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Kubeka v Minister of Police and Another (63675/2016) [2022] ZAGPPHC 298 (4 May 2022)
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## Kubeka v Minister of Police and Another (63675/2016) [2022] ZAGPPHC 298 (4 May 2022)
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REPUBLIC
OF SOUTH AFRICA
IN
THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA
(GAUTENG
DIVISION PRETORIA)
CASE
NO:
63675/2016
REPORTABLE:
NO
OF
INTEREST TO OTHER JUDGES: NO
REVISED
04
MAY 2022
In
the matter between:
NTOKOZO
BONGOKWAKHE KUBEKA
PLAINTIFF
and
THE
MINISTER OF POLICE
FIRST DEFENDANT
THE
NATIONAL DIRECTOR
OF
PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS
SECOND DEFENDANT
This
judgment is issued by the Judge whose name is reflected herein and is
submitted electronically to the parties/their legal representatives
by email. The judgment is further uploaded to the electronic file of
this matter on Caselines by the Judge or his/her secretary.
The date
of this judgment is deemed to be 04 MAY 2022.
JUDGMENT
COLLIS
J
INTRODUCTION
[1]
In the present matter the Plaintiff has instituted action proceedings
against the First and Second Defendants claiming delictual
damages
arising from his unlawful arrest and detention (Claim 1) and
malicious prosecution (Claim 2), by members of the South African
Police Services.
[2]
The alleged arrest was carried out by members of the SAPS, the First
Defendant, without a warrant on 17 April 2015. It is alleged
that at
the time of the incident the members in question were all acting
within the course and scope of their employment with the
First
Defendant.
[3]
Prior to the commencement of the proceedings the Plaintiff withdrew
its claim against the Second Defendant and as such the matter
only
proceeded against the First Defendant.
[4]
As per the Amended Plea of the First Defendant, it was pleaded that:
4.1
The Plaintiff was arrested by members of the South African Police at
the time, stationed at the Newcastle Police Station;
4.2
that the arrest took place on 17 April 2015 without a warrant;
4.3
that the Plaintiff was lawfully arrested in terms of section 40(1)(b)
of the Criminal Procedure Act, Act 51 of 1977 on charges
of robbery
and assault with intention to do grievous bodily harm;
4.4
the arresting officers at the time of the Plaintiff’s arrest,
had a reasonable suspicion that the Plaintiff had committed
the
offences of robbery and assault to do grievous bodily harm;
4.5
that pursuant to the arrest the Plaintiff was detained at the
Newcastle Police station from 17 April 2015 until his first
appearance
in court on 20 August 2015. On this day, the Plaintiff was
remanded in custody to 28 April 2015 for a formal bail application.
It is on this day that the prosecution withdrew the charges against
the Plaintiff and he was released from custody;
4.6.
the First Defendant specifically pleaded that the Plaintiff was
arrested after the complainant had made a statement on 12 April
2015
confirming that he would be able to point out the suspects ‘
if
he can see them
’ and had thereafter pointed the Plaintiff
out to members of the SAPS as one of the suspects who had robbed and
assaulted
him.
ISSUES
[5]
In the present matter this court was called upon to decide the
following issues:
5.1
The lawfulness of the arrest and detention;
5.2
the lawfulness of the Plaintiff’s prosecution and proceedings
instituted against him by members of the South African Police
Service;
5.3
the period of detention of the Plaintiff;
5.4
the quantum of damages to be awarded to the Plaintiff.
ONUS
[6]
As to the lawfulness of the arrest and detention, the First Defendant
carried the onus, and in respect of the malicious prosecution
and the
delictual damages suffered the Plaintiff carries the onus.
[1]
EVIDENCE
[7]
Mr Ntokhoza Khubeka testified, that on 17 April 2015, he was
accompanied by this friend, Mr Mtshali, travelling in a taxi from
his
home to the Newcastle Mall to finally alight at the Central Business
District. As they arrived at the Newcastle Mall some passengers
got
out of the taxi and others got into the taxi. He remained seated at
the back of the taxi and at no point did he alight from
the taxi,
until so ordered to do so by a member of the South African Police
Service. The police van first pulled up at the back
of the taxi,
approached the driver, spoke to the driver and then pointed at him to
get out of the taxi. At this point he was summarily
arrested outside
the taxi and ordered to enter a police van. At that time, there was
already one other unknown occupant on the
inside the police van, whom
the police later alleged was his accomplice. He further testified
that he co-operated with the police
officer’s instruction
albeit that he was not informed about the reason for his arrest. He
was also not handcuffed when placed
inside the police van.
