstances when he had not made
out a case for such relief in his notice of motion and founding
affidavit.
[11]
At the hearing, I had already ruled on
urgency and the application for transfer. As such, I will only
briefly set out the reasoning
for each ruling. With regards to the
issue relating to the pleadings and the rei vindication I indicated
that I would make my determination
after hearing the merits and do so
below.
Transfer application
[12]
The
Respondents argued that the matter should be transferred to the
Eastern Cape Division, Gqeberha on the basis that “
...(t)here
are no sufficient connecting factors between this Court and the
matter whereas, the Eastern Cape High Court has a closer
relation to
the matter
.”
[2]
In substantiation, it is alleged that most of the Respondents reside
in the Eastern Cape and that the criminal investigation into
Webbs’
Arms is centred in the Eastern Cape
.
[13]
Section 27(1)(b)
of the
Superior Courts Act
10 of 2013
affords this Court with the discretion to, on application,
order such a transfer if it is found that it would be more convenient
or appropriate for another Division to hear the matter.
The
determination is essentially based on facts and the onus is on the
Respondents to satisfy the Court of such convenience or
appropriateness.
[14]
The locality of the criminal investigation
against Webbs’ Arms is irrelevant for purposes of this present
urgent application.
It is common cause that the Applicant is neither
a suspect, nor an accused in those investigations. The validity of
the Applicant’s
firearm licenses and competency certificate is
also not in dispute. The issues for determination herein relate to
whether the SAPS
is entitled to retain firearms which are the lawful
possessions of the Applicant. In argument, Counsel for the
Respondents made
oblique references to witnesses and possible
inspections
in loco
but
could not link the need for same directly to the determinations
required herein.
[15]
As such I found that the application for
transfer should be dismissed.
Objection to reliance
on the rei vindicatio
[16]
The
assertion that the reliance on the
rei
vindicatio
was raised for the first time in the replying affidavit is factually
incorrect. The Applicant, in his founding affidavit indicates
that he
relies on spoliation as well as
inter
alia,
in the alternative, the
rei
vindicatio
doctrine.
[3]
The notice of
motion makes no reference to either spoliation or the
rei
vindicatio
and
merely states that the relief sought is the return of the firearms.
[17]
This point
in
limine
is therefore dismissed.
Urgency
[18]
The
Applicant asserted that spoliation matters are inherently urgent. I
agree with the Respondents that this bald averment is, at
most, a
generalization, and that ‘urgency’ depends on the
relevant facts of each matter, and not the nature of the
cause of
action relied upon.
[4]
[19]
The Applicant works in a high-risk industry
(the selling and transporting of scrap metal including copper). He
alleges that he requires
the firearms for both his and his employees’
protection. The Respondents are of the view that this is insufficient
to prove
urgency and that the members of the SAPS have a sworn duty
to protect the Applicant and will do so. I do not intend to provide
an entire discourse of the safety of citizens within the country and
the capacity of the SAPS in this regard.
In
casu
, I was satisfied that the
Applicant had proven that the holding of firearms is essential to his
and his employees’ protection
within their industry.
[20]
For the Respondents it was argued that the
Applicant will be afforded substantial redress in due course. This
redress would lie
in the conclusion of the criminal proceedings
against the proprietor of Webbs’ Arms. In other words, the
Applicant’s
firearms would be returned at the end of that
criminal matter.
[21]
This argument is untenable: The Applicant
is at most a witness in relation to those proceedings and exercises
no control over the
pace thereof. More importantly, however, is the
fact that the Respondents do not allege that firearms are not held as
evidence
in the criminal case against the proprietor of Webbs’
Arms. The Respondents justify their refusal to return the firearms on
the basis that there are question marks surrounding the validity of
the firearm licenses and competency certificate which were
issued
pursuant to his training certificates issued by Webbs’ Arms.
This is the only tenuous link to the criminal investigation.
[22]
Despite the urging of this Court during
argument, counsel for the Respondent made no submissions to counter
the submission that
substantial redress would not be obtained should
the matter be enrolled on the ‘normal’ opposed motion
roll of this
Court.
[23]
I accordingly held that the matter is
urgent.
Application for the
return of firearms and ammunition
[24]
The Applicant relies on the
mandament
van spolie
and, in the alternative, the
rei vindicatio
doctrine to claim return of the firearms and ammunition.
[25]
To properly contextualise both arguments,
it is important to note that the Respondents have confirmed that the
Applicant is neither
a suspect nor an accused in relation to the
criminal investigation into Webbs’ Arms. They also admitted
that the neither
the Applicant’s competency certificate, nor
his firearm licenses have been revoked and are still valid.
