List of judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 2001

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The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 2001.

The members of the court during 2001 were President Arthur Chaskalson, Deputy President Pius Langa, and judges Lourens Ackermann, Richard Goldstone, Johann Kriegler, Tholie Madala, Yvonne Mokgoro, Sandile Ngcobo, Kate O'Regan, Albie Sachs and Zak Yacoob. In November the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa renamed the post of President of the Constitutional Court to Chief Justice of South Africa, and the post of Deputy President to Deputy Chief Justice.

CitationCase nameHeardDecidedMajority author
Ex Parte Hansmann 22 February 2001The Court
Lane and Fey NNO v Dabelstein 6 March 2001 Goldstone and Kriegler
Mkangeli and Others v Joubert and Others 6 March 2001 Chaskalson
S v Dodo 22 March 20015 April 2001 Ackermann
S v Mamabolo 27 February 200111 April 2001 Kriegler
Mohamed and Another v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others 10 May 200128 May 2001The Court
Minister of Public Works and Others v Kyalami Ridge Environmental Association and Others 15 March 200129 May 2001 Chaskalson
Booysen and Others v Minister of Home Affairs and Another 22 May 20014 June 2001 Sachs
Independent Electoral Commission v Langeberg Municipality 20 February 20017 June 2001 Yacoob
Moise v Greater Germiston Transitional Local Council 16 May 20014 July 2001 Somyalo (acting)
Carmichele v Minister of Safety and Security and Another 20 March 200116 August 2001 Ackermann and Goldstone
Wallach v Selvan and Others 21 August 2001 Kriegler
S v Price 4 September 2001 Yacoob
Ex Parte Women's Legal Centre, in re: Moise v Greater Germiston Transitional Local Council 21 September 2001 Kriegler
De Beer NO v North-Central Local Council and South-Central Local Council and Others 3 May 200126 September 2001 Yacoob
In re: Constitutionality of the Mpumalanga Petitions Bill, 2000 16 August 20015 October 2001 Langa
Minister of Defence v Potsane and Another; Legal Soldier (Pty) Ltd and Others v Minister of Defence and Others 23 August 20015 October 2001 Kriegler
Minister of Education v Harris 21 August 20015 October 2001 Sachs
Minister of Home Affairs v Liebenberg 8 October 2001 Skweyiya
Potgieter v MEC for Health, Gauteng and Others 20 September 20018 October 2001 Skweyiya
S v Niemand 22 February 20018 October 2001 Madala
President of the Republic of South Africa and Others v Gauteng Lions Rugby Union 22 November 2001 Kriegler
Fredericks and Others v MEC for Education and Training, Eastern Cape and Others 4 September 20014 December 2001 O'Regan
MEC for Local Government and Development Planning, Western Cape and Another v Paarl Poultry Enterprises CC t/a Rosendal Poultry Farm 6 November 200114 December 2001 Yacoob
National Gambling Board v Premier of KwaZulu-Natal and Others 8 November 200121 December 2001 du Plessis (acting)

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