[8]
It was his testimony that the
arrest was
carried out by a police reservist, Mr Mazibuko, who failed to explain
to him the reason for his arrest. He further testified
that save for
the two police officers escorting him into the police van and the
occupant already in the back of the police van,
there was no one else
in their presence. Mr Khubeka denied that the complainant was present
at the taxi or that he was pointed
out by the complainant. He further
denied, that the complainant travelled with them in the police van to
the police station. At
the police station, he was provided with a
Notice of Rights form but that this however was not done by any of
the two police officers
who were present during his arrest at the
taxi. It was at this point that he was informed that he was suspected
of having committed
common robbery. He was then detained and taken to
court on 20 April 2015.
[9]
On the day of his first court appearance his matter was remanded to
24 April 2015 for a formal bail application and he was further
detained in custody. On this latter date, his matter was again
postponed to 28 April 2015. On both occasions that he appeared in
court there was no police officer at court. On 28 April 2015, the
charges were subsequently withdrawn against him and he was released
from custody. Mr Khubeka testified that at no point did he ever
receive any explanation or apology from the SAPS members for what
had
happened to him from the day that he was arrested to the day of his
release.
[10]
He described his conditions of detention as deplorable. He occupied
the cell with his alleged “accomplice”. The
cell was only
fitted with sponges to sleep on and dusty blankets. The floor surface
was wet, and it was fitted with a toilet. The
only food given to him
during the duration of his stay was soft porridge in the morning and
rice and beans during the day. After
his first appearance in Court
and when his matter was remanded, he was thereafter taken to a
facility of the Correctional Department
until his next court
appearance when charges were withdrawn against him. He was not
informed of the reasons for the withdrawal
of the charges. The whole
experience disturbed him as he was not involved in the commission of
this offence.
[11]
During cross-examination, Mr Khubeka maintained that he was neither
aware of the complainant’s identity nor did he have
knowledge
that the complainant had opened a case of Robbery and Assault with
intent to commit grievous bodily harm against his
assailants, which
incident allegedly was committed on 12 April 2015. When confronted
with the version of the police officers, he
could not refute their
version save to confirm that when he was placed inside the police
van, that the other arrested person was
already inside the police
van. Mr Khubeka was adamant that the complainant was not on the scene
on the day that he was arrested.
During cross-examination, the
Plaintiff further confirmed that on 28 April 2015 he was released
from incarceration after the complainant
had made a statement
confirming that he was only able to identify one of the suspects who
had robbed him.
[12]
Mr Sifiso Mtshali was the witness called to testify by the Plaintiff.
It was his evidence that on the day of the Plaintiff’s
arrest
he was travelling with the Plaintiff from home in a taxi destined for
the Newcastle town. Prior to reaching the town, the
taxi first
stopped at the Newcastle Mall at which point some occupants alighted
from the taxi. On the said day they were both seated
at the back of
the taxi and neither of them alighted at the Newcastle Mall prior to
the taxi being stopped by the Police. At this
point the police
officers first spoke to the driver of the taxi, opened the door of
the taxi and pointed at the Plaintiff and ordered
him to alight from
the taxi. They both alighted. The witness testified that no other
person was in the presence of the two police
officers at the taxi
rank or at the time when the police van departed for the police
station save for one person detained in the
back of the police van.
At the police stationed he then made enquiries as to the reason for
the Plaintiff’s arrest. He was
informed by an unknown police
officer that the Plaintiff had committed a crime and then called the
family of the Plaintiff to inform
them of his arrest.
[12]
During cross-examination, Mr Mtshali reiterated that on the day of
the Plaintiff’s arrest that they were on their way
to town to
intending drink liquor, and that they were not going to the shopping
mall. He refuted the version of the police officers
that the
Plaintiff was pointed out by the complainant as he was getting inside
the taxi at the shopping mall as it was his testimony
that the
Plaintiff never alighted the taxi, prior to being ordered by the
police officers to do so. During cross-examination, he
also conceded
that he first noticed that another person was inside the back of the
police van when they eventually arrived at the
police station when
the Plaintiff was taken to the cells and that this person also
appeared with the Plaintiff in Court when the
Plaintiff made his
appearance in Court. Furthermore, he conceded that at no stage did he
deem it necessary to make a statement
to the Police in support of the
Plaintiff’s case that he was in the company of the Plaintiff on
the morning of 17 April 2015.
[13]
This then the totality of the evidence presented by the Plaintiff.
[14]
On behalf of the Defendant the first witness to testify was Mr
Praisegod Mazibuko. He testified that he arrested the Plaintiff
on 17
April 2015 and at the time he was employed by the South African
Police Service as a police reservist. On the said day, he
was
conducting patrol duties when via radio control he together with his
crew member (Constable Zikhalala) received a complaint
that they
should attend the Newcastle Mall. The gist of the report received was
that there was a person at the Newcastle Mall who
recognised a
suspect relating to an earlier incident. They then made their way to
the mall and upon arrival they met Mr. Zondi
(‘the
complainant’), who pointed a suspect to them. At that point
they approached this person and arrested him. This
person was
identified by the complainant as one of the suspects who had robbed
him during an earlier incident.
[15]
He continued his evidence that on the way to place this suspect
inside the police van, the complainant then pointed out the
Plaintiff
as the other suspect as he was entering a taxi. He then decided to
follow the taxi and ordered it to come to a standstill.
He approached
the driver of the taxi and thereafter proceeded to open the taxi
door. Mazibuko then ordered the Plaintiff to alight
from the taxi and
arrested him. He took the Plaintiff to the police van and asked the
complainant to confirm if he had pointed
him out. The complainant
confirmed to him that he was able to clearly see the Plaintiff inside
the police van. The Plaintiff together
with the other suspect was
then arrested and taken to the police station and placed inside a
holding cell. The complainant accompanied
them to the police
station.At the station, the complainant provided them with the Police
Case Docket reference number, which reference
number they then used
to processed their paperwork, which included making his arrest
statement. Prior to the day of the arrest,
the Plaintiff was unknown
to him and the day he effected the arrest, it was the last occasion
that he had seen the Plaintiff. He
was not responsible to investigate
the complaint opened by the complaint.
[16]
During cross-examination, the witness conceded that when they were
contacted by Radio Control on 17 April 2015, that no information
about the allegations by the complainant which resulted in the
opening of Police Case Docket 202/04/2015 were provided to them.
He
also conceded that they were not referred to any content of the
Police Case Docket when they were contacted by Radio Control.
Furthermore, that prior to the arrest that they did not interview or
obtain any further information from the complainant in relation
to
the robbery which occurred on the 12 April 2015. The witness also
conceded that the Plaintiff was arrested purely on a pointing
out
made by the complainant on the day of the arrest.
[17]
During further cross-examination, the witness conceded that he was
permitted to arrest a person on a mere pointing out as long
as there
was an investigation pending at the time and that after affecting the
arrest that he no longer had any involvement to
investigate the
matter. He further conceded that the
purpose
of arrest was not to bring the Plaintiff before a Court, as is the
requirement.
[18]
Constable Doctor Zikhalala was the next witness called on behalf of
the First Defendant. It was his evidence that on the day
of the
incident he was the crew member who accompanied Mr. Mazibuko. To a
large extent he corroborated the evidence of Mr Mazibuko
as to how
the arrest of the Plaintiff was carried out and confirmed that the
Plaintiff was confirmed as one of the suspects by
the complainant
when he was returned and placed inside the police van. It was his
testimony that he was not at the taxi, when the
complainant had
pointed out the Plaintiff at the taxi. During cross-examination, the
witness confirmed that upon them returning
to the police station no
further statement was taken from the complainant, in relation to his
pointing out and arrest of the Plaintiff.
[19]
The last witness to testify on behalf of the defendant was Mr Faizel
Mdumisi. He gave evidence that on 12 April 2015, he was
on duty at
the Newcastle Police Station and responsible to take down the
statement of the complainant in relation to this incident.
It was his
testimony that the complainant made his statement in Zulu and that he
was responsible for recording it in English and
further, that prior
to the complainant signing the statement he first confirmed the
contents of the statement. The said statement
by agreement with the
Plaintiff was handed into the record as Exhibit ‘A’
albeit that the veracity of the contents
of the statement remains
contested.
[2]
[20]
This then was the totality of the evidence presented on behalf of the
First Defendant.
