Court applies the principle at 576A-C that contradictions do not necessarily lead to rejection of a witness's entire evidence.
Applied for the principle that a lie on one aspect of a case does not necessarily justify rejecting the entire evidence as false and unreliable.
Cited as authority for the proposition that a witness's lie on one aspect does not necessarily invalidate the rest of their testimony; normally only the proven…
Applied to explain that contradictions do not inevitably lead to the rejection of a witness' evidence; they may simply be indicative of an error.
Cited for the principle that not every error made by a witness affects credibility and that the trier of facts must evaluate contradictions taking into account…
Nicholas R endorsed Wigmore's approach to self-contradiction on pages 576 A - 577 B, which was subsequently approved by the Supreme Court of Appeal.
Court applies the principle from Oosthuizen that contradictions between witnesses do not necessarily destroy credibility, and that such contradictions must be…
Cited in the context of evaluating contradictions in a witness's evidence and regarding the fact that deliberate falsehood requires the court to consider…
Cited for the observation that contradictions may simply be indicative of an error and that not every error affects a witness's credibility.
Applied by the trial magistrate as reiterating the approach in S v Scheepers regarding the use of s 276(1)(i).