List of judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 2022

The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 2022.

The members of the court at the start of 2022 were Deputy Chief Justice and Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, and judges Mbuyiseli Madlanga, Steven Majiedt, Nonkosi Mhlantla, Leona Theron, Zukisa Tshiqi, as well as two newly appointed judges, Jody Kollapen and Rammaka Mathopo, who began their terms on 1 January.

This left three vacancies on the court, including the Chief Justice position. President Cyril Ramaphosa elevated Raymond Zondo to the position of Chief Justice effective 1 April 2022, and announced his intention to nominate Justice Mandisa Maya as Deputy Chief Justice at the same time. In June 2022, Ramaphosa appointed Owen Rogers, who had been acting since 2021, to the Court, with his term commencing on 1 August 2022. On 25 July 2022, President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed President of the Supreme Court of Appeal Mandisa Maya as Deputy Chief Justice. Her term started on 1 September 2022. She was the first woman to be appointed to the position.

Acting judges on judgments delivered in 2022 included David Unterhalter and Pule Tlaletsi.

CitationCase nameHeardDecidedMajority authorSpeaker of the National Assembly v Public Protector and Others; Democratic Alliance v Public Protector and OthersMhlantlaCash Paymaster Services (Pty) Ltd and Others v Freedom Under Law NPC and Others The CourtMunicipal Manager O.R. Tambo District Municipality and Another v NdabeniPillayMinister of Finance v Afribusiness NPCMadlangaSouth African Human Rights Commission obo South African Jewish Board of Deputies v Masuku and AnotherKhampepeNational Education Health and Allied Workers Union v Minister of Public Service and Administration and Others; South African Democratic Teachers Union and Others v Department of Public Service and Administration and Others; Public Servants Association and Others v Minister of Public Service and Administration and Others; National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers Union v Minister of Public Service and Administration and OthersMadondoCommercial Stevedoring Agricultural and Allied Workers' Union and Others v Oak Valley Estates (Pty) Ltd and AnotherTheronBarnard Labuschagne Incorporated v South African Revenue Service and AnotherRogersMunicipal Employees Pension Fund and Another v MongwaketseRogersBaloyi N.O. and Others v Pawn Stars CC and AnotherTheronNVM obo VKM v Tembisa Hospital and AnotherRogersAyres and Another v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and AnotherTlaletsiDamons v City of Cape TownPillayAK v Minister of PoliceTlaletsiSolidarity obo Members v Barloworld Equipment Southern Africa and OthersTshiqiMinister of Police and Others v Fidelity Security ServicesMajiedt and RogersMinister of Finance v Sakeliga NPC (previously known as Afribusiness NPC) and OthersMadlangaTM obo MM v Member of the Executive Council for Health and Social Development, GautengMathopoTuta v The StateUnterhalterThe Voice of the Unborn Baby and Another v Minister of Home Affairs and AnotherTlaletsiTransnet SOC Limited v Total South Africa (Pty) Limited and AnotherMadlangae.tv (Pty) Limited v Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies and Others; Media Monitoring Africa and Another v e.tv (Pty) Limited and OthersMhlantlaWomen's Legal Centre Trust v President of the Republic of South Africa and OthersTlaletsiSpeaker of the National Assembly and Another v New Nation Movement NPC and OthersUnterhalterMerifon (Pty) Limited v Greater Letaba Municipality and AnotherMlamboMamadi and Another v Premier of Limpopo Province and OthersTheronSocial Justice Coalition and Others v Minister of Police and OthersUnterhalterSeebed CC t/a Siyabonga Convenience Centre v Engen Petroleum LimitedMhlantlaRafoneke and Others v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and OthersTshiqiNumsa obo Aubrey Dhludhlu and 147 Others v Marley Pipe Systems (SA) (Pty) LtdMadlangaAmaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism NPC v President of the Republic of South AfricaMajiedtGrobler v Phillips and OthersTshiqiBlind SA v Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition and OthersUnterhalterUnited Democratic Movement and Another v Lebashe Investment Group (Pty) Ltd and OthersMadondoCentre for Child Law v Director of Public Prosecutions, Johannesburg and OthersMhlantlaCompetition Commission of South Africa v Group Five Construction LtdMajiedtMineral Sands Resources (Pty) Ltd and Others v Reddell and OthersMajiedtReddell and Others v Mineral Sands Resources (Pty) Ltd and OthersMajiedtWalus v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and OthersZondoLebea v Menye and AnotherZondoEsorfranki Pipelines (Pty) Ltd v Mopani District MunicipalityTheronVilla Crop Protection (Pty) Ltd v Bayer Intellectual Property GmbHMathopoSouth African Human Rights Commission v Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd and OthersMadlangaEskom Holdings SOC Ltd v Vaal River Development Association (Pty) Ltd and OthersMadlanga

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