# APPLICABLE
LEGAL PRINCIPLES[3]
APPLICABLE
LEGAL PRINCIPLES
[3]
[21]
It is trite that an arrest or detention is
prima
facie
wrongful.
It is for the defendant to allege and prove the lawfulness of the
arrest or detention.
[4]
When the
arrest and detention is admitted, the onus of proving lawfulness is
on the State. This is the position in the present
instance.
[22]
The
Criminal Procedure Act, 51 of 1977
, provides for the arrest of
any person without a warrant in a number of clearly circumscribed
circumstances. In this regard,
Section 40(1)(b)
provides that a peace
officer may without a warrant arrest any person whom he reasonably
suspects of having committed an offence
referred to in Schedule 1.
[23]
The jurisdictional facts for successful reliance on
s 40(1)(b)
as
clearly set out in Duncan v Minister of Law and Order
[5]
are that: (i) the arrestor must be a peace officer; (ii) the arrestor
must entertain a suspicion; (iii) the suspicion must be that
the
suspect has committed an offence referred to in Schedule 1; and the
suspicion must rest on reasonable grounds. The main issue
for
determination in the present matter is whether the arresting officer
entertained a reasonable suspicion based on reasonable
grounds. In
Mabona and Another v Minister of Law and Order and Others
,
[6]
Jones
J stated:
'The
test of whether a suspicion is reasonably entertained within the
meaning of s 40(1
)(b)
is objective (
S v Net and Another
1980 (4) SA 28
(E) at 33H). Would a reasonable man in the second
defendant's position and possessed of the same information have
considered that
there were good and sufficient grounds for suspecting
that the plaintiffs were guilty of conspiracy to commit robbery or
possession
of stolen property knowing it to have been stolen? It
seems to me that in evaluating his information a reasonable man would
bear
in mind that the section authorises drastic police action. It
authorises an arrest on the strength of a suspicion and without the
need to swear out a warrant, ie something which otherwise would be an
invasion of private rights and personal liberty. The reasonable
man
will therefore analyse and assess the quality of the information at
his disposal critically, and he will not accept it lightly
or without
checking it where it can be checked. It is only after an examination
of this kind that he will allow himself to entertain
a suspicion
which will justify an arrest. This is not to say that the information
at his disposal must be of sufficiently high
quality and cogency to
engender in him a conviction that the suspect is in fact guilty. The
section requires suspicion but not
certainty. However, the suspicion
must be based upon solid grounds. Otherwise, it will be flighty or
arbitrary, and not a reasonable
suspicion.'
[24]
In the present matter it is common cause that the arrest of the
Plaintiff was carried out by Mr Mazibuko. The latter
save
for being a peace officer at the time (a police reservist), he did
not qualify for any of the remaining requirements.
On his own evidence, Mr
Mazibuko
had no knowledge of the details of the complaint or thecase allegedly
opened by the complainant a few days earlier as at
the time when he
arrested the Plaintiff.
On his own evidence he
formed
no suspicion, let alone a reasonable suspicion, that the Plaintiff
had committed a Schedule 1 offence. He only arrested the
Plaintiff on
the day, based on a mere pointing out made by the complainant and
nothing more. It is further telling that Mr Mazibuko
on the day, did
not even attempt to investigate the allegations made by the
complainant at least to some extent,
[7]
nor did he deem it necessary to gain some knowledge of the incident
itself. On his own evidence he failed to critically assess
the
information given to him by the complainant and failed to check such
information given to him when he had an opportunity to
do so.
[25]
In these circumstances it cannot be said that he formed a reasonable
suspicion to justify the arrest of the Plaintiff and it
is on this
basis that I conclude that the First Defendant had failed to
discharge the onus carried by it.
[26]
In addition, the arrest of the Plaintiff was not carried out to
secure his attendance at court and for the Plaintiff to be
brought to
prosecution.
[8]
In the words of
the arresting officer, he arrested the Plaintiff purely on a pointing
out made by the complainant and that it was
for the investigating
officer to investigate the case opened by the complainant.
[9]
This points to an additional reason of lack of a reasonable suspicion
having been formed by the arresting officer.
