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List of judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 1998

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The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 1998.

The members of the court at the start of 1998 were President Arthur Chaskalson, Deputy President Pius Langa, and judges Lourens Ackermann, John Didcott, Richard Goldstone, Johann Kriegler, Tholie Madala, Yvonne Mokgoro, Kate O'Regan and Albie Sachs. The seat left vacant by the departure at the end of 1996 of Ismail Mahomed to head the Supreme Court of Appeal was filled in February by the appointment of Zak Yacoob. Justice Didcott died in October, and his seat was not filled until 1999.

Citation Case name Heard Decided Majority author
[1998] ZACC 1 City Council of Pretoria v Walker 19 August 1997 17 February 1998 Langa
[1998] ZACC 2 African National Congress and Another v Minister of Local Government and Housing, KwaZulu-Natal and Others 7 November 1997 24 March 1998 O'Regan
[1998] ZACC 3 Bruce and Another v Fleecytex Johannesburg CC and Others 24 March 1998 Chaskalson
[1998] ZACC 4 Oranje Vrystaatse Vereniging vir Staatsondersteunde Skole and Another v Premier of the Free State and Others 12 May 1998 Goldstone
[1998] ZACC 5 Wild and Another v Hoffert NO and Others 10 March 1998 12 May 1998 Kriegler
[1998] ZACC 6 De Lange v Smuts NO and Others 20 November 1997 28 May 1998 Ackermann
[1998] ZACC 7 S v Mello and Another 28 May 1998 Mokgoro
[1998] ZACC 8 S v Van Nell and Another 28 May 1998 Mokgoro
[1998] ZACC 9 MEC for Development Planning and Local Government, Gauteng v Democratic Party and Others 17 March 1998 29 May 1998 Yacoob
[1998] ZACC 10 Mistry v Interim National Medical and Dental Council and Others 24 February 1998 29 May 1998 Sachs
[1998] ZACC 11 Amod v Multilateral Motor Vehicle Accidents Fund 21 May 1998 27 August 1998 Chaskalson
[1998] ZACC 12 De Freitas and Another v Society of Advocates of Natal 21 May 1998 15 September 1998 Langa
[1998] ZACC 13 Fraser v Naude and Another 23 September 1998 Chaskalson
[1998] ZACC 14 Osman and Another v Attorney-General for the Transvaal 7 May 1998 23 September 1998 Madala
[1998] ZACC 15 National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality and Another v Minister of Justice and Others 27 August 1998 9 October 1998 Ackermann
[1998] ZACC 16 Christian Education South Africa v Minister of Education 14 October 1998 Langa
[1998] ZACC 17 Fedsure Life Assurance Ltd and Others v Greater Johannesburg Transitional Metropolitan Council and Others 18–20 August 1998 14 October 1998 Chaskalson, Goldstone and O'Regan
[1998] ZACC 18 Jooste v Score Supermarket Trading (Pty) Ltd 10 November 1998 27 November 1998 Yacoob
[1998] ZACC 19 Beinash and Another v Ernst & Young and Others 8 September 1998 2 December 1998 Mokgoro
[1998] ZACC 20 Premier of Mpumalanga and Another v Executive Committee of the Association of Governing Bodies of State Aided Schools, Eastern Transvaal 3 November 1998 2 December 1998 O'Regan
[1998] ZACC 21 President of the Republic of South Africa and Others v South African Rugby Football Union and Others 24 November 1998 2 December 1998 Chaskalson

References

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  • "Overview of the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa since 1994 to 2005" (PDF). June 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  • "1998 South Africa: Constitutional Court Decisions". SAFLII. Retrieved 23 January 2011.