Judicial Education & Training : e-Mantshi Newsletter

"e-Mantshi is the isiZulu equivalent of "electronic Magistrate or e-Magistrate",
whereas the correct spelling "iMantshi" is isiZulu for "the Magistrate".
The deliberate choice of the expression: "EMantshi", (pronounced E! Mantshi)
also has the connotation of respectful acknowledgement of and salute to a
person of stature, viz. iMantshi."

e-Mantshi   Issue 205- March 2024 - 803kb

DR v NM and Another (3358/2024) [2024] ZAWCHC 69 (5 March 2024)  
S v Nkomo (SH26/2018) [2024] ZANWHC 69 (11 March 2024)  
Sibeko v S (CA56/2020; 40/2019) [2024] ZANWHC 76 (19 March 2024)  
S v Mosito (11/2024; RE655/2023) [2024] ZANWHC 88 (26 March 2024)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Dolus eventualis and premeditation: Like pineapple on pizza?

e-Mantshi   Issue 204- February 2024 - 523kb

Lembore and Others v Minister of Home Affairs and Others (2023-097427, 2023-097292, 2023-097111, 2023-097076,2023-100081, 2023-100526) [2024] ZAGPJHC 102 (8 February 2024)  
S v Lamb and Another (398/2023; RCA40/2021) [2023] ZAWCHC 292; 2024 (1) SACR 198 (WCC) (21 November 2023)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Criminalisation of the wearing of masks and disguises

e-Mantshi   Issue 203 - January 2024 - 628kb

Cupido v The State (1257/2022) [2024] ZASCA 4 (16 January 2024)  
B.M.G.S v M.B.S and Others (26675/2022) [2024] ZAGPPHC 24 (8 January 2024)  
S v Kobe (B180/23) [2024] ZAGPJHC 50 (26 January 2024)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Some thoughts on the liability of adults where a child uses or possesses dagga (cannabis)

e-Mantshi   Issue 202 - November 2023 - 702kb

Smit v The State (1256/2022) [2023] ZASCA 154 (17 November 2023)  
Mmabasotho Christinah Olesitse N.O. v Minister of Police [2023] ZACC 35  
Mbuyisa and Others v S (17574/2022P) [2023] ZAKZPHC 132 (10 November 2023)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   On the nature of common purpose: some inaccuracies

e-Mantshi   Issue 201 - October 2023 - 150kb

Ex parte Minister of Home Affairs and Others; In re Lawyers for Human Rights v Minister of Home Affairs and Others (CCT 38/16) [2023] ZACC 34 (30 October 2023)  
S v Ncube (HC 01 /2023) [2023] ZANWHC 176 (22 September 2023)  
S v P.M (Review) (02/2023) [2023] ZANWHC 184 (5 October 2023)  
L.W v K.C.A (A2023-013223) [2023] ZAGPJHC 1154 (13 October 2023)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Tracking South Africa's handling of terrorist entities

e-Mantshi   Issue 200 - September 2023 - 698kb

S v Lenting and Others (CC08/2018) [2023] ZAWCHC 241 (14 September 2023)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Some remarks on the criminalisation of intimidatory conduct

e-Mantshi   Issue 199 - August 2023 - 454kb

Van As v Additional Magistrate Cape Town Guendouz N.O and Others (18052/2022) [2023] ZAWCHC 170 (24 July 2023)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF THREE RECENT INTERESTING CRIMINAL COURT CASES

e-Mantshi   Issue 198 - July 2023 - 359kb

S v Ndzishe (221/2023; 222/2023) [2023] ZAWCHC 167 (20 July 2023)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Hearsay evidence: Section 3 (1) (c) Law of Evidence Amendment Act 45 of 1988, interests of justice test.

e-Mantshi   Issue 197 - June 2023 - 526kb

VJV and Another v Minister of Social Development and Another (CCT 94/22) [2023] ZACC 21 (29 June 2023)  
Centre for Child Law v T.S and Others (CCT 157/22) [2023] ZACC 22 (29 June 2023)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The role of the magistrate when putting a suspended sentence into operation (Part 2)

e-Mantshi   Issue 196 - May 2023 - 556kb

Todd v Magistrate, Clanwilliam and Others 2023 (1) SACR 481 (WCC)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Corporate criminal liability in South Africa

e-Mantshi   Issue 195 - April 2023 - 593kb

S v L.J (346/22) [2023] ZAWCHC 6 (24 January 2023)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The intimidation offence: still applicable today?

e-Mantshi   Issue 194 - March 2023 - 420kb

S v Bergman; S v Matume (14 /884/2021; T1715/2018) [2023] ZAWCHC 60 (17 March 2023)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The role of the magistrate when putting a suspended sentence into operation

e-Mantshi   Issue 193 - February 2023 - 457kb

S v Muridzo; S v Ramafikeng (325/2022;324/2022) [2023] ZAWCHC 32 (20 February 2023)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The curious offence of housebreaking with intent to commit a crime to the prosecutor unknown

e-Mantshi   Issue 192 - January 2023 - 747kb

Kapa v The State [2023] ZACC 1  
The State v Samora Kansas Mashaba - Mpumalanga High Court (High Court Ref No: R29/2022 (Review Judgment) - Judgment on 8 December 2022  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Does the Unlawful Entry on Premises Bill trespass on homeowners' rights?

e-Mantshi   Issue 191 - November 2022 - 439kb

S v White (R19/2022) [2022] ZAFSHC 173; 2022 (2) SACR 511 (FB) (17 June 2022)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Sexual offences: Some skirmishes with the Act

e-Mantshi   Issue 190 - October 2022 - 390kb

S v Roberto In re S v Cumbe (RC07/2021-RC08/2021) [2022] ZAFSHC 133; 2022 (2) SACR 442 (FB) (9 June 2022)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The impact of the amendments to the Domestic Violence Act 2021

e-Mantshi   Issue 189 - September 2022 - 433kb

Solomons v The State (Case no 1292/21) [2022] ZASCA 124 (26 September 2022)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Sentencing trends in public violence cases

e-Mantshi   Issue 188 - August 2022 - 654kb

Lotz v The State (AR119/P) [2022] ZAKZPHC 40 (26 August 2022)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   SCIENTIFIC CAUSES, LEGAL CAUSES AND MORAL CAUSES - a look at Maqubela v S

e-Mantshi   Issue 187 - July 2022 - 716kb

S v Paulse (208/22;29/22;15/932/2021) [2022] ZAWCHC 145 (29 July 2022)  
Robiyana v Minister of Police (423/18) [2022] ZAECELLC 18 (26 July 2022)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Attestation of an affidavit by a commissioner of oaths: what constitutes an 'interest' in the matter disqualifying the commissioner of oaths from attesting to the affidavit - the SCA considers and reconciles conflicting authorities.

e-Mantshi   Issue 186 - June 2022 - 513kb

Diljan v Minister of Police (746/2021) [2022] ZASCA 103 (24 June 2022)  
Tuta v The State (CCT 308/20) [2022] ZACC 19 (31 May 2022)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The impossibility defence in criminal law and the Constitutional Court

e-Mantshi   Issue 185 - May 2022 - 616kb

S v Nojozi (3/2022) [2022] ZAECBHC 3 (17 March 2022) 2022 (1) SACR 662 (ECB)  
Khuboni v S (AR315/2020) [2021] ZAKZPHC 73; 2022 (1) SACR 470 (KZP) (20 August 2021)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Reflections on the Domestic Violence in South Africa

e-Mantshi   Issue 184 - April 2022 - 559kb

Mkolo v S In re: S v Mkolo and Others (CC40/21) [2022] ZAECBHC 7 (28 April 2022)  
Gumbo v S (41/1099/17) [2022] ZAGPJHC 227 (21 April 2022)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Presiding officers are expected to play a substantial role in reducing crime through judicial activism and not to try to find unconvincing reasons to disbelieve complainants in rape cases.

e-Mantshi   Issue 183 - March 2022 - 514kb

Johnstone v Shebab 2022 (1) SACR 250 (GJ)  
Moroe v Director of Public Prosecutions, Free State and Another (4506/2020) [2021] ZAFSHC 54; 2022 (1) SACR 264 (FB) (10 March 2021)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Double inchoate offences

e-Mantshi   Issue 182 - February 2022 - 799kb

Makhala & Another v S (438/20) [2022] ZASCA 19 (18 February 2022)  
Manyaka v S (434/2020) [2022] ZASCA 21 (23 February 2022)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Drunk in court?