Furthermore, as previously
indicated, the Respondents do not assert
that the firearms are being held as evidence for, or in relation to,
the criminal investigation.
Spoliation
[26]
The two requirements for a successful
spoliation order were set out in
Yeko v
Qana
:
“
In
order to obtain a spoliation order the onus is on the Applicant to
prove the required possession, and that he was unlawfully
deprived of
such possession..”
[5]
[27]
It is not disputed that the Applicant had
been in undisturbed possession of the firearms and ammunition. The
issue for determination
is whether the dispossession was lawful.
[28]
There is a dispute of fact relating to
whether the Applicant was informed by the eighth Respondent that he
had to hand over the
firearms or whether he voluntarily did so.
[29]
Despite the various submissions by the
parties on the relative probabilities of either version, I am
constrained by the nature of
the proceedings before me to decide the
issue on those facts that are common cause. As such the Applicant has
failed to prove that
he was forced, coerced or deceived by the eight
Respondent into voluntarily handing over the firearms. However, even
accepting,
for purposes of this argument, that the firearms were
voluntarily handed over, the question of lawfulness of the
disposition remains
open for determination.
[30]
The Respondents have placed great reliance
on the consent of the Applicant in arguing that the Applicant has not
discharged his
onus to prove unlawful deprivation. In doing so, they
have, erroneously, elevated the concept of consent to an absolute
defence
to a claim based on the
mandament
.
Having set out the two requirements (possession and unlawful
deprivation), the Court in
Yeko
went further to describe what constitutes “unlawfulness”:
“
...
The Applicant must prove the facts necessary to
justify a final order – that is, that the things alleged to
have been spoliated
were in its possession, and that they were
removed from its possession forcibly
or
wrongfully
or
against its consent”.
[Underlining
my own]
.
[31]
The
Respondents are all either organs of state or public officials in the
employ of organs of state. It was confirmed in Ngqukumba
v
Minister of Safety and Security and Others
[6]
that police officers exercise public powers in the execution of
their duties
[7]
and may
therefore only act within the confines of the relevant empowering
legislation.
[32]
The
Constitutional Court, in
Ngqukumba
,
further stated that:
[8]
“
[12] A
spoliation order is available even against government entities for
the simple reason that unfortunately excesses by
those entities do
occur. Those excesses, like acts of self-help by individuals, may
lead to breaches of the peace: that is what
the spoliation order,
which is deeply rooted in the rule of law, seeks to avert.
The
likely consequences aside, the rule of law must be vindicated. The
spoliation order serves exactly that purpose.
[13] It matters
not that a government entity may be purporting to act under colour of
a law, statutory or otherwise.
The real issue is whether it is
properly acting within the law
. After all, the principle of
legality requires of state organs always to act in terms of the law.”
[33]
In casu
,
the reference to the Applicant’s alleged consent in handing
over the firearms, is a red herring; the granting of consent
by the
Applicant cannot magically transform into lawfulness, unlawful
actions by public officials.
[34]
The Respondents have vehemently denied that
the firearms were seized and have insisted that they were voluntarily
surrendered. Therein
lies the rub.
[35]
“
Voluntary
surrender” within the context of the Firearms’ Control
Act, Act 60 of 2000 and the Regulations thereto, relates
to instances
where a firearm, as well as the relevant firearm license and
competency certificate, is surrendered permanently to
the SAPS. There
is a specific form to be completed upon such surrender and the SAPS
is entitled to dispose of the firearm.
[9]
That is clearly not the case
in
casu.
The Respondents contended that they are entitled to retain the
firearms pending the outcome of the criminal proceedings against
Webbs’ Arms. The purpose of the receipt and retention of the
firearms is therefore not the same as voluntary surrenders in
terms
of the Firearms Control Act and Regulations.
[36]
On the other hand, Chapter 2 of the
Criminal Procedure Act, 51 of 1977 (“the CPS”), which
governs searches and seizures,
regulates instances where possessions
may be seized and gives clear directions how, after conclusion of
criminal proceedings, possessions
should be dealt with. However, as
the Respondent is adamant that the firearms were not seized in terms
of the CPA, the SAPS could
not have been authorised to receive and
retain the forearms under these provisions.
[37]
Counsel for the Respondent, correctly,
conceded that there are no statutory provisions that empower the SAPS
to receive and retain
firearms under the circumstances
in
casu
. He however submitted that, for
purposes of the spoliation application, the lack of authority of the
SAPS to retain the firearms
is irrelevant. It was argued that the
Court must have regard only to the act of handing over of the
firearms (the act of dispossession).
