High Courts
Up one levelHigh Courts cases and judgments.
J & B v Director General, Dept of Home Affairs & Others - Case No. 1906/2002
Key phrases: Best interests of the child; Right of same-sex life partners to be registered as parents/guardians of child; Births and Deaths Registration Act 51 of 1992; Constitutional rights.
M v. The Senior Public Prosecutor, Randburg Magistrates Court and another - Case No. 3284/00
Keyword: diversion
Christian Education SA v. Minister of Education of the Government of the RSA - Case No. 2960/98
Keywords: Freedom of religion; education.
Fraser v. Children's Court, Pretoria North and Others
Keywords: adoption; consent of parents; illegitimate child; the Child Care Act 74 of 1983.
Jooste v. Botha - Case No. 1554/99
Keywords: right to family care, parental care, or appropriate alternative care.
Grootboom v. Oostenberg Municipality and Others - Case No. 6826/99
Keywords: right to basic nutrition, shelter, basic health care services and social services.
Howells v. S - Case No. A208/98 (3 November 1999)
Keywords: criminal procedure, sentencing, trial court discretion, best interests of the child.
FRASER v NAUDE AND OTHERS - Case No. 28831/95 (December 8, 1995)
Keywords: adoption; natural father of illegitimate child seeking to prevent adoption of child by applying for interdict against mother handing child over to anyone other than natural father.
S v. KIKA (8 April 1998)
Keywords: imposition of sentence; factors to be taken into account; custody; situation where imprisonment of accused who has custody of minor child contemplated (Reproduced from The South African Law Reports with the kind permission of the publishers, Juta & Co Ltd)
CHODREE v. VALLY - Case No. 95/04774 (11 October 1995)
Keywords: illegitimate child; access by natural father; best interest of the child (Reproduced from The South African Law Reports with the kind permission of the publishers, Juta & Co Ltd)
HLOPHE v. MAHLALELA AND ANOTHER - Case No. 13084/95 (24 June 1997)
Keywords: customary law; proof of judicial notice; Law of Evidence Amendment Act 45 of 1988; custody (Reproduced from The South African Law Reports with the kind permission of the publishers, Juta & Co Ltd)
MEYER v. GERBER - Case No. 4803/98 (12 March 1999)
Keywords: eggenoot en eggenote; egskeiding; bewaring van kinders (Reproduced from The South African Law Reports with the kind permission of the publishers, Juta & Co Ltd)
S v. D EN ANDERE - (4 August 1997)
Keywords: jeugdige oortreders; hersiening; in watter gevalle. (Reproduced from The South African Law Reports with the kind permission of the publishers, Juta & Co Ltd)
S v. J AND OTHERS - (13 June 2000)
Keywords: sentence; assessment records and pre-sentence reports (Reproduced from The South African Law Reports with the kind permission of the publishers, Juta & Co Ltd)
S v. KWALASE - (26 April 2000)
Keywords: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; Beijing Rules; sentence; presiding officer's duties to ensure proper information before court (Reproduced from The South African Law Reports with the kind permission of the publishers, Juta & Co Ltd)
State v. M V Nkosi & D J Khumbani - Case no.: A401/2000 (19 April 2000)
Keywords: jeugdige oortreders; vonnis; Voorkeur moet aan rehabilitasie gegee word (Reproduced from The South African Law Reports with the kind permission of the publishers, Juta & Co Ltd)
S v. S - (19 March 1999)
Keywords: special review in terms of s 304(4) of Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977; South African Constitution Act 109 (s 304(4) & s 39(2)) (Reproduced from The South African Law Reports with the kind permission of the publishers, Juta & Co Ltd)
S v. Z EN VIER ANDER - (15 February 1999)
Keywords: jeugdige oortreders; vonnis; breedvoerige uiteensetting van beginsels met betrekking tot, en opsies beskikbaar by, straftoemeting aan jeugdiges (Reproduced from The South African Law Reports with the kind permission of the publishers, Juta & Co Ltd)
T v. M - Case No. 523/94 (19 September 1996)
Keywords: illegitimate child; access by natural father (Reproduced from The South African Law Reports with the kind permission of the publishers, Juta & Co Ltd)
V v. V - Case No. 16150/96 (10 September 1997)
Keywords: divorce; custody of children; joint custody; South African Constitution (s 9); right of child to have access to its parents complemented by right of parents to have access to child (Reproduced from The South African Law Reports with the kind permission of the publishers, Juta & Co Ltd)
WICKS v FISHER - Case No. 1509/98 (19 June 1998)
Keywords: illegitimate child; access by natural father; best interest of the child; natural guardian (mother) from removing child from South Africa (Reproduced from The South African Law Reports with the kind permission of the publishers, Juta & Co Ltd)