e-Mantshi   Issue 181 - January 2022 - 471kb

S v Mangena (A81/2019) [2021] ZALMPPHC 1; 2022 (1) SACR 102 (LP) (20 January 2021)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The element of ‘taking’ in the crime of abduction

e-Mantshi   Issue 180 - November 2021 - 523kb

S v Seroka (REV 93/2021) [2021] ZALMPPHC 64 (30 September 2021)  
Hall v S (A173/21) [2021] ZAWCHC 231 (12 November 2021)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   What does the term ‘public’ mean in the crime of public indecency? Against Terrorist and Related Activities Act 33 of 2004

e-Mantshi   Issue 179 - October 2021 - 519kb

Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Another v Masia (A13/2019) [2021] ZAGPPHC 428; 2021 (2) SACR 425 (GP) (28 June 2021)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Duress by indirect circumstances (R v Brandford ([2017] 2 All ER 43; [2016] EWCA Crim 1794)

e-Mantshi   Issue 178 - September 2021 - 675kb

S v Mashego (R24/2021; A360/2020) [2021] ZAMPMBHC 36 (10 August 2021)  
Menyuka v S (SS216/2012) [2021] ZAGPJHC 19; 2021 (2) SACR 316 (GJ) (24 February 2021) 2021 (2) SACR 316 (GJ)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Revisiting the terrorism offence in the Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Act 33 of 2004

e-Mantshi   Issue 177 - August 2021 - 541kb

Seloana and Others v Director of Public Prosecutions and Others (4019/2020) [2021] ZAFSHC 176 (24 August 2021)  
S v Ngubane and Another 2021 (2) SACR 158 (GJ)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   How the Qwelane Judgment narrows the scope of prohibited hate speech, while rejecting the libertarian view of freedom ofexpression

e-Mantshi   Issue 176 - July 2021 - 616kb

S v Rebese (CA&R 15/21) [2021] ZANCHC 22 (23 July 2021)  
Nedbank Limited v Niemann (4132/2019) [2021] ZAGPJHC 99 (26 July 2021)  
Sigcawu v S (A47/2021) [2021] ZAWCHC 137 (28 July 2021)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Caution, new evidence after conviction, physical demonstrations and a helping hand

e-Mantshi   Issue 175 - June 2021 - 666kb

Mxolisi Mananga and Others v Minister of Police (Case no 342/2020) [2021] ZASCA 71 (04 June 2021)  
Kunene and Others v Minister of Police (260/2020) [2021] ZASCA 76 (10 June 2021)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Addressing some criticisms of the common purpose doctrine

e-Mantshi   Issue 174 - May 2021 - 628kb

S v Woelf and Another (43/2021) [2021] ZAWCHC 89 (7 May 2021)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Extension of non-pathological incapacity doctrine

e-Mantshi   Issue 173 - April 2021 - 500kb

Pedro v S (A236/2020) [2021] ZAWCHC 64 (15 April 2021)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Section 309B (5), Criminal Procedure Act (new evidence after conviction): a novel procedure in the magistrates’ courts on which the high court gave some guidance: S v Lottering (2020 (2) SACR 629 (WCC))

e-Mantshi   Issue 172 - March 2021 - 894kb

Venter v S (779/2018) [2021] ZASCA 21 (18 March 2021)  
Mntambo v S (478/2020) [2021] ZASCA 17 (11 March 2021)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Attempt at the impossible

e-Mantshi   Issue 171 - February 2021 - 469kb

S v White (CA&R 08/2021) [2021] ZAECGHC 4 (20 January 2021)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Amnesia and criminal responsibility

e-Mantshi   Issue 170 - November 2020 - 482kb

M J Vermeulen Inc. v Engelbrecht No and Another (19257/2019) [2020] ZAWCHC 148 (6 November 2020)  
In re the detention of Ms N December in the Port Alfred Magistrates Court (CA&R 207/2020) [2020] ZAECGHC 129 (24 November 2020)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Combating attacks on emergency workers

e-Mantshi   Issue 169 - October 2020 - 455kb

Makaphela and Others v Acting Regional Court Magistrate Mr Dumani and Others (816/18) [2019] ZAECBHC 22; 2020 (2) SACR 427 (ECB)  
Oosthuizen v Magistrate for the District of Hermanus and Others (8633/2020) [2020] ZAWCHC 138 (29 October 2020)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Consistency in sentencing - same sentences for different crime seriousness

e-Mantshi   Issue 168 - September 2020 - 502kb

S v SS (CA&R 42/2020) [2020] ZAECGHC 97 (31 August 2020)  
Leshilo v S (345/2019) [2020] ZASCA 98 (8 September 2020)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Lost Self-Control: Are we moving towards a defence of diminished capacity?

e-Mantshi   Issue 167 - August 2020 - 478kb

S v Thobela (130/2019) [2020] ZAGPJHC 64 (2020 (2) SACR 222 (GJ)  
S v Josephs (1059/2019) [2020] ZAWCHC 81 (19 August 2020)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   With great power comes great responsibility - Contempt of Court in facie curiae

e-Mantshi   Issue 166 - July 2020 - 359kb

Van der Walt v S [2020] ZACC 19 (21 July 2020)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   A refresher, and discussion of recent cases on intermediaries in criminal proceedings involving children

e-Mantshi   Issue 165 - June 2020 - 392kb

S v Tshefu (33/2019) [2020] ZAECBHC 4; 2020 (1) SACR 525 (ECB) (20 February 2020)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Road Rage

e-Mantshi   Issue 164 - May 2020 - 523kb

S v Makhetha (R16/2020) [2020] ZAFSHC 94 (14 May 2020)  
Centre for Child Law v Director- General: Department of Home Affairs and Others (CA 319/2018) [2020] ZAECGHC 43 (19 May 2020)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Rape and Common Purpose

e-Mantshi   Issue 163 - April 2020 - 436kb

LR v S (CA&R 41/19) [2020] ZAECGHC 31 (29 April 2020)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The defence of obedience to orders

e-Mantshi   Issue 162 - March 2020 - 437kb

Nohour and Another v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development (1136/2018) [2020] ZASCA 27 (26 March 2020)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The Child Rape Epidemic: Practical steps needed to be taken to protect child victims from secondary trauma by the criminal justice system: An urgent call to all magistrates.

e-Mantshi   Issue 161 - February 2020 - 714kb

C D and Another v S (A253/2019) [2019] ZAWCHC 147; 2020 (1) SACR 134 (WCC)  
Nkosi and Another v S (A161//2017) [2019] ZAGPJHC 394; 2020 (1) SACR 206 (GJ)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The offence of failure to give satisfactory account of possession of implement

e-Mantshi   Issue 160 - January 2020 - 400kb

S v Cronje (19113) [2019] ZAWCHC 133; 2020 (1) SACR 74 (WCC)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The admissibility of a child's evidence in court - new developments?

e-Mantshi   Issue 159 - November 2019 - 483kb

S v Gumede and Others [2019] ZAKZPHC 70 (1 November 2019)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Abolishing the parental chastisement defence

e-Mantshi   Issue 158 - October 2019 - 508kb

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality v Gcora (992/2016) [2018] ZAECPEHC 34; 2019 (2) SACR 451 (ECP) (10 July 2018)  
Mokoena v S (200/2018) [2019] ZASCA 74; 2019 (2) SACR 355 (SCA) (30 May 2019)  
Contribution from the Law Faculty at NMU   -   CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECLARES DRACONIAN INTIMIDATION ACT SECTIONS UNCONSTITUTIONAL: PLUS, LESSONS IN STATUTORY INTERPRETATION

e-Mantshi   Issue 157 - September 2019 - 382kb

V v V (AR72/2018) [2019] ZAKZPHC 61 (13 September 2019)  
Freedom of Religion South Africa v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others (CCT320/17) [2019] ZACC 34 (18 September 2019)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Hate speech: acceptable remedies in a Constitutional democracy

e-Mantshi   Issue 156 - August 2019 - 508kb

S v Z G (70/W 3389548) [2019] ZAWCHC 45; 2019 (2) SACR 162 (WCC) (27 February 2019)  
Mong v Director of Public Prosecutions and Another (17593/2018) [2019] ZAWCHC 106 (23 August 2019)  
Contributions from Peers   -   DISCRETION OF THE COURT ITO SECTION 50 OF ACT 32 OF 2007 - IS THERE ANY?

e-Mantshi   Issue 155 - July 2019 - 462kb

Economic Freedom Fighters and Another v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Another; Economic Freedom Fighters and Another v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Another (87638/2016) [2019] ZAGPPHC 253 (4 July 2019)  
Brackenfell Trailer Hire (Pty) Ltd and Others v Minister of Transport (20825/2017; 22046/2018) [2019] ZAWCHC 30; 2019 (2) SACR 62 (WCC) (20 March 2019)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   ADMONISHMENT, AND COMPETENCE OF A MENTALLY CHALLENGED ADULT TO TESTIFY IN A CRIMINAL CASE

e-Mantshi   Issue 154 - June 2019 - 438kb

Brown and Another v S (CC 18/2017) [2018] ZAECPEHC 76 (14 December 2018)  
Eskom Holdings SOC Limited v Masinda (1225/2018) [2019] ZASCA 98 (18 June 2019)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   'Intentional accidents' and the purpose of imposing duties following road traffic collisions

e-Mantshi   Issue 153 - May 2019 - 310kb

Ex Parte: Goosen and Others (2019/2137) [2019] ZAGPJHC 154 (17 May 2019)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Corporal punishment and the new Constitutional Dispensation

e-Mantshi   Issue 152 - April 2019 - 461kb

S v Wildridge 2019 (1) SACR 474 (ECG)  
S v Khathutshelo and Another 2019 (1) SACR 480 (LT)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   What is the position where a fingerprint is the only evidence implicating the accused?

e-Mantshi   Issue 151 - March 2019 - 326kb

S v MEIRING 2019 (1) SACR 227 (GJ)  
SHAW AND ANOTHER v MACKINTOSH AND ANOTHER 2019 (1) SA 398 (SCA)  
MATHIMBA AND OTHERS v NONXUBA AND OTHERS 2019 (1) SA 550 (ECG)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Deindividuation

e-Mantshi   Issue 150 - February 2019 - 437kb

Jacobs v S (A365/18) [2019] ZAWCHC 4 (11 February 2019)  
Minister of Police v Vowana and Another (884/2014) [2019] ZAECMHC 5 (14 February 2019)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Mistaken identity of the victim in criminal law

e-Mantshi   Issue 149 - January 2019 - 373kb

S v FREDERICK AND ANOTHER 2018 (2) SACR 686 (WCC)  
S v KRUSE 2018 (2) SACR 644 (WCC)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Video conference testimony in the civil courts: South African courts lag behind.

e-Mantshi   Issue 148 - November 2018 - 345kb

Muller v S (A241/2018) [2018] ZAWCHC 155 (16 November 2018)  
S v SHIBURI 2018 (2) SACR 485 (SCA)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Rubbernecking

e-Mantshi   Issue 147 - October 2018 - 437kb

S v Mtyhole (R255/2018) [2018] ZAFSHC 156 (18 October 2018)  
S v RAMATAR 2018 (2) SACR 414 (WCC)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Protest action and the law: Emerging developments

e-Mantshi   Issue 146 - September 2018 - 618kb

S v Luzil (18294) [2018] ZAWCHC 75; 2018 (2) SACR 278 (WCC) (19 June 2018)  
S v Fransman and Another (17531; 17532) [2018] ZAWCHC 79; 2018 (2) SACR 250 (WCC) (22 June 2018)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Practical problems with broad based approach in similar fact evidence

e-Mantshi   Issue 145 - August 2018 - 531kb

S v Simba; S v Perrang; S v Ajouhran (A2241/17; A850/17; A2800/17) [2018] ZAWCHC 99 (17 August 2018)  
S v ZOTWA 2018 (2) SACR 151 (ECG)  
S v MAHLANGU 2018 (2) SACR 64 (GP)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Depression in the workplace

e-Mantshi   Issue 144 - July 2018 - 531kb

S v Permall 2017 JDR 2001 (WCC)  
S v Nquma and Another (CA&R187/2018) [2018] ZAECGHC 58 (31 July 2018)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Whither the defence of non-pathological incapacity based on provocation or emotional stress?

e-Mantshi   Issue 143 - June 2018 - 531kb

S v Moses (18509/2018) [2018] ZAWCHC 74 (14 June 2018)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Revising the rule of Spousal Privilege in cases of cohabitation

e-Mantshi   Issue 142 - May 2018 - 497kb

Nel and Others v S (A508/2017) [2017] ZAGPJHC 296; 2018 (1) SACR 576 (GJ) (17 October 2017)  
Cooper v District Magistrate, Cape Town (WCC) (1699/2017) [2017] ZAWCHC 140; 2018 (1) SACR 369 (WCC) (24 November 2017)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   New Evidence: The case of the recanting witness

e-Mantshi   Issue 141 - April 2018 - 430kb

NS and Others v Presiding Officer of the Children's Court (2184/18) [2018] ZAGPJHC 59 (6 February 2018)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The rationale of kidnapping

e-Mantshi   Issue 140 - March 2018 - 578kb

S V FLOBELA (17258) [2018] ZAWCHC 31 (12 MARCH 2018)  
Phetoe v S (1361/2016) [2018] ZASCA 20 (16 March 2018)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Children: Competence and Oath Taking

e-Mantshi   Issue 139 - February 2018 - 576kb

SULANI V MASHIYI AND ANOTHER CASE 246/2018 (2 February 2018) (ECPEHC)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   S v Lerumo and Others (08/2017) [2017] ZANWHC 63; 2018 (1) SACR 202 (NWM) (10 August 2017) vs Sulani v Mathiya and Another (246/2018) [2018] ZAECPEHC 2 (2 February 2018)

e-Mantshi   Issue 138 - January 2018 - 386kb

S v CACAMBILE 2018 (1) SACR 8 (ECB)  
S v RANTLAI 2018 (1) SACR 1 (SCA)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The use of ear print evidence in identification

e-Mantshi   Issue 137 - November 2017 - 361kb

KS and AM - A3032-2016 (South Gauteng High Court) 24 October 2017  
Sayed v The State (530/2017) [2017] ZASCA 156 (24 November 2017)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Scandalising the court

e-Mantshi   Issue 136 October 2017 - 320k

YG and The State - Case A 263/2016 (South Gauteng High Court) 19 October 2017  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Swearing in a child witness

e-Mantshi   Issue 135 September 2017 - 1.1mb

S v Cacambile (CA&R19/17, 22/17) [2017] ZAECBHC 6 (14 September 2017)  
S v D D Mlotshwa (KZN High Court Pietermaritzburg : Case RC 188/14 Review 11/2017)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Lesson for landlords who supply electricity to tenants

e-Mantshi   Issue 134 August 2017 - 721kb

S v Jacobs, S v Swart, S v Damon, S v Jas, S v Klaasen, S v Swanepoel, S v Xhantibe [2017] ZAWCHC 82 (16 August 2017)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Admissibility of Confession

e-Mantshi   Issue 133 July 2017 - 482kb

Venter v S (A505/2016) [2017] ZAGPPHC 384 (21 July 2017)  
Centre for Child Law and Others v Media 24 Limited and Others (23871/15) [2017] ZAGPPHC 313 (11 July 2017)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The books: A brief tribute to John Milton6

e-Mantshi   Issue 132 June 2017 - 437kb

S v Thetha (CA&R165/2017) [2017] ZAECGHC 73 (9 June 2017)  
Baadjies v S (A141/2017) [2017] ZAWCHC 66 (9 June 2017)  
S v Masemola (CM433/2016) [2017] ZAGPPHC 259 (6 June 2017)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Is the development of the common law by the courts a power of historical and academic importance only?

e-Mantshi   Issue 131 May 2017 - 441kb

VN v MD AND ANOTHER 2017 (2) SA 328 (ECG)  
NEDBANK LTD v JONES AND OTHERS 2017 (2) SA 473 (WCC)  
HOHNE v SUPER STONE MINING (PTY) LTD 2017 (3) SA 45 (SCA)  
S v Nkala (20170040) [2017] ZAECGHC 51 (9 May 2017)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Spousal privilege

e-Mantshi   Issue 130 April 2017 - 449kb

S v NJIVA AND ANOTHER 2017 (1) SACR 395 (ECM)  
S v QHAYISO 2017 (1) SACR 470 (ECB)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The unlawfulness requirement in the crime of housebreaking

e-Mantshi   Issue 129 March 2017 - 472kb

Mazina v S (494/2016) [2017] ZASCA 22 (24 March 2017)  
Mudau and Another v S (1148/2016) [2017] ZASCA 34 (29 March 2017)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Some perspectives on the defence of voluntary intoxication

e-Mantshi   Issue 128 February 2017 - 273kb

WICKHAM v MAGISTRATE, STELLENBOSCH AND OTHERS 2017 (1) SACR 209 (CC)  
FINAL CREDIT LIFE INSURANCE REGULATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT NOTICE 81 OF 2017
Contributions from the Law School   -   Similar Fact Evidence: A review of the basic principles

e-Mantshi   Issue 127 January 2017 - 490kb

S v MALISWANE AND ANOTHER 2017 (1) SACR 26 (ECG)  
S v LOURENS 2016 (2) SACR 624 (WCC)  
Act 17 of 2016 Childrens Amandment Act
Act 18 of 2016 Childrens Second Amandment Act
Contributions from the Law School   -   When is it competent to convict on a competent verdict? S v Van Ieperen 2017 (1) SACR 226 (WCC)

