List of judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 1998

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The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 1998.

The members of the court at the start of 1998 were President Arthur Chaskalson, Deputy President Pius Langa, and judges Lourens Ackermann, John Didcott, Richard Goldstone, Johann Kriegler, Tholie Madala, Yvonne Mokgoro, Kate O'Regan and Albie Sachs. The seat left vacant by the departure at the end of 1996 of Ismail Mahomed to head the Supreme Court of Appeal was filled in February by the appointment of Zak Yacoob. Justice Didcott died in October, and his seat was not filled until 1999.

CitationCase nameHeardDecidedMajority author
City Council of Pretoria v Walker 19 August 199717 February 1998 Langa
African National Congress and Another v Minister of Local Government and Housing, KwaZulu-Natal and Others 7 November 199724 March 1998 O'Regan
Bruce and Another v Fleecytex Johannesburg CC and Others 24 March 1998 Chaskalson
Oranje Vrystaatse Vereniging vir Staatsondersteunde Skole and Another v Premier of the Free State and Others 12 May 1998 Goldstone
Wild and Another v Hoffert NO and Others 10 March 199812 May 1998 Kriegler
De Lange v Smuts NO and Others 20 November 199728 May 1998 Ackermann
S v Mello and Another 28 May 1998 Mokgoro
S v Van Nell and Another 28 May 1998 Mokgoro
MEC for Development Planning and Local Government, Gauteng v Democratic Party and Others 17 March 199829 May 1998 Yacoob
Mistry v Interim National Medical and Dental Council and Others 24 February 199829 May 1998 Sachs
Amod v Multilateral Motor Vehicle Accidents Fund 21 May 199827 August 1998 Chaskalson
De Freitas and Another v Society of Advocates of Natal 21 May 199815 September 1998 Langa
Fraser v Naude and Another 23 September 1998 Chaskalson
Osman and Another v Attorney-General for the Transvaal 7 May 199823 September 1998 Madala
National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality and Another v Minister of Justice and Others 27 August 19989 October 1998 Ackermann
Christian Education South Africa v Minister of Education 14 October 1998 Langa
Fedsure Life Assurance Ltd and Others v Greater Johannesburg Transitional Metropolitan Council and Others 18–20 August 199814 October 1998 Chaskalson, Goldstone and O'Regan
Jooste v Score Supermarket Trading (Pty) Ltd 10 November 199827 November 1998 Yacoob
Beinash and Another v Ernst & Young and Others 8 September 19982 December 1998 Mokgoro
Premier of Mpumalanga and Another v Executive Committee of the Association of Governing Bodies of State Aided Schools, Eastern Transvaal 3 November 19982 December 1998 O'Regan
President of the Republic of South Africa and Others v South African Rugby Football Union and Others 24 November 19982 December 1998 Chaskalson

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