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The Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII) is the largest online free-access collection of legislation and case law from South Africa and other jurisdictions in the South African region. SAFLII was formally created in 2002 as a joint project between the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) and the University of ...
This argument was reprised in three different courts: the Labour Court of South Africa ruled in Barnard's favour in February 2010, but the Labour Appeal Court upheld the SAPS's appeal in November 2012, and then the Supreme Court of Appeal upheld Barnard's own appeal in November 2013.
The Labour Appeal Court is a South African court that hears appeals from the Labour Court. The court was established by the Labour Relations Act, 1995, and has a status similar to that of the Supreme Court of Appeal. It has its seat in Johannesburg but also hears cases in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Durban.
The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 2024. [1]The members of the court at the start of 2024 were the same as in 2023; Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, Deputy Chief Justice Mandisa Maya, and judges Jody Kollapen, Mbuyiseli Madlanga, Steven Majiedt, Rammaka Mathopo, Nonkosi Mhlantla, Owen Rogers, Leona Theron and Zukisa Tshiqi.
It arose from an application for confirmation of an order of constitutional invalidity granted by the Supreme Court of Appeal in 2019 on appeal from the High Court and Equality Court, where the South African Human Rights Commission had charged journalist Jon Qwelane with hate speech after he published a homophobic newspaper column.
The Labour Court, which has status similar to a High Court division, deals with labour law and the relationship between employer, employee and trade union, in particular cases arising under the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (South Africa) the Labour Relations Act and the Employment Equity Act.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the highest judicial body of the United Nations, held public hearings earlier this month in the case South Africa brought against Israel at the end of 2023.
The issue of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation was not raised at this stage. The appeal against conviction was rejected, but the sentence was reduced to seven years. Geldenhuys appealed further to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA). The arguments made in the High Court were rejected by the SCA as they had been in the lower court.