e-Mantshi   Issue 126 November 2016 - 514kb

S v MOTHWA 2016 (2) SACR 489 (SCA)  
S v GAMA 2016 (2) SACR 530 (GJ)  
S v KUYLER 2016 (2) SACR 563 (FB)  
S v FENI 2016 (2) SACR 581 (ECB)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Arrest and Detention of Minors – Acting in the best interests of the Child Raduvha v Minister of Safety and Security and Another [2016] ZACC 24

e-Mantshi   issue 125 October 2016 - 558kb

Mokhosi v S (A40/2016) [2016] ZAFSHC 170  
Longano v S (AR76/2015) [2016] ZAKZPHC 93  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Sexual harassment in the workplace

e-Mantshi   issue 124 September 2016 - 400kb

S v VILAKAZI 2016 (2) SACR 432 (GP)  
S v SKHOSANA 2016 (2) SACR 456 (GJ)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Authoritative pronouncement on the proper interpretation and implementation of the aarto : FINES4U CC AND ANOTHER V JMPD AND OTHERS 2014 (4) SA 89 (GJ)

e-Mantshi   issue 123 August 2016 - 432kb

JIMMALE AND ANOTHER V S (CCT223/15) [2016] ZACC 27  
VAN IEPEREN V S (A194/2016) [2016] ZAWCHC 109  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Morality, Justification and Specifying Rights in the Doctrine of Necessity

e-Mantshi   issue 122 July 2016 - 334kb

S v SEEMELA 2016 (2) SACR 125 (SCA)  
S v PATEL 2016 (2) SACR 141 (GJ)  
S v NDWAMBI 2016 (2) SACR 195 (SCA)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Illegally/unconstitutionally obtained evidence: Facebook hacking

e-Mantshi   issue 121 June 2016 - 406kb

Nkadimeng R v S (A435/16) [2016] ZAGPPHC 504 (30 June 2016)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Errors and omissions not accepted.

e-Mantshi   issue 120 May 2016 - 556kb

S v MAFIKA 2016 (1) SACR 623 (FB)  
S v HJ 2016 (1) SACR 629 (KZD)  
Gayiya v S (1018/15) [2016] ZASCA 65  
Contributions from the Law School   -   When will restorative justice concerns not apply in sentencing an offender?

e-Mantshi   issue 119 April 2016 - 268kb

ZF v S [2016] 1 All SA 296 (KZP)  
Radzilane v S (127/15) [2016] ZASCA 64  
Van Schalkwyk v The State (680/15) [2016] ZASCA  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Some thoughts on putative private defence.

e-Mantshi   issue 118 March 2016 - 365kb

S v SN 2016 (1) SACR 404 (GP)  
SS v CHAUKE 2016 (1) SACR 408 (SCA)  
S v GOVENDER 2016 (1) SACR 236 (KZP)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The constitutional court delivers the final word on the admissibility of admissions by one accused against anthoer coaccused – saying ‘no, they are not.’

e-Mantshi   issue 117 February 2016 - 303kb

S v EKE 2016 (1) SACR 135 (ECG)  
S v BROWN 2016 (1) SACR 206 (WCC)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Speak now or forever hold your peace Mr NDP

e-Mantshi   issue 116 January 2016 - 321kb

S v MACHABA AND ANOTHER 2016 (1) SACR 1 (SCA)  
S v ASELE 2016 (1) SACR 13 (NCK)  
S v DAMANI 2016 (1) SACR 80 (KZP)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The duty to support the indigent elderly in South Africa: A public or private duty?

e-Mantshi   issue 115 November 2015 - 321kb

S v SEEDAT 2015 (2) SACR 612 (GP)  
S v MARINGA AND ANOTHER 2015 (2) SACR 629 (SCA)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Some thoughts on an apparently redundant defence, and some unhelpful judicial terminology, in the context of dolus eventualis

e-Mantshi   issue 114 October 2015 -498kb

S v JEZILE 2015 (2) SACR 452 (WCC)  
S v LR 2015 (2) SACR 497 (GP)  
S v MGCWABE 2015 (2) SACR 517 (ECG)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The judicial use of poetry

e-Mantshi   issue 113 September 2015 - 415kb

S v QHEKISI (166/2015) [2015] ZAFSHC 182  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Legal Duty to disclose in HIV transmission cases

e-Mantshi   issue 112 August 2015 - 398kb

S v MADLALA 2015 (2) SACR 247 (GJ)  
S v MASOKA AND ANOTHER 2015 (2) SACR 268 (ECP)  
S v PAPU AND OTHERS 2015 (2) SACR 313 (ECB)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   An appreciation of the criminal law legacy of Jonathan Burchell on the occasion of his retirement

e-Mantshi   issue 111 July 2015 - 532kb

S v SEBOFI 2015 (2) SACR 179 (GJ)  
S v SEHOOLE 2015 (2) SACR 196 (SCA)  
S v MALIGA 2015 (2) SACR 202 (SCA)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   An appreciation of the criminal law legacy of Jonathan Burchell on the occasion of his retirement

e-Mantshi   issue 110 June 2015 - 322kb

S v NTSHONYANE AND ANOTHER 2015 (2) SACR 70 (FB)  
S v GR 2015 (2) SACR 79 (SCA)  
MINISTER OF SAFETY AND SECURITY AND OTHERS v VAN DER WALT AND ANOTHER 2015 (2) SACR 1 (SCA)  
www.issafrica.org : fixing saps should start with phiyega but cant end there
Contributions from the Law School   -   Poor Quality of Conduct of Police, Legal Representatives and the Court

e-Mantshi   issue 109 May 2015 - 399kb

S v HELM 2015 (1) SACR 550 (WCC)  
S v MTHETHWA 2015 (1) SACR 609 (GP)  
S v MOKGARA 2015 (1) SACR 634 (GP)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Authoritative support for criminal sanctions aimed at protecting non-protesters during protests and strikes

e-Mantshi   issue 108 April 2015 - 399kb

S v DITLHAKANYANE AND OTHERS 2015 (1) SACR 437 (GJ)  
S v TS 2015 (1) SACR 489 (WCC)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The rule against self-corroboration: A discussion of S v AM 2014 (1) SACR 48 (FB)

e-Mantshi   issue 107 March 2015 - 399kb

S v MAAROHANYE AND ANOTHER 2015 (1) SACR 337 (GJ)  
S v WANA AND OTHERS 2015 (1) SACR 374 (ECP)  
WOJI v MINISTER OF POLICE 2015 (1) SACR 409 (SCA)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Sentencing considerations relating to a guilty plea

e-Mantshi   issue 106 Feruary 2015 - 400kb

MINISTER OF SAFETY AND SECURITY v KITASE 2015 (1) SACR 181 (SCA)  
S v MOTLOUNG 2015 (1) SACR 310 (GJ)  
MAGISTRATE PANGARKER v BOTHA AND ANOTHER 2015 (1) SA 503 (SCA)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The evaluation of a rape complainant’s evidence in light of ss 58 and 59 of Act 32 of 2007

e-Mantshi   issue 105 January 2015 - 344kb

S V ZUMANI 2015(1) SACR 84 (GJ)  
S V PEDRO 2015 (1) SACR 42 (WCC)  
S V VELEBHAYI 2015 (1) SACR 7 (ECG)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The duty to maintain

e-Mantshi   issue 104 November 2014 - 363kb

S V MODISENYANE 2014(2) SACR 453 (GP)  
S V ESSOP 2014 (2) SACR 495 (KZP)  
S V NKOSI 2014 (2) SACR 525 (GP)  
S V VAN STADEN 2014(2) SACR 533 (WCC)  
Contributions from the Law SchoolBattered women and the requirement of proportionality in South African law.

e-Mantshi   issue 103 October 2014 - 412kb

VAN HEERDEN V MINISTER OF SAFETY AND SECURITY 2014 (2) SACR 346 (NCK)  
S V KIRSCH 2014 (2) SACR 419 (WCC)  
DU PLESSIS v MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND OTHERS CASE 17730/2010 GAUTENG HIGH COURT 19 MARCH 2014  
Full Judgement Du Plessis v Minister of Justice
Contributions from the Law School   -   The admissibility of an extra curial admission by one co-accused against another.