[27]
In the present matter it is further significant that the complainant
was not called by the First Defendant as a witness to
testify to the
report having been made by the complainant and to shed some light on
the identity of the perpetrators and the circumstances
of the
incident. As to the failure to present this evidence, the First
Defendant gave no explanation to this Court. In Tshishonga
v Minister
of Justice and Constitutional Development and Another
2007 (4) SA 135
(LC) at paragraph 112, Pillay J held that:
“
[112]
The failure of a party to call a witness is excusable in certain
circumstances, such as when the opposition fails to make
out a prima
facie case. But an adverse inference must be drawn if a party fails
to testify or produce evidence of a witness who
is available and able
to elucidate the facts, as this failure leads naturally to the
inference that he fears that such evidence
will expose facts
unfavourable to him, or even damage his case. That inference is
strengthened if the witnesses have a public duty
to testify.”
[28]
In my view the calling of the complainant would have assisted this
Court to determine whether Mr Mazibuko had formed a reasonable
suspicion on the day before he effected the arrest, and in the
absence thereof, such reasonable suspicion can only be assessed
against the evidence of the arrestor alone. As mentioned earlier, the
First Defendant failed to discharged this onus.
[29]
In
my view, I therefore concluded that this case meets the criteria set
out by the Constitutional Court in the decision De Klerk
v Minister
of Police
[10]
to hold the defendant liable for damages suffered for the whole
period for which the Plaintiff was detained.
[30]
In addition to the Plaintiff’s claim for unlawful arrest and
detention the Plaintiff also has a claim malicious prosecution.
To
succeed with a claim for malicious prosecution a claimant must allege
and prove that (i) the defendants set the law in motion,
they
instigated and instituted the proceedings; (ii) they acted without
reasonable and probable cause; (iii) they acted with malice,
and (iv)
the prosecution failed.
[31]
It is not every prosecution that is concluded in the favour of the
accused person that necessarily leads to a successful claim
for
malicious prosecution. Professor MC Okpaluba warned that:
'the
requirement of reasonable and probable cause in proving malicious
prosecution tens sometimes to be confused with the requirement
of
reasonable ground to suspect that an offence has been committed in
order for a peace officer to arrest a person without a warrant.'
[11]
[32]
It is common cause that the
criminal charges against the Plaintiff were withdrawn on 28 April
2015. The Plaintiff testified that
no reason was given to him when
the matter was withdrawn and before this Court no evidence was
presented as to the reasons why
the charges were withdrawn. It is the
Plaintiff’s pleaded case that members of the Newcastle SAPS
wrongfully and maliciously
set the law in motion by arresting,
charging and detaining him.
[33]
As previously mentioned, the Plaintiff elected to withdraw its case
as against the Second Defendant. It is this defendant who
is tasked
by legislation to decide what charges is to be brought against the
Plaintiff and similarly, the decision to withdraw
any charges was
likewise also taken by the Second Defendant. Furthermore, there was
no evidence presented before this Court that
the members of the
Newcastle SAPS acted with malice or that they failed to perform their
duty, powers and function in good faith
when the case docket was
first opened against the Plaintiff. To find otherwise would be
contrary to the pleaded case of the plaintiff
and against the common
evidence presented before this court that the arrest of the plaintiff
was preceded on a pointing out made
by the complainant.
[34]
In order to succeed with a claim for malicious prosecution, a
plaintiff must prove all four elements listed in paragraph 30
above.
The plaintiff did not succeed in proving malice or the
animus
iniuriandi
on
the part of members of the Newcastle SAPS. In Minister of Justice and
Constitutional Development v Moleko
[12]
the court held that negligence on the part of the defendant, even
gross negligence, will not suffice.
[35]
There is no indication on the evidence presented that the members of
the Newcastle SAPS were moved by any intention other than
to have the
plaintiff stand trial for the charges raised against him and to bring
him to justice. On the evidence presented before
this Court, a Case
docket was already opened prior to the day that the Plaintiff was
arrested and that the arrest had taken place
upon a pointing out
having been made by the complainant of the Plaintiff in the presence
of the police. As such it cannot convincingly
be argued that the
police acted with malice and without reasonable and probable cause.
As a consequence, it is for this reason
that I conclude, that the
Plaintiff did not discharge the onus resting on him regarding the
claim for malicious prosecution against
the First Defendant and as
such the Plaintiff fails in this claim.
[36]
As to an appropriate award to be made to the Plaintiff in respect of
his deprivation of freedom, he gave evidence as to his
status in the
community, his age, the period of detention and the condition under
which he was detained.
