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George Sipho Makhubela v The State; Thabo Elekia Matjeke v The State

Citation(CCT 216/15) [2017] ZACC 36
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  • Johannes Kwanda v The State(592/10) [2011] ZASCA 50
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    Cited as a judgment finding perpetrators guilty of crimes involving firearms on common purpose but not guilty of unlawful possession of firearms on the same…

  • Khanye and Another v S[2017] ZACC 29
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    One of the applicants' co-accused successfully appealed to this Court against sentence and conviction.

  • National Education Health and Allied Workers Union v University of Cape Town and OthersCCT 2/02; 2003 (3) SA 1 (CC); 2003 (2) BCLR 154 (CC); (2002) 23 ILJ 95 (CC)
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    This Court applied the principle that, in common purpose, the accused must have intended the criminal result or must have foreseen the possibility of the…

  • Ramoba v The State(1301/2016) [2017] ZASCA 74 (1 June 2017)
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    Cited as endorsing the Nkosi test for joint possession of firearms and rejecting conviction for firearm possession on common purpose without proof of intention.

  • Richard Ditshele Molimi v The State(CCT 10/07) [2008] ZACC 2
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    Applied for the principle that common purpose does not require each participant to foresee the exact manner of the unlawful act, and for overturning…

  • S v Molaudzi[2014] ZACC 15
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    One of the applicants' co-accused successfully appealed to this Court against sentence and conviction.

  • The Head of Department, Department of Education, Limpopo Province v Settlers Agricultural High School and OthersCCT 36/03 (decided on 2 October 2003)
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    Cited for the principle that it must be in the interests of justice to grant condonation.

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    Court cites this case in relation to the doctrine of joint possession of firearms.

  • Mbatha v The State(928/2018) [2020] ZASCA 102 (15 September 2020)
    Applies

    The court applies this case's confirmation of the test for establishing liability for joint possession of firearms as set out in S v Nkosi.

  • Moshidi Danny Leshilo v The State(345/2019) [2020] ZASCA 98 (8 September 2020)
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    This court follows the Constitutional Court's confirmation that Khambule was correctly overruled by Mbuli and that there are few factual scenarios which meet…

  • National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) obo Aubrey Dhludhlu and 147 Others v Marley Pipe Systems SA (Pty) LtdCase no: JA33/2020
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    The court cites this case for the requirements necessary to prove common purpose, relying on the principles set out in S v Mgedezi.

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