[38]
Whilst technically correct, the argument
does not assist the Respondents. The lawfulness of the receipt into
custody of the firearms
by the seventh Respondent is also subject to
the same principles of legality. Simply put, it was unlawful to
accept the handing
over of the firearms under circumstances where
such acceptance was not provided for in terms of law.
[39]
Ironically, in their zeal to avoid a
finding that the firearms were seized, the Respondents failed to
appreciate that it is in fact
the search and seizure provisions of
the CPA that would have authorised the acceptance and retention of
the firearms pending the
outcome of the criminal investigations.
Rei Vindicatio
[40]
For the sake of completeness (and in the
event that my conclusion regarding the applicability of the
mandament
van spolie
is erroneous), I will
briefly consider the alternative ground for return of the firearms.
[41]
In
Chetty
v Naidoo
[10]
,
the legal position in relation to the onus resting on a party in
relying on the
rei
vindicatio
was described as follows
:
“
It
is inherent in the nature of ownership that possession of the res
should normally be with the owner, and it follows that no other
person may withhold it from the owner unless he is vested with some
right enforceable against the owner (e.g. a right of retention
or a
contractual right). The owner, in instituting a rei vindicatio, need,
therefore, do no more than allege and prove that he
is the owner and
that the defendant is holding the res --- the onus being on the
defendant to allege and establish any right to
continue to hold
against the owner.”
[42]
In casu
,
it is not seriously disputed that the Applicant is the owner of the
firearms and that the SAPS is in possession thereof.
[43]
In justification for their continued
possession of the firearms, the Respondents have sought refuge in the
alleged discrepancies
found in the Applicant’s portfolio of
evidence. The terse argument was that, as the ownership of a firearm
is subject to
the possession of a firearm license, which in turn is
granted based on a valid certificate of competency, these alleged
discrepancies
render the legality of the Applicant’s ownership
of the firearms into question.
[44]
In
view of the admission that the Applicant’s certificate of
competency and firearm licenses are currently valid, this argument
must fail. Regardless of the Respondents’ speculations as to
the future validity and/or possible withdrawal of the Applicant’s
firearm licenses, the legal position, at the time of this
application, is that he is entitled to own the firearms. The
Applicant,
correctly, relied on the principle that an administrative
action will remain enforceable until set aside by a competent Court,
as confirmed in
Oudekraal
Estates
(Pty) Ltd v City of Cape Town and Others
.
[11]
Therefore, as the decisions to grant the firearm licenses and
competency certificate to the Applicant have not been set aside by
a
Court, the alleged ‘question marks’ regarding the
validity thereof, have no effect on the Applicant’s right
to
own the firearms.
[45]
As
with the spoliation discussion
supra
,
the continued retention of the firearms would only be justifiable if
authorised by law. As already indicated, the Respondents
deny
exercising search and seizure powers per Chapter 2 of the CPA and
admit that no statutory authority for possession, under
the present
circumstances, exists. The submission in the heads of argument that
“...
at
this stage the continued possession of the firearms in custody is in
relation to the criminal investigation.
..”
[12]
therefore also does not assist in justifying such continued
possession.
[46]
Accordingly, the Respondents have failed to
establish any right or entitlement to retain possession in the face
of lawful ownership.
The Applicant would therefore also have
succeeded in the application for the return of the firearms on the
basis of the application
of the
rei
vindicatio
doctrine.
Application for
declaratory relief
[47]
According to Section 21(1)(c) of the Superior
Courts Act 10 of 2013 (the
Superior Courts Act) a
division of the
High Court has the power to
"...in
its discretion, and at the instance of any interested person, to
enquire into and determine any existing, future or
contingent right
or obligation, notwithstanding that such person cannot claim any
relief consequential upon the determination
."
[48]
Declarators
are frequently described as orders by which disputes over the
existence of legal rights are resolved.
[13]
In
Cordiant
Trading
[14]
the Supreme Court of Appeal observed that the Court should adopt a
two-stage approach in determining whether such an order should
be
granted. First, it must satisfy itself that the Applicant has an
“
existing,
future or contingent right or obligation
”.
If satisfied in this regard, the Court then has to decide the second
leg of the enquiry, namely whether it is an appropriate
case to
exercise its jurisdiction in favour of granting such relief.
[49]
There are no hard and fast rules relating
to when it would be appropriate to make a declaratory order. However,
an examination of
previous decisions provides useful insight into the
nature of relief that would be dealt with by way of declarator:
a.
