Author: Kennedy Mudzuli

A Wits student who accumulated 264 instead of 432 required credits failed in her urgent bid to overturn her exclusion, with the High Court finding the readmission decision lawful and procedurally fair.

The Constitutional Court was split over whether an ADT executive was constructively dismissed after being required to report to another director, with the majority finding no intolerability and a strong dissent focusing on dignity.

The Land Court has set aside an eviction order against Vusumuzi Kubheka and his family after finding that their removal from a farmhouse on Wydgelegen farm was a relocation dispute, not an eviction under ESTA. Acting Judge Maluleke ruled that the magistrate applied the wrong legal framework and sent the matter back for reconsideration with fairness and mediation at the centre.

A High Court judge has removed an executor after finding that eight of the deceased’s children were not disclosed to the Master and that statutory duties under the Administration of Estates Act were not properly carried out. The court ordered a full accounting of all estate assets and warned that any misappropriated funds may be forfeited.

Child maintenance reduced after appeal court finds magistrate inflated income, duplicated child expenses and applied unjustified inflation in maintenance calculation.

Two High Courts have ruled that arrest under Section 40 is discretionary, not automatic, awarding over R2 million in unlawful arrest and detention damages in rape cases.

The Western Cape High Court halted a Knysna eviction bid, saying its hands are tied by an unresolved shareholding dispute over control of the property-owning company.

If you claim loss of income from the Road Accident Fund, you must prove that your earnings actually decreased because of the accident. The Mpumalanga High Court has reaffirmed that injury alone is not enough without clear evidence of real financial loss.

New Children’s Courts Rules require courts to record child participation, regulate questioning and ensure child friendly proceedings from 20 March 2026.