e-Mantshi   Issue 102 September 2014 - 607kb

S V NDLANZI 2014 (2) SACR 256 (SCA)  
JONKER V MANAGER, GALI THEMBANI/ JJ SERFONTEIN SCHOOL AND OTHERS 2014 (2) SACR 269 (ECG)  
S v JANTJIE 2014(JOL) 32189 (ECG)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The mandament van spolie, the defence of impossibility and the illegal possession of property

e-Mantshi   Issue 101 August 2014 - 484kb

BAASDEN v MINISTER OF SAFETY AND SECURITY 2014 (2) SACR 163 (GP)  
S v SELEKE 2014 (2) SACR 199 (NCK)  
S v NKOSI 2014(2) SACR 212 (GP)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   How do we deal with criminal defamation?

e-Mantshi   Issue 100 July 2014 - 550kb

S v BM 2014 (2) SACR 23 (SCA)  
S v MABENA 2014 (2) SACR 43 (GP)  
S v MADIBANE 2014(2) SACR 88 (GP)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   How do we deal with criminal defamation?

e-Mantshi   Issue 99 June 2014 - 369kb

MULTICHOICE V NPA: In Re S v PISTORIUS 2014 (1) SACR 589 (GP)  
S v NCOKO 2014 (1) SACR 607 (ECG)  
MINISTER OF SAFETY AND SECURITY v KLEINHANS 2014(1) SACR 613 (WCC)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Why teaching legal ethics is not the same as teaching the ‘law of lawyering’

e-Mantshi   Issue 98 May 2014 - 246kb

S v SWARTZ 2014 (1) SACR 461 (NCK)  
BOTHA v MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2014 (1) SACR 479 (NCK)  
S v LUPHUWANA 2014(1) SACR 503 (GJ)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The admissibility of children’s evidence in the context of recent cases

e-Mantshi   Issue 97 April 2014 - 204kb

S v MELAPI 2014 (1) SACR 363 (GP)  
S v MAQUBELA 2014(1) SACR 378 (WCC)  
S v ROSSOUW 2014(1) SACR 390 (WCC)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) Evidence: recent cases

e-Mantshi   Issue 96 March 2014 - 200kb

MINISTER OF POLICE AND ANOTHER v DU PLESSIS 2014 (1) SACR 217(SCA)  
S v NGUBENI 2014(1) SACR 266 (GSJ)  
S v STUURMAN (140017) [2014] ZAECPEHC 17 (19 March 2014)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Dangerous Weapons Act 15 of 20131

e-Mantshi   Issue 95 February 2014 - 439kb

S v EA 2014(1)SACR 184(NCK)  
S v OOSTHUIZEN 2014(1) SACR 192 (ECG)  
S v PHIRI 2014(1) SACR 211 (GNP)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Common purpose reformulated?

e-Mantshi   Issue 94 January 2014 - 439kb

S v GREEF 2014(1) SACR 74(WCC)  
S v MOYO AND OTHERS 2014(1)S ACR 83 (GNP)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Domestic violence as a factor in imposing sentence

e-Mantshi   Issue 93 October 2013 - 210kb

S v KUMKANI 2013 (2) SACR 360 (WCC)  
S v GXALEKA 2013(2) SACR 399 (ECB)  
S v SINGH 2013(2) SACR 372 (KZD)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Is there a duty to retreat for abused woman in the law of Self-Defence?

e-Mantshi   Issue 92 September 2013 - 581kb

S v PIATER 2013 (2) SACR 254 (GNP)  
S v CKM 2013(2) SACR 303 (GNP)  
S v CS 2013(2) SACR 323 (ECG)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Breach of promise claims and the return of engagement gifts: Cloete v Maritz 2013 JDR 0912 (WCC) and Van Jaarsveld v Bridges 2010 4 SA 558 (SCA)

e-Mantshi   Issue 91 August 2013 - 581kb

S v CHETTY 2013 (2) SACR 142 (SCA)  
S v VC 2013(2) SACR 146 (KZP)  
PRETORIUS v MAGISTRATE DURBAN 2013(2) SACR 153 (KZP)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Inalienable Rights: The Limits of Consent in HIV Cases

e-Mantshi   Issue 90 July 2013 - 581kb

S v HUMPHREYS 2013 (2) SACR 1 (SCA)  
S v MAKGATHO 2013(2) SACR 13 (SCA)  
S v MTHIMKULU 2013(2) SACR 89 (SCA)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The principle of legality, the right to procedural fairness and salaries for magistrates

e-Mantshi   Issue 89 June 2013 - 472kb

S v BANGISO 2013 (1) SACR 558 (GNP)  
S. v MNGENI 2013(1) SACR 583 (WCC)  
AVONTUUR & ASSOCIATES INC v CHIEF MAGISTRATE, OUDSTHOORN 2013(1) SACR 615 (WCC)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The notion of seriousness in sentencing in England and Wales

e-Mantshi   Issue 88 May 2013 - 375kb

S v GABAATLHOLE 2013 (1) SACR 471 (NCK)  
S. v MATIWANE 2013(1) SACR 507 (WCC)  
S v MUSIKER 2013(1) SACR 517 (SCA)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Impartiality and Recusal of Judicial Officers

e-Mantshi   Issue 87 April 2013 - 439kb

S v BOTHA 2013 (1) SACR 353 (ECP)  
S v RAMULIFHO 2013(1) SACR 388 (SCA)  
S V RAGHUBAR 2013 (1) SACR 398 (SCA)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Recent developments in the South African maintenance laws

e-Mantshi   Issue 86 March 2013 - 449kb

S v NGQABUKO 2013 (1) SACR 275 (ECG)  
NAIDOO AND ANOTHER v DE FREITAS AND OTHERS 2013(1) SACR 284 (KZP)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Diverse issues relating to the child witness.

e-Mantshi   Issue 85 February 2013 - 473kb

S v RULULU 2013 (1) SACR 117 (ECG)  
S v MOYCE 2013(1) SACR 131 (WCC)  
S V MOFOKENG 2013 (1) SACR 143 (FB)  
S V MBALEKI 2013(1) SACR 165 KZD  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Guidelines for sentencing in relation to housebreaking

e-Mantshi   Issue 84 January 2013 - 443kb

S v PARSONS 2013 (1) SACR 38 (WCC)  
DAFFY v DAFFY 2013(1) SACR 42 (SCA)  
S V ROSS 2013 (1) SACR 77 WCC  
S V KHUMALO 2013(1) SACR 96 KZP  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The criminal prosecution and sentencing of maintenance defaulters

e-Mantshi   Issue 83 December 2012 - 443kb

S v MBATHA 2012 (2) SACR 551 (KZP)  
S v MOLEFE 2012(2) SACR 574 (GNP)  
S V DUMA 2012 (2) SACR 585 KZP  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Permanent heterosexual life partnerships - some recent changes

e-Mantshi   Issue 82 November 2012 - 560kb

S v MADONSELA 2012 (2) SACR 456 (GSJ)  
S v GANI NO 2012(2) SACR 468 (GSJ)  
S V MEKULA 2012 (2) SACR 521 ECG  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Chastisement under the new Constitutional Dispensation: South African common-law position

e-Mantshi   Issue 81 October 2012 - 560kb

S v NHLAPO 2012 (2) SACR 358 (GSJ)  
S v NYUMBEKA 2012(2) SACR 367 (WCC)  
PANDAY v MINISTER OF POLICE 2012(2) SACR 421 KZD  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Belief in witchcraft as a mitigating factor in sentencing

e-Mantshi   Issue 80 September 2012 - 560kb

S v RATHUMBU 2012 (2) SACR 219 (SCA)  
S v MZIMBA 2012(2) SACR 233 (KZP)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   De minimis non curat lex is an age-old maxim, which is often applied, but infrequently rationalised. Burchell and Snyman both adopt the meaning that the law does not concern itself with trifles.

e-Mantshi   Issue 79 August 2012 - 416kb

S v MAJIKAZANA 2012 (2) SACR 107 (SCA)  
S v VAN ROOYEN 2012(2) SACR 141 (ECG)  
S v WILLIAMS 2012(2) SACR 158 (WCC)  
S v RS AND OTHERS 2012(2) SACR 160 (WCC)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Killing in defence of property: A constitutional approach

e-Mantshi   Issue 78 July 2012 - 382kb

S v DLAMINI 2012 (2) SACR 1 (SCA)  
S v MM 2012(2) SACR 18 (SCA)  
S v MCOSEDI 2012(2) SACR 82 (ECG)  
Contributions from the Law School   -  The child witness: intermediaries, and the oath

e-Mantshi   Issue 77 June 2012 - 382kb

S v SMITH 2012 (1) SACR 567 (SCA)  
S v MBUYISA 2012(1) SACR 571 (SCA)  
S v MATSHIBA 2012(1) SACR 577 (ECG)  
S v DEWHURST 2012(1) SACR 627 (ECP)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The nature of the threat in the crime of extortion

e-Mantshi   Issue 76 May 2012 - 445kb

S v MOKELA 2012 (1) SACR 431 (SCA)  
S v CARSTENS 2012(1) SACR 485 (WCC)  
S v FILANI 2012(1) SACR 508 (ECG)  
EX PARTE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES: IN RE S v MTSHABE 2012(1) SACR 526 (ECM)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Disposal of a child's body to conceal the birth: S v Molefe (GNP) 2012-04-03 unreported case number A 240/12.