The issue for determination should relate
to disputed rights and not disputed facts. As stated by Ponnan JA in
Clear Enterprises (Pty) Ltd v
Commissioner for the South African Revenue Services and Others
:
“
..
absent
an undisputed factual substratum, it would be extremely difficult to
define the limits of the declaratory relief that should
issue
.”
[15]
b.
Although an
existing dispute is not a prerequisite for the exercise by a Court of
its jurisdiction to grant declaratory relief,
the absence of such a
dispute may, depending on the circumstances, cause the Court to
refuse to exercise that jurisdiction.
[16]
c.
The
determination should be binding upon the parties, i.e.
res
iudicata
as
between the parties.
[17]
d.
It
has also been held that the issue raised before the Court should also
not be one that is “
...hypothetical,
abstract and academic, or where the legal position is clearly defined
by statute
.”
[18]
More recently, however, where the legal position was clearly stated
in statute, but is persistently misinterpreted, Courts have
elected
to clarify the correct interpretation by way of declarotors.
[19]
e.
In
Khosa
and Others v Minister of Defence and Military Defence and Military
Veterans and Others
[20]
a declaration of rights was granted as a deterrent for future
violations thereof. The Court held that:
“
[75]
It
was
also submitted that appropriate relief must be future looking. One of
its objects is to 'deter future violations'. This imposes
an
obligation on the Court, faced with evidence which proves violations
of rights, not to gloss over the violation on the basis
that
declaratory relief is not necessary. Declaratory relief services a
unique and distinct purpose of acknowledging the violation,
setting
out the obligations and deterring future violations. I agree that
this is the correct approach and it is one that I will
adopt.”
[50]
On a conspectus of these various cases, it
is evident that a declaratory order would be appropriate if it serves
a definable purpose;
whether it be to clarify a disputed
interpretation of a statute, to serve as a deterrent to future
violations or to finally, and
bindingly, determine an existing or
prospective dispute regarding a party’s interests, rights or
obligations.
[51]
It is against this backdrop that the
declaratory relief sought by the Applicant should be considered. In
the notice of motion, the
declarators sought are phrased as follows:
“
3.
That it is declared that the Applicant is currently the holder of
valid firearm licences in respect of all firearms mentioned
in prayer
2
4.
That it is declared that the Applicant is currently the holder of a
valid competency certificate with reference number C[...]”
[21]
[52]
From the outset it would be noted that the
orders sought relate to an undisputed legal position, rather than a
determination of
any rights held by the Applicant. In the proceedings
before this Court, the Respondents did not dispute the current
validity of
the Applicant’s firearm licences or his competency
certificate. This Court was not called upon to make a determination
regarding
the validity of the licenses or certificate or, for that
matter, the Applicant’s right to own the firearms.
[53]
The Applicant argued that the declaratory
orders are necessary given to protect his right of ownership from
being infringed on in
future by members of the SAPS. This assertion
is based on the fact that the eight Respondent had (allegedly)
previously advised
that he, the Applicant, is not entitled to
possession of the firearms. Even if it were to be accepted that the
eighth Respondent
had previously informed the Applicant that his
licenses and certificate were invalid, a declaration of the validity
of such documents
at the time of judgment, would not deter a police
officer from making such false statements the day after such a
judgment is given.
[54]
Strictly speaking, there is therefore no
dispute as to the Applicant’s rights to be determined and the
declarators would be
restatement of admitted facts. As a standalone
application, the application for declaratory relief would not have
succeeded. However,
as there can be no prejudice to the Respondents
in recording their own admissions in these proceedings and to avoid
the necessity
of scouring the papers or this judgment to find these
admissions if challenged by any person, the declarations, as sought,
will
be granted.
Costs
[55]
The Applicant, initially, argued for
punitive costs against the Respondents. I had indicated, at the
hearing, that I was not inclined
to grant such an order in
circumstances where the conduct of the Respondents was neither
mala
fide
, nor abusive or grossly negligent.
Having again applied my mind to the case in preparing this judgment,
I remain of the same opinion.
[56]
Counsel for the Applicant, in the
alternative to punitive costs, argued that costs, on the High Court
scale with counsel fees at
Scale B should be granted against the
Respondents. The Respondents contended that such costs should be
awarded with counsel fees
determined at scale A.
[57]
I am satisfied that the matter, being
opposed, sufficiently complex, as well as urgent, justifies counsel
fees to be awarded on
Scale B.
Order
[58]
In the result, the following order is made:
1.
The non-compliance with the normal Rules
and timeframes and service is condoned and the application is
enrolled in terms of
Rule 6(12).