In
the decision Latakgomo v Minister of Safety and Security
[13]
a full bench of the Gauteng Division pointed out that sec 12(1)(a)
and (b) of the Bill of Rights provides that:
“
everyone
has the right to freedom and security of the person, which includes
rights –
(a)
Not to be deprived of freedom arbitrarily or without just cause;
(b)
Not to be detained without trial…”
This
Court remains mindful of these rights.
[37]
In addition our Courts places a premium on personal liberty and this
has been repeated in the decision
Olivier
v Minister of Safety and Security and Another
[14]
where Horn J held:
“
Personal
liberty weighs heavily with the Courts. A balance has to be found
between the right to individual liberty on the one hand
and the
avoidance of unnecessary restriction of the authority of the police
in the exercise of their duties on the other hand.
There is no doubt
that when these factors are evenly balanced, the scales in a
democratic constitutional society would fall on
the side of
individual liberty
”
[38]
In total the Plaintiff was detained for a
period of
eleven (11) days before the charges were ultimately
withdrawn again him. It matters not as to whether on his second
appearance
in Court that the prosecutor was unavailable. The
undisputed and objective evidence placed before this Court is that
bail was formally
opposed by the State and this prolonged his stay in
incarceration.
[39]
In the present matter, the Plaintiff should be adequately compensated
for the deprivation of his
contumelia
, embarrassment suffered
and emotional stress which he endured.
[40]
A court in considering an appropriate quantum of damages will merely
be guided by
previous decisions and
comparable awards made in similar cases. In this regard, this court
is guided by the decision of
De Klerk v
Minister of Police
2018 (2) SACR 28
(SCA) and
2020 (1) SACR 1
(CC)
,
which was heard in the Supreme Court of Appeal and thereafter in the
Constitutional Court, the issue of quantum of damages was
specifically dealt with. The Constitutional Court was in agreement
with the Supreme Court of Appeal that an award for damages in
the
amount of R300 000.00 for approximately seven (7) days’
detention was fair and reasonable.
[41]
Against this decision, I am of the opinion that an award of R
400 000,00 would be appropriate compensation under the
circumstances.
COSTS
[42]
As the plaintiff is the successful party before this court, the costs
should follow the result and as such costs should
include the costs previously reserved on 7 June 2019.
ORDER
[43]
In the result the following order is made against the First
Defendant:
In
respect of Claim 1:
43.1
The Plaintiff is awarded R 400 000.00 (Four
Hundred Thousand Rands only) plus interest at the prevailing interest
rate a
tempore morae
to date of final payment.
43.2
Costs of suit on a High Court scale,
including costs of counsel.
43.3
The reserved costs of 7 June 2019.
43.4
The reasonable travel- and accommodation
costs of the Plaintiff and Sifiso Mtshale from Madadeni,
Kwazulu-Natal as necessary witnesses
on 4 and 5 August 2021.
43.5
The Plaintiff’s Claim in respect of
Claim 2 is dismissed with costs.
C.COLLIS
JUDGE
OF THE HIGH COURT
Appearances:
Counsel
for the Plaintiff
: Adv.
C. Zietsman
Attorney
for the Plaintiff
: Loubser
Van Wyk Incorporated
Counsel
for the First Defendant : Adv. M. Botma
Attorney
for the First Defendant : Office of the State
Attorneys:
Pretoria
Date
of Hearing
: 06 August 2021 & 28 October 2021
Date
of Judgment
: 04 May 2022
Judgment
transmitted electronically
[1]
Zealand
v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Another
[2008] ZACC 3
;
2008 (4) SA 458
(CC); Minister of Law and Order and Others v Hurley
and Another 1986 (3) SA 568 (A)
[2]
Documents
Index 003-7 to 003-13.
[3]
See
Harms, LCT. 'Ambler's Precedents of Pleadings', 8th ed, LexisNexis,
43 for an exposition of the legal principles and supporting
case
law.
[4]
Lombo
v African National Congress 2002 (5) SA 668 (SCA).
[5]
1986
(2) SA 805
(A) at 81BG-H.
[6]
1988
(2) SA 654
(SE) at 658E-H.
[7]
De
Klerk v Minister of Police 2018 JDR 0544 (SCA); 2018 (2) SACR 28
(SCA).
[8]
Tsose
v Minister of Justice and Others
1951 (3) SA 10
(A) at 17.
[9]
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at 53.
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