Law of Punishment and Sentencing : Case Law

Prescribed Cases

• S v Zinn 1969 (2) SA 537 (A)
• S v Makwanyane 1995 (3) SA 391 (CC)
• Gäfgen v Germany (Application no. 22978/05) 1 June 2010
• S v Makwanyane 1995 (2) SACR 1 (CC) - Rationale for abolishing the death penalty – nature of punishment
• Glenister v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others 2011 (3) SA 347 (CC)
• S v Williams and Others 1995 (3) SA 632 ; 1995 (7) BCLR 861 (CC)
• S v S 2016 (1) SACR 584 (WCC) (9 March 2016)
• Pharasi v S (A193/15) [2015] ZAGPPHC 1038 (13 October 2015)
• Mzobanzi v S (A5572015) [2016] ZAGPPHC 338 (29 April 2016)
• S v Matyityi 2011 (1) SACR 40 (SCA)
• Director of Public Prosecutions v Thabethe 2011 (2) SACR 567 (SCA)
• Jacobs v S (A322/14) [2014] ZAWCHC 192; 2015 (2) SACR 370 (WCC)
• Segwati v S (620/2018) [2019] ZASCA 35 (29 March 2019)
• Masemola v Special Pensions Appeal Board and Another (CCT260/18) [2019] ZACC 39 (15 October 2019) (refer to para 34 only – effect of expungement)
• S v Luke and Others (SS16/10) [2012] ZAWCHC 9 (16 February 2012) (refer to para 99 only – process of expungement and the difference between a spent conviction and an expunged conviction)
• S v Dodo 2001 (3) SA 382 (CC); 2001 (5) BCLR 423
• S v M 2008 (3) SA 232 (CC); 2007 (12) BCLR 1312 (CC)
• S v Malgas [2001] 3 All SA 220 (A)
• Swartz v S 2016 (2) SACR 268 (WCC)
• S v Niemand 2002 (1) SA 21 (CC); 2002 (3) BCLR 219 and Smith v S 2019 (1) SACR 500 (WCC)
• S v Sekiti 2010 (1) SACR 622 (ECG)
• Stow v Regional Magistrate, PE N.O. and Others, Meyer v Cooney N.O. and Others [2017] 2 All SA 300 (ECG); 2017 (2) SACR 96 (ECG)
• S v Permall 2018 (2) SACR 206 (WCC)
• Nahour and Another v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development (6057/2007) [2018] ZAKZPHC 65 (3 August 2018)
• Mazibuko v Minister of Correctional Services and Another [2007] JOL 18957 (T); Du Plooy v Minister of Correctional Services and Others [2004] JOL 12850 (T)
• Sonke Gender Justice v Government of the Republic of South Africa and Head of Centre Pollsmoor Remand Detention Facility Case number: 24087/15 22 December 2016 (C)
• S v Makwanyane and Others 1995(3) SA 391(CC)
• Goldberg v Minister of Prisons 1979 (1) SA 14 (A)
• Strydom v Minister of Correctional Services 1999(3) BCLR 342 (W)
• Van Biljon and Others v Minister of Correctional Services and Others 1997 (6) BCLR 789 (C)
• Huang v Head of Grootvlei Prison (ZAFSHC) unreported case no 992/2003 ( 15 May 2003)
• EN and Others v Government of the RSA and Others [2007] 1 All SA 74 (D)
• Stanfield v Minister of Correctional Services and Others [2003] 4 All SA 282 (C).
• Dudley Lee v Minister of Correctional Services 2013 (2) SA 144 (CC)
• Democratic Alliance v National Commissioner of Correctional Services and Others; Helen Suzman Foundation v National Commissioner of Correctional Services and Others; Afriforum NPC v National Commissioner of Correctional Services and Others (2021/45997; 2021/46468; 2021/46701) [2021] ZAGPPHC 814 (15 December 2021)
• National Commissioner of Correctional Services and Another v Democratic Alliance and Others 
• Kruse v S (A100/2018)[2018] ZAWCHC 105; 2018 (2) SACR 644 (WCC)
• Makhokha v S (CCT170/18) [2019] ZACC 19; 2019 (7) BCLR 787 (CC) (3 May 2019)
• Phaahla v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Another (Tlhakanye Intervening) 2019 (2) SACR 88 (CC); 2019 (7) BCLR 795 (CC)
• Derby-Lewis v The Minister of Correctional Services and others [2009] 3 All SA 55 (GNP)
• S v Nxumalo (CCD6/2017) [2018] ZAKZDHC 48 (22 October 2018)
• Walus v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Others 2023 (2) BCLR 224 (CC)
• DA and Others v Zuma CASE NUMBER: 2021/46701
• Pretorius and Others v The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Case number: 2016/83909
• Hennie and Others v Minister of Justice and Correctional Service and Others 729/2015
• Sigudu v Minister of Higher Education and Others  Case NO: 2016/19144
• S v Mutobvu 13/2012