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Khumalo and Others v Holomisa is a landmark decision in the South African law of delict.It was decided by the Constitutional Court of South Africa on 21 May 2002. Handing down judgment for a unanimous court, Justice Kate O'Regan held that the existing common law of defamation is consistent with the Bill of Rights.
The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 2017. The members of the court at the start of 2017 were Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and judges Edwin Cameron , Johan Froneman , Chris Jafta , Sisi Khampepe , Mbuyiseli Madlanga , Nonkosi Mhlantla , Bess Nkabinde and Raymond Zondo .
The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 2021. The members of the court at the start of 2021 were Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng , Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo , and judges Chris Jafta , Sisi Khampepe , Mbuyiseli Madlanga , Steven Majiedt , Nonkosi Mhlantla , Leona Theron and Zukisa Tshiqi .
Initially, a court hearing a Bill-of-Rights case considers possible procedural issues, including: the application of the Bill of Rights to the subject-matter of the litigation; the justiciability of the issue to be decided (including the standing of the applicant); and; the jurisdiction of the court to grant the relief claimed by the applicant.
The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 2004. The members of the court at the start of 2004 were Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson , Deputy Chief Justice Pius Langa , and judges Tholie Madala , Yvonne Mokgoro , Dikgang Moseneke , Sandile Ngcobo , Kate O'Regan , Albie Sachs and Zak Yacoob .
The court houses a collection of more than 200 contemporary artworks chosen by Constitutional Court judge Albie Sachs, including works by Gerard Sekoto, William Kentridge, and Cecil Skotnes. The doors to the Court have the 27 rights of the Bill of Rights carved into them, written in all 11 official languages of South Africa.
Du Plessis and Others v De Klerk and Another is a 1996 decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.Though arising from a defamation case in the law of delict, it had broad significance for the application of the Interim Constitution both to pre-constitutional conduct and to private disputes.
The case was the first in a series of Constitutional Court rulings advancing LGBT rights in South Africa which culminated in the case Minister of Home Affairs and Another v Fourie and Another, a judgment which led to the legalisation of same-sex marriage in South Africa by the Civil Union Act, 2006. In the interim the court extended to same-sex ...