List of judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 1996 information
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The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 1996.
The eleven members of the court during 1996 were President Arthur Chaskalson, Deputy President Ismail Mahomed, and judges Lourens Ackermann, John Didcott, Richard Goldstone, Johann Kriegler, Pius Langa, Tholie Madala, Yvonne Mokgoro, Kate O'Regan and Albie Sachs. Justice Goldstone was granted leave of absence to serve as chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. His seat was filled over the court of the year by acting judges Sydney Kentridge, John Trengove and Bernard Ngoepe.
Citation
Case name
Heard
Decided
Majority author
[1996] ZACC 1
S v Mbatha; S v Prinsloo
16 November 1995
9 February 1996
Langa
[1996] ZACC 27
Ferreira v Levin NO and Others; Vryenhoek and Others v Powell NO and Others
9 May 1995
19 March 1996
Ackermann
[1996] ZACC 2
Bernstein and Others v Bester NO and Others
19 September 1995
27 March 1996
Ackermann
[1996] ZACC 3
In re: National Education Policy Bill No 83 of 1995
7 March 1996
3 April 1996
Chaskalson
[1996] ZACC 4
In re: Gauteng School Education Bill of 1995
29 February 1996
4 April 1996
Mahomed
[1996] ZACC 5
Luitingh v Minister of Defence
21 November 1995
4 April 1996
Didcott
[1996] ZACC 6
Nel v Le Roux NO and Others
20 February 1996
4 April 1996
Ackermann
[1996] ZACC 7
Case and Another v Minister of Safety and Security and Others; Curtis v Minister of Safety and Security and Others
5 September 1995
9 May 1996
Didcott
[1996] ZACC 8
Besserglik v Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism and Others
14 May 1996
O'Regan
[1996] ZACC 9
Brink v Kitshoff NO
9 November 1995
15 May 1996
Chaskalson
[1996] ZACC 10
Du Plessis and Others v De Klerk and Another
7 November 1995
15 May 1996
Kentridge (acting)
[1996] ZACC 11
Gardener v Whitaker
15 November 1995
15 May 1996
Kentridge (acting)
[1996] ZACC 25
Key v Attorney-General, Cape Provincial Division and Another
23 May 1995
15 May 1996
Kriegler
[1996] ZACC 12
Ynuico Ltd v Minister of Trade and Industry and Others
12 March 1996
21 May 1996
Didcott
[1996] ZACC 13
Rudolph and Another v Commissioner for Inland Revenue and Others
28 May 1996
11 June 1996
Ackermann
[1996] ZACC 14
S v Julies
11 June 1996
Kriegler
[1996] ZACC 15
In re: KwaZulu-Natal Amakhosi and Iziphakanyiswa Amendment Bill of 1995; In re: Payment of Salaries, Allowances and Other Privileges to the Ingonyama Bill of 1995
21 May 1996
5 July 1996
Chaskalson
[1996] ZACC 16
Azanian Peoples Organization (AZAPO) and Others v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others
30 May 1996
25 July 1996
Mahomed
[1996] ZACC 17
Certification of the KwaZulu-Natal Constitution
25–27 June 1996
6 September 1996
The Court
[1996] ZACC 26
Certification of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
1–5 and 8–11 July 1996
6 September 1996
The Court
[1996] ZACC 18
Scagell and Others v Attorney-General, Western Cape and Others
5 March 1996
12 September 1996
O'Regan
[1996] ZACC 19
Tsotetsi v Mutual and Federal Insurance Company Ltd
29 August 1995 and 16 May 1996
12 September 1996
O'Regan
[1996] ZACC 20
Mohlomi v Minister of Defence
21 November 1995
26 September 1996
Didcott
[1996] ZACC 21
S v Bequinot
25 September 1996
18 November 1996
Kriegler
[1996] ZACC 22
Transvaal Agricultural Union v Minister of Land Affairs and Another
19 September 1996
18 November 1996
Chaskalson
[1996] ZACC 23
JT Publishing (Pty) Ltd and Another v Minister of Safety and Security and Others
14 May 1996
21 November 1996
Didcott
[1996] ZACC 24
Certification of the Amended Text of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
18–20 November 1996
4 December 1996
The Court
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