e-Mantshi   Issue 75 April 2012 - 339kb

S v MATHONSI 2012 (1) SACR 335 (KZP)  
S v KRUGER 2012(1) SACR 369 (SCA)  
S v QN 2012(1) SACR 380 (KZP)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   A caution on the cautionary rule

e-Mantshi   Issue 74 March 2012 - 410kb

S v NDEBELE 2012 (1) SACR 245 (GSJ)  
S v BF 2012(1) SACR 298 (SCA)  
PRELIMINARY INQUIRY FORM (word doc)
Contributions from the Law School   -   Determining the best interests of the child in care proceedings – the right to contact by grandparents

e-Mantshi   Issue 73 Febuary 2012 - 376kb

S v NKUNA 2012 (1) SACR 167 (BPD)  
MKHIZE v UMVOTI MUNICIPALITY AND OTHERS 2012 (1) SA 1 (SCA)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Teaching legal ethics

e-Mantshi   Issue 72 January 2012 - 333kb

S v Nkosi 2012 (1) SACR 87 (GNP)  
S v Kholane 2012 (1) SACR 8 (FB)  
S v Bruinders 2012(1) SACR 25 (WCC)  
S v Nxopo 2012(1) SACR 13 (ECG)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Sentencing primary caregivers

e-Mantshi   Issue 71 December 2011 - 297kb

DPP, North Gauteng v Thabethe 2011(2) SACR 567 (SCA)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Admissibility of a Confession/Evaluation of Evidence

e-Mantshi   Issue 70 November 2011 - 245kb

S v NCUBE 2011(2) SACR 471 (GSJ)  
S v NKOSI 2011(2) SACR 482 (SCA)  
S v TSHABALALA 2011(2) SACR 505 (KZP)  
S v VAN DER MERWE 2011(2) SACR 509 (FB)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   S v Hendricks (cc46/2010) [2011] ZAWCHC 345 (9 September 2011) and the Dräger Alcotest 7110 MK 111 breathalyser. The use of breathalysers in South Africa is the most convenient way to present evidence to the court about offenders prosecuted for drinking and driving as blood testing is practically problematic due to the delay in obtaining results from state laboratories.

e-Mantshi   Issue 69 October 2011 - 214kb

Media 24 v NPA 2011(2) SACR 317 (GNP)  
Maimela v Makhado Municipality 2011(2) SACR 339 (SCA)  
S v Jeffries 2011(2) SACR 350 (FB)  
Erasmus v MEC for Transport,Eastern Cape 2011(2) SACR 367 (ECM)  
S v Pauls 2011(2) SACR 417 (ECG)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Protecting older persons – new developments in the law. It is trite that the inception of the constitutional era in South Africa has engendered a new dispensation founded on justiciable human rights.

e-Mantshi   Issue 68 September 2011 - 179kb

Swart v Minister of Correctional Services 2011(2) SACR 217 (ECP)  
S v Gcoba 2011(2) SACR 231 (KZP)  
S v Mzwempi 2011(2) SACR 237 (ECM)  
S v Masondo: In Re S v Mthembu and Others 2011(2) SACR 286 (GSJ)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Battered women and the requirement of imminence in Self-defence

e-Mantshi   Issue 67 August 2011 - 179kb

S v Fynn 2011(2) SACR 178 (KZP)  
S v Mitchell 2011(2) SACR 182 (ECP)  
S v Makhaye 2011(2) SACR 173 (KZD)  
S v Mdantile 2011(2) SACR 142 (FB)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The application of ‘battered woman syndrome’ to objective test in private defence

e-Mantshi   Issue 66 July 2011 - 184kb

S v Kubheka [2011] JOL 27424 (GSJ)  
S v Van der Westhuizen 2011(2) SACR 26 (SCA)  
S v Baartman 2011(2) SACR 79 (WCC)  
Minister of Safety and Security v Venter and others 2011(2) SACR 67 (SCA)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The Films and Publications Act 65 of 1996 (as amended)1 (the Act) outlaws child pornography, and makes it a punishable offence

e-Mantshi   Issue 65 June 2011 - 421kb

Minister of Safety and Security v Kruger 2011(1) SACR 529 (SCA)  
S v Dyantyi 2011(1) SACR 540 (ECG)  
S v Block 2011(1) SACR 622 (NCK)  
S v Mkhize 2011(1) SACR 554 (KZD)  
S v Klaas 2011(1) SACR 630 (ECG)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Is it appropriate to find a motorist guilty of murder? In principle such a finding was sanctioned by the Appellate Division in the case of S v Van Zyl 1969 (1) SA 553 (A), where Steyn CJ stated (at 557B-C):

e-Mantshi   Issue 64 May 2011 - 187kb

S v HANEKOM 2011 (1) SACR 430 (WCC)  
S v BOTES 2011 (1) SACR 439 (GNP)  
S v KHOZA 2011 (1) SACR 482 (GSJ)  
S v BHADU 2011 (1) SACR 487 (ECG)  
S v JACOBS 2011 (1) SACR 490 (ECP)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Nel v Jonker (WCHC) unreported case number A653/2009 dated 2011-02-17 was the first reported judgment dealing with misattributed paternity.

e-Mantshi   Issue 63 April 2011 - 198kb

Minister of Safety and Security v Sekhoto and Another 2011 (1) SACR 315 SCA  
S v Molawa; S v Mpengesi 2011 (1) SACR 350 GSJ  
S v Londe 2011 (1) SACR 377 ECG  
S v Cwele and Another 2011 (1) 409 KZP  
Contributions from the Law School   -   CIVIL AVIATION – REFINING THE ENFORCEMENT REGIME

e-Mantshi   Issue 62 March 2011 - 160kb

Minister of Safety and Security v Van Der Merwe 2011 (1) SACR 211 SCA  
S v Acting Regional Magistrate, Boksburg and Another 2011 (1) SACR 256 GSJ  
S v Maake 2011(1) SACR 263 SCA  
S v Mthembu 2011(1) SACR 272 KZP  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Fingerprint evidence: A discussion of aspects of S v Nduna 2011(1) SACR 115 SCA.

e-Mantshi   Issue 61 February 2011 - 159kb

S v Nduna 2011 (1) SACR 115 SCA  
S v Ramabokela 2011 (1) SACR 122 GNP  
Legal Aid Board v The State 2011 (1) SACR 166 SCA  
Contributions from the Law School   -   In November 2010 the LLB Curriculum Research Report by Georgina Pickett was completed in cooperation with the Council for Higher Education.

e-Mantshi   Issue 60 January 2011 - 183kb

Crookes v Sibisi 2011 (1) SACR 23 KZP  
S v Dladla 2011 (1) SACR 80 KZP  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Flexibility in sentencing : a discussion of 3 recent cases.

e-Mantshi   Issue 59 December 2010 - 165kb

S v EB 2010 (2) SACR 524 SCA  
S v Maphumulo 2010 (2) SACR 550 KZP  
S v Abader 2010 (2) SACR 558 WCC  
Contributions from Peers   -   REVISITING ALICE IN THE DEBTORS COURT: FAILING TO APPEAR IN COURT IN TERMS OF SECTION 65 A (9) ACT 32 OF 1944

e-Mantshi   Issue 58 November 2010 - 201kb

S v Mdlongwa 2010(2) SACR 419 (SCA)  
Claassen v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Another 2010 (2) SACR 451 (WCC)  
S v Khan 2010 (2) SACR 476 (KZP)  
S v Hodgkinson 2010 (2) SACR 511 (GNP)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   A move towards family mediation Recent cases accentuated the importance of an alternative approach to litigation in the settling of disputes surrounding children – mainly dealing with issues around care (custody) and contact (access)

e-Mantshi   Issue 57 October 2010 - 155kb

Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development v Nyathi and another 2010 (4) SA 567 (CC)  
Standard Bank of SA v Pretorius; Standard Bank v Kruger 2010 (4) SA 635 (GSJ)  
S v Magadla 2010 (2) SACR 316 (ECM)  
S v Theko 2010 (2) SACR 339 (GNP)  
S v Gedezi and another 2010(2) SACR 363 (WCC)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The Supreme Court of Appeal on paternity testing YM v LB (465/09) [2010] ZASCA 106 (17 September 2010)

e-Mantshi   Issue 56 September 2010 - 209kb

S v Libazi and another 2010(2) SACR 233 (SCA)  
Carter Trading (Pty) Ltd v Blignaut 2010(2) SA 46 (ECP)  
Strategic Liquor Services v Mvumbi NO and others 2010(2) SA 92 (CC)  
Fish Hoek Primary School v GW 2010(2) SA 141 (SCA)  
MB v NB 2010(3) SA 220 (GSJ)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   S112 of the Criminal Procedure Act and questions from the bench

e-Mantshi   Issue 55 August 2010 - 169kb

National Director of Public Prosecutions v King 2010(2) SACR 146 (SCA)  
S v Olivier 2010 (2) SACR 178 (SCA)  
S v De Koker 2010 (2) SACR 196 (WCC)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   THE CENTRE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE - ENSURING ACCESS TO JUSTICE

e-Mantshi   Issue 54 July 2010 - 144kb

S v Chukwu 2010(2) SACR 29 GNP  
S v De Klerk 2010(2) SACR 40 KZP  
S v Lachman 2010(2) SACR 52 SCA  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Section 252 A of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 regulates the use of traps to obtain evidence incriminating a suspect.

