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The respondents based their claim on two constitutional provisions: section 26 of the Constitution, which provides that everyone has the right of access to adequate housing, thereby imposing an obligation on the State to take reasonable legislative and other measures to ensure the progressive realisation of this right within its available resources; and
Homelessness in South Africa dates back to the apartheid period. [1] Increasing unemployment, lack of affordable housing , social disintegration, and social and economic policies have all been identified as contributing factors to the issue. [ 2 ]
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The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 2010.. The members of the court during 2010 were Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo, Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke, and judges Edwin Cameron, Johan Froneman, Chris Jafta, Sisi Khampepe, Mogoeng Mogoeng, Bess Nkabinde, Thembile Skweyiya, Johann van der Westhuizen and Zak Yacoob.
Pages in category "Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa cases" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The legislation of the former TBVC states (Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei) is still valid in the applicable areas, as these states have since been re-incorporated into South Africa. New municipal legislation or "by-laws", enacted since 1993, derive their original power from the Constitution. [24]
During its hearing on 27 August 2019, the court invited submissions from six amici curiae: the South African Holocaust and Genocide Foundation, the Psychological Society of South Africa, the Freedom of Expression Institute, Media Monitoring Africa, the Rule of Law Project of the Free Market Foundation, and the Nelson Mandela Foundation. [4] [5]
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), formerly known as the Appellate Division, is the second-highest court of appeal in South Africa below the Constitutional Court.The country's apex court from 1910 to 1994, it no longer holds that position, having been displaced in constitutional matters by the Constitutional Court in 1994, and in all matters by 2013.