List of judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 2009

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The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 2009.

The members of the court at the start of 2009 were Chief Justice Pius Langa, Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke, and judges Edwin Cameron, Yvonne Mokgoro, Sandile Ngcobo, Bess Nkabinde, Kate O'Regan, Albie Sachs, Thembile Skweyiya, Johann van der Westhuizen and Zak Yacoob. Chief Justice Langa and Justices Mokgoro, O'Regan and Sachs retired in October 2009, as they were all founding members of the court whose terms of office expired. They were replaced by the appointment of Johan Froneman, Chris Jafta, Sisi Khampepe and Mogoeng Mogoeng, and Justice Ngcobo was elevated to the post of Chief Justice.

CitationCase nameHeardDecidedMajority author
President of the Republic of South Africa and Others v Quagliani; President of the Republic of South Africa and Others v Van Rooyen and Another; Goodwin v Director-General of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others 26 August 200821 January 2009 Sachs
Van Straaten v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others 24 February 2009The Court
Richter v Minister of Home Affairs and Others 4 March 200912 March 2009 O'Regan
AParty and Another v Minister of Home Affairs and Others; Moloko and Others v Minister of Home Affairs and Another 4 March 200912 March 2009 Ngcobo
Johncom Media Investments Limited v M and Others 8 May 200817 March 2009 Jafta (acting)
Lufuno Mphaphuli & Associates (Pty) Ltd v Andrews and Another 13 May 200820 March 2009 O'Regan
Machele and Others v Mailula and Others 3 December 200826 March 2009 Skweyiya
Director of Public Prosecutions, Transvaal v Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development and Others 6 November 20081 April 2009 Ngcobo
President of the Republic of South Africa and Others v Quagliani; President of the Republic of South Africa and Others v Van Rooyen and Another; Goodwin v Director-General of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others (costs)1 April 2009 Sachs
Netherburn Engineering CC t/a Netherburn Ceramics v Mudau and Others 1 April 2009The Court
Bertie Van Zyl (Pty) Ltd and Another v Minister of Safety and Security and Others 4 November 20087 May 2009 Mokgoro
Laerskool Generaal Hendrik Schoeman v Bastian Financial Services (Pty) Ltd 7 May 2009The Court
African National Congress v Chief Electoral Officer of the Independent Electoral Commission 5 May 20093 June 2009The Court
Biowatch Trust v Registrar, Genetic Resources and Others 17 February 20093 June 2009 Sachs
Von Abo v President of the Republic of South Africa 26 February 20095 June 2009 Moseneke
Residents of Joe Slovo Community, Western Cape v Thubelisha Homes and Others 21 August 200810 June 2009The Court
Strategic Liquor Services v Mvumbi NO and Others 18 June 2009The Court
Centre for Child Law v Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development and Others 5 March 200915 July 2009 Cameron
Hassam v Jacobs NO and Others 19 February 200915 July 2009 Nkabinde
Women's Legal Centre Trust v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others 20 May 200922 July 2009 Cameron
Brümmer v Minister for Social Development and Others 26 May 200913 August 2009 Ngcobo
Du Toit v Minister for Safety and Security and Another 24 February 200918 August 2009 Langa
Koyabe and Others v Minister for Home Affairs and Others 3 March 200925 August 2009 Mokgoro
Reflect-All 1025 CC and Others v MEC for Public Transport, Roads and Works, Gauteng and Another 5 May 200927 August 2009 Nkabinde
Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development v Chonco and Others ("Chonco 1")25 August 200930 September 2009 Langa
Gcaba v Minister for Safety and Security and Others 7 May 20097 October 2009 Van der Westhuizen
Bothma v Els and Others 13 August 20098 October 2009 Sachs
Mazibuko and Others v City of Johannesburg and Others 2 September 20098 October 2009 O'Regan
Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development v Nyathi, in re: Nyathi v MEC for Health, Gauteng and Another 12 August 20099 October 2009 Mokgoro
Joseph and Others v City of Johannesburg and Others 18 August 20099 October 2009 Skweyiya
Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement SA and Another v Premier of Kwazulu-Natal and Others 14 May 200914 October 2009 Moseneke
Head of Department, Mpumalanga Department of Education and Another v Hoërskool Ermelo and Another 20 August 200914 October 2009 Moseneke
Nokotyana and Others v Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality and Others 15 September 200919 November 2009 Van der Westhuizen
City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality v Cable City (Pty) Ltd 3 December 2009The Court

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Women's Legal Centre Trust v President of the Republic of South Africa, an important case in South African law, was heard in the Constitutional Court on May 20, 2009, with judgment handed down on July 22, 2009.

Hassam v Jacobs NO and Others, an important case in South African law, was heard in the Constitutional Court on 19 February 2009, with judgment handed down on 15 July. The applicant was a party to a polygamous Muslim marriage, whose husband had died intestate. The Constitutional Court held that precluding the applicant from inheriting unfairly discriminated on the grounds of religion, marital status and gender, and was therefore inconsistent with section 9 of the Constitution. Accordingly, it was held that the applicant could inherit. The ambit of this judgment extended the ruling in Daniels v Campbell to polygamous Muslim marriages.

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