e-Mantshi   Issue 53 June 2010 - 144kb

S v Msimango 2010(1) SACR 544 (GSJ)  
S v Mkonza 2010(1) SACR 602 (KZP)  
Polonyfis v Provincial Commissioner, SAPS 2010(1) SACR 586 (NCK)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   THE EXCLUSION OF GAMBLERS FROM LICENSED CASINOS BY THE MAGISTRATES’ COURTS Legalisation of gambling and the inevitable problem of pathological gamblers

e-Mantshi   Issue 52 May 2010 - 249kb

S v Mazibuko and others 2010 (1) SACR 433 KZP  
S v Driescher 2010 (1) SACR 433 KZP  
S v Zerky 2010 (1) SACR 460 KZP  
S v Williams 2010 (1) SACR 493 ECG  
S v Bakos 2010 (1) SACR 523 GSJ  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Liability for the payment of public school fees based on the duty of support.

e-Mantshi   Issue 51 April 2010 - 178kb

S v 10  2010 (1) SACR 342 CPD  
S v Mukwevho 2010 (1) SACR 349 GSJ  
S v Dembe 2010(1) SACR 360 NCK  
Minister of Safety and Security v Sekhoto and Another 2010(1) SACR 388 FB  
S v Steyn 2010(1) SACR 411 SCA  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Unopposed applications for eviction; the requirements of Sections 4 (6) and 4 (7) of the Pie Act and the Onus of Proof.

e-Mantshi   Issue 50 March 2010 - 157kb

S v Chauke and Another 2010 (1) SACR 287 GSJ  
S v Sibiya 2010(1) SACR 284 GNP  
S v Chipape 2010 (1) SACR 245 GNP  
Contributions from the Law School   -   “Beyond reasonable doubt” – In the recent case of S v van Heerden 2009 0047 (ECP)

e-Mantshi   Issue 49 February 2010 - 171kb

S v Chowe 2010 SACR 141 GNP  
S v Mapipa (1) SACR 151 ECG  
S vs Gora and another 2010 (1) SACR 159 WCC  
S v Coetzee 2010 (1) SACR 176 SCA  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Does the accused have the right to view the contents of the docket in preparation for the trial? Temporary non-pathological criminal incapacity.

e-Mantshi   Issue 48 January 2010 - 204kb

S v Mathebula 2010 (1) SACR 55 SCA  
S v Cedars 2010 SACR 75 (GNP)  
S v Dyira 2010 (1) SACR 78 ECG  
S v Kotze 2010 (1) SACR 100 SCA  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Locus standi in a maintenance claim for adult children Butcher v Butcher 2009 25 A 421 ((C)) Magistrates as prime drivers and players in the change process in Child Justice and the plight of unaccompanied foreign children

e-Mantshi   Issue 47 December 2009 - 173kb

Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development and others v Moleko 2009 (2) SACR 585 SCA  
S v Mbatha 2009 (2) SACR 623 KZP  
S v Naidoo 2009(2) SACR 674 GSJ  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Law of evidence as it applies to the child witness

e-Mantshi   Issue 46 November 2009 160kb

Centre for Child Law v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and others 2009 (2) SACR 477 CC  
Minister of Safety and Security v Howard 2009 (2) SACR 536 (GSJ)  
A S v Vorster NO and Others 2009 (4) SA 108 (SECLD)  
S v Lottering 2009 (2) SACR 560 (ECG)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The application of dolus eventualis to specific crimes

e-Mantshi   Issue 45 October 2009 - 157kb

Director of Public Prosecutions, KwaZulu-Natal v Ngcobo and others 2009(2)SACR 36 SCA  
S v Zenzile 2009 (2) SACR 361 SCA  
S v Mabuza and others 2009 (2) SACR 435 (SCA)  
S v Rowand and another 2009 (2) SACR (WLD)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Legal Representation of a child in civil matters at State expenses

e-Mantshi   Issue 44 September - 200kb

Le Roux v Minister of Safety and Security and Another 2009(2)SACR252 KZP  
Rudolph and others v Minister of Safety and Security 2009 (2) SACR 271 SCA  
S v Mshengu 2009(2) SACR 316 SCA  
S v Nzama and another 2009 (2) SACR 326 KZP  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Magistrates; ethics : impartiality andintervention in the process by the magistrate

e-Mantshi   Issue 43 August 2009 - 200kb

DPP, Kwazulu-Natal and Regional Magistrate, Vryheid and others 2009 (2) SACR 117 (KZP)  
S v Janse van Resnburg 2009(2)SACR 216 CPD  
S v Mnisi 2009(2) SACR 227 SCA  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Contempt of Court

e-Mantshi   Issue 42 July 2009 - 200kb

S v Mosesi 2009 (2) SACR 31 WLD  
S v Nell 2009 (2) SACR 37 CPD  
S v Tabeth  
S v Visagie 2009 (2) SACR 70 TPD  
S v Dube and Others 2009 (2) SACR 99 SCA  
Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd v Hales and Another 2009 (3) SA 315 (D+CLD)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The Draft Recognition of Customary Marriages Amendment Bill 2009, and the implications for the Magistrates’Courts

e-Mantshi   Issue 41 June 2009 - 200kb

S v Mbhense 2009 (1) SACR 640 (NPD)  
S v Van Aardt 2009 (1) SACR 648 (SCA)  
Manong and Associates (Pty) Ltd v City Manager, City of Cape Town, and others 2009 (1) SA 644 (EqC)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Recent developments regarding the prohibition of the use of tobacco products

e-Mantshi   Issue 40 May 2009 - 186kb

S v Matsabu 2009(1) SACR 513 (SCA)  
S v Mavinini 2009 (1) SACR 523 SCA  
S v Mbokhani 2009(1)SACR 533 TPD  
S v Rozani: Rozani v Director of Public Prosecutions Western Cape and Others 2009(1) SACR 540 CPD  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Section four of the Prevention of Illegal Eviction Act : evictions from private land and the participation of the state

e-Mantshi   Issue 39 April 2009 - 201kb

Magobodi v Minister of Safety and Security and Another 2009 (1) SACR 355 TKHC  
S v Adams 2009 (1) SACR 394 CPD  
S v Eyssen 2009 (1) SACR 406 SCA  
S v Mavungu 2009 (1) SACR 425 TPD  
Contributions from the Law School   -   The application of the Domestic Violence Act 116 of 1998 in the Courts

e-Mantshi   Issue 38 March 2009 - 168kb

S v Egglestone 2009(1)SACR 244 SCA  
S v Hoho 2009 (1) SACR 276 SCA  
Mokonoto and Others v Reynolds No and Another 2009 (1) SACR 311 TPD  
S v Mia and Another 2009 (1) SACR 330 SCA  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Bribery Revived : The history of bribery stretches back to Roman common law

e-Mantshi   Issue 37 February 2009 - 168kb

S v Le Grange and Others 2009(1)SACR125 SCA  
S v Williams 2009 (1) SACR 192 CPD  
S v Saule 2009(1) SACR 196 CKHC  
Brown and another v Director of Public Prosecutions and others 2009(1) SACR 218 CPD  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Paternity : compelled testing and the best interests of the child Botha v Dreyer (Now Moller) (2008) KJOL 22809 (T)

e-Mantshi   Issue 36 January 2009 - 175kb

Van Rensburg v City of Johannesburg 2009 (1) SACR 32 WLD  
S v Ntozini 2009(1) SACR 42ECD  
S v Themhalethu 2009(1)SACR 50 SCA  
S v Cele and others 2009 (1) SACR 59 NPD  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Diabetes and the Criminal Law

e-Mantshi   Issue 35 December 2008 - 164kb

S v Mavela 2008 (2) SACR 608 CKHC  
S v van Staden 2008(2)SACR 626 NCD  
S v Gouws 2008(2) SACR 640 TPD  
S v Mafu 2008(2) SACR 653 WLD  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Enforcement of Maintenance Arrears

e-Mantshi   Issue 34 November 2008 - 177kb

Fosi v Road Accident Fund and another  
Thint (Pty) Ltd vs National Director Of Public Prosecutions and others, Zuma and Others v National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others (2008(2) SACR 421 (CC)  
Contributions from the Law School   -   Unfit to possess a firearm - the Court Process

e-Mantshi   Issue 33 October 2008 - 168kb

Strydom v Chiloane 2008(2)SA 347 TPD  
Petersen 2008(2)SACR 355 CPD  
S v Mgabhi 2008(2) SACR 377 (D+CLD)  
S v Bagadi 2008 (2) SACR 400 TPD  
S v Hengua 2008(2) SACR 404 NmHc  
Contributions from the Law School   -   ’Aspects of Proof of the crime of Housebreaking with Intent’

e-Mantshi   Issue 32 September 2008 - 168kb

Sentencing Offenders of Advanced Age
S v Carolus 2008 (2) SACR 207 (SCA)
S v Ndiki and Others 2008 (2) SACR 252 (CKHC)
S v Maasdorp 2008(2) SACR 296 (NCD)

e-Mantshi   Issue 31 August 2008 - 146kb

S v Chetty 2008(@) SACR 157 (WLD)
S v Leo 2008 (2) SACR 198 (CPD)
S v Dlamini and Another 2008(2) SACR 202 TPD

e-Mantshi   Issue 30 July 2008 - 141kb

Notes on S v Mghabi JOL 21734(D)
Concerns about South Africa’s proposed Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations
A commentary on the Children’s Act edited by C J Davel and A M Skelton published by Juta in 2007
S v Phiri 2008(2) SACR 21 TPD
S v Naicker 2008 (2) SACR 54 NPD
S v Mlimo 2008 (2) SACR 48 SCA
S v Molimi 2008 (2) SACR 76 CC

e-Mantshi   Issue 29 June 2008 - 152kb

Detention of unconvicted persons and women – Section 29 of the Correctional Services Act No 8 of 1959
S v Daniels 2008(1) SACR 597 NPD
S v Thobela 2008 (1) SACR 605 WLD

e-Mantshi   Issue 28 - May 2008 161kb - Annexure A -  Annexure B -  Annexure C

“Recognizances” Section 384 of Act 56 of 1955: Just another English Legacy or a South African Thorn in the Flesh?”
S v Whitehead and Others 2008 (1) SACR 431 SCA
S v Hammond 2008 (1) SACR 476 SCA
S v Dlamini and Another 2008 (1) SACR 501 NPD
S v Greyling 2008 (1) SACR 537 ECD

e-Mantshi   Issue 27 April 2008 - 218kb

“A critical look at the admissibility requirements for disputed breath-alcohol test results in S.65 (5) of Act 93/1996 prosecutions”
“The Balgalore Principles of Judicial Conduct 2002”
S van Aartd 2008 (1) SACR 336 ECD
S v Abader 2008 (1) SACR 347 (WLD)
S v Saayman 2008 (1) SACR 393 ECD

e-Mantshi   Issue 26 March 2008 - 176kb

Section 60 (11) of Act 51/77
S v Scott Crossley 2008 (1) SACR 223 (SCA)

e-Mantshi   Issue 25 February 2008 - 148kb

“Aspirant Judges of lazy civil servants” S60 (11) and S 60 (11) simply not important enough or too inconvenient to be applied
S v Mbhele 2008 (1) SACR 123 NPD
S v Hlangabezo and Others 2008 (1) SACR 218 (ECD)
S v De Vos 2008(1) SACR 175 (NPD)

e-Mantshi   Issue 24 January 2008 - 141kb

Potchefstroom Electronic Law journal accessed at www.puk.ac.za/LAW/per/per.htm
S Maluleke 2008 (1) SACR 49 (TPD)
S v Wiliams 2008 (1) SACR 65 CPD
S v Cornelius and Another 2008 (1) SACR 96 CPD

e-Mantshi   Issue 23 December 2007 - 140kb

“Authorising warrants of arrest”
S v Kwezi 2007 (2) SACR 612 ECD
S v Manganyi 2007(2)SACR 617 (TPD)
S v Makhandela 2007 (2) SACR 620 WLD

e-Mantshi   Issue 22 - November 2007 110kb

“Home based Supervision” Definitions : Section 1 of the Probation Services Act 1991 (Act No 116 of 1991)
Leo Manufacturing CC v Robor Industial (Pty) Ltd 2007 (2) SA 1 SCA
S v B 2007 (2) SACR (ECD)
S v Heni and others 2007 (2) SACR 527 CPD
S v Nkuna and another 2007 (2) SACR 532 TPD

e-Mantshi   Issue 21 October 2007 - 127kb

“Unsworn or unaffirmed evidence : when admissible”
Mabuza v The State (2007) SCA 110 (RSA)
Wessels v Pretorius (2007) SCA 108 (RSA)
S v N 2007(2) SACR 398 (ECD)
S v Qwabe (2007)SACR 411 TPD

e-Mantshi   Issue 20 September 2007 - 111kb

Section 44 of the General Law Further Amendment Act, Act 93 of 1962
S v Manzini 2007 (2) SACR 107(WLD)
Charles v Minister of Safety And Security 2007(2) SACR 137 WLD
S v Mzatho and Others 2007(2) SACR 309 (TPD)

e-Mantshi   Issue 19 August 2007 - 105kb

“The part to be played by the Court when the accused in unrepresented : State v Magagula 2001(2) SACR 123TPD (Maintenance)
Nederduitse Hervormde Kerk (Gemeente van Ruskoppies Dwaalbook)v Kotsedi 1007 JOL 20054
(LCC)
S v Saidi (2007) JOL 20084 (C)
S v Bailey 2007 (2) SACR (1) CPD

e-Mantshi   Issue 18 July 2007 - 117kb

“Commentary on the adjustment of fines act, 1991 (Act 101 of 1991)”
S v Tshali 2007 (2) SACR 23 (CPD)
S v Brophy and Another 2007 (2) SACR 56 WLD
S v M 2007 (2) SACR 60 WLD

e-Mantshi   Issue 17 June 2007 - 123kb

“A different perspective on the provisions of Section 75 of Act 51/1977”
S v Aube 2007(1) SACR 655 (WLD)
S v Mlambo 2007 (1) SACR 644 (WLD)
S v Rooi 2007 (1) SACR 668 (CPD)
S v Miggel 2007 (1) SACR 675 (CPD)

e-Mantshi   Issue 16 May 2007 - 115kb

“Referrals for cases for summary trial in regional courts : Section 75 3) Act 51/77”
“Extracts from the judgement of Nkabinde J from the case Masiya v Director Of public Prosecutions and Another Case CCT 54/06 delivered in May 2007”
S v Tembani 2007 (1) SACR 355(SCA)
S Makhaye 2007 (1) SACR 369 (NPD)
S v Joseph 2007 (1) SACR 496 (WLD)
S v Terblanche 2007 (1) SACR 545©

e-Mantshi   Issue 15 April 2007 - 119kb

“Judges see red over ANC plans to transform courts” Carmel Rickard
S v Roux 2007 (1) SACR 379 (CPD)
S v Thobakgale 2007 (1) SACR 396 (TPD)
S v Machete 2007 (1) SACR 398
S v Maake 2007 (1) SACR 403 (TPD)

e-Mantshi   Issue 14 March 2007 - 112kb

“Right courses for right horses” – discussion document with input invited from colleagues
Shinga v State: O’Connel l and others v State (Constitutional Court Judgement delivered on 8 March 2007) CCT 56/06:CCT 80/06
Transnet Ltd v Nyawuza and others 2006(5) S.A. 100 (D+CLD)

e-Mantshi   Issue 13 March 2007 - 101kb

“Observations on the Articles by L Radyn in eMantshi (December 2006:Issue 10) concerning Section 75 of Act 51 of 1977
S v Oosthuizen 2007 (1) SACR 321 (SCA)
National Director of Public Prosecutions v Van Staden and Others 2007 (1) SACR 338 (SCA)
Jacobs v African Bank BPK 2006(5) SA 21 (TPD)
Lewis v S (2007) SCA 3 (RSA)

e-Mantshi   Issue 12 February 2007 - 100kb