2.
The Respondents’ application for
transfer of the application to the Eastern Cape High Court, held at
Gqeberha, is dismissed.
3.
The First, Second, Third, Fifth, Seventh
and/or Eighth Respondents are ordered to immediately, through the
South African Police
Service, return the following firearms and
ammunition to the Applicant by making same available to him
immediately at the Paterson
Police Station:
a.
Rossi .38 Special handgun with serial
number A[...] with 25 rounds of ammunition;
b.
Sibergun 12ga shotgun with serial number
1[...] and 4 rounds of ammunition; and
c.
BSA .303 British rifle with serial number
1[...] and 20 rounds of ammunition.
4.
It is declared that the Applicant is
currently the holder of valid firearm licences in respect of all
firearms mentioned in paragraph
2 of this order;
5.
It is declared that the Applicant is
currently the holder of a valid competency certificate with reference
number C[...];
6.
The First, Second, Third, Fifth, Seventh
and Eighth Respondents are ordered to pay the costs of this
application on the High Court
scale, with counsel fees determined at
scale B, jointly and severally, the one to pay the other/s to be
absolved.
K STRYDOM
ACTING
JUDGE OF THE HIGH
COURT,
GAUTENG DIVISION,
PRETORIA
Judgment reserved: 9
October 2024
Judgment handed down:
17 October 2024
For the Applicant:
Adv JGC Hamman,
instructed by Hurter Spies Inc
For the Respondent:
Adv Modisenyane,
instructed by the State Attorney Pretoria
[1]
Respondents’ Answering Affidavit at para 80
[2]
Respondents’
Answering Affidavit at para 39
[3]
Applicant’s Founding Affidavit at para 49
[4]
Chung-Fung
(Pty) Ltd and Another v Mayfair Residents Association and Others
(2023/080436) [2023] ZAGPJHC 1162 (13 October 2023) at paras 29 and
30
[5]
Yeko
v Qana
1973
(4) SA 735
(A) (“Yeko”) at page 739E
[6]
Ngqukumba
v Minister of Safety and Security and Others
(CCT 87/13)
[2014] ZACC 14
;
2014 (7) BCLR 788
(CC);
2014 (5) SA 112
(CC);
2014 (2) SACR 325
(CC) (15 May 2014) (“
Ngqukumba
)
[7]
Ngqukumba
at
para 60
[8]
Ngqukumba
at paras 12 and 13
[9]
See
the
Firearms Control Regulations, Reg
94, for a full description of
the procedures for voluntary surrender.
[10]
Chetty
v Naidoo
1974
(3) SA 13 (A) 20 B-C
[11]
Oudekraal
Estates (Pty) Ltd v City of Cape Town and Others
[2004] ZASCA 48
;
[2004] 3 All SA 1
(SCA);
2004 (6) SA 222
(SCA) at
para 31
[12]
Respondents’ heads of argument at para 54
[13]
See for instance
L.E.N
v P.N.N and Another (54017/2020) [2022] ZAGPPHC 938 (30 November
2022) at para 10
[14]
Cordiant
Trading CC v Daimler Chrysler Financial Services (Pty) Ltd
2005(6)
SA 205 (SCA) at [18]
[15]
Clear
Enterprises (Pty) Ltd v Commissioner for the South African Revenue
Services and Others
[2011] ZASCA 164
(SCA) para 16.
[16]
Ex
Parte Nell
fn 2 at 759H-760 B;
Shoba
fn 2 at 14F-G.
[17]
Mahlangu
and Another v Minister of Defence and Military Veterans and Another
(54573/18) [2019] ZAGPPHC 418 (5 September 2019) at para 12
[18]
Mahlangu
and Another v Minister of Defence and Military Veterans and Another
(54573/18) [2019] ZAGPPHC 418 (5 September 2019) at para 12 read
with
Ex
parte Noriskin
1962(1)
SA 856 (D) at 857.
[19]
See for instance the approach followed in
Nedbank
Limited v Jones and Others
(24343/2015) [
2016]
ZAWCHC 139
;
2017 (2) SA 473
(WCC) (12 October 2016) at para 30
[20]
Khosa
and Others v Minister of Defence and Military Defence and Military
Veterans and Others
(21512/2020) [2020] ZAGPPHC 147;
2020 (7) BCLR 816
(GP);
[2020] 3
All SA 190
(GP);
[2020] 8 BLLR 801
(GP);
2020 (5) SA 490
(GP);
2020
(2) SACR 461
(GP) (15 May 2020)
[21]
Notice of motion
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