The Human Rights Law Index is a collection of international treaties and case law from African courts on topics relating to human rights. The case selection aims to provide a snapshot of human rights law in a country, as well as within the African Union. The index currently covers over 1000 documents.
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| Industrial Court of Appeal | Mabuza vs Fez (Pty) Ltd tla C1M Swaziland and Another (11/2017) [2017] SZICA- 03 (31 October 2017); | 31 Oct 2017 | The appeal against Industrial Court order dismissing application for an order declaring as... |
| Industrial Court of Appeal | Nedbank Swaziland (Limited) v Swaziland Union of Financial Institutions and Allied Workers and Others (12/2017) [2017] SZICA-05 (31 October 2017); | 31 Oct 2017 | Legality of use of replacement labour during protected strike action whether permissible or... |
| Industