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Cited for the principle that condonation requires a reasonable explanation for the delay.
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…
One of the applicants' co-accused successfully appealed to this Court against sentence and conviction.
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…
Cited as endorsing the Nkosi test for joint possession of firearms and rejecting conviction for firearm possession on common purpose without proof of intention.
Applied for the principle that common purpose does not require each participant to foresee the exact manner of the unlawful act, and for overturning…
One of the applicants' co-accused successfully appealed to this Court against sentence and conviction.
Cited for the principle that it must be in the interests of justice to grant condonation.
Court cites this case in relation to the doctrine of joint possession of firearms.
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.
This court follows the Constitutional Court's confirmation that Khambule was correctly overruled by Mbuli and that there are few factual scenarios which meet…
The court cites this case for the requirements necessary to prove common purpose, relying on the principles set out in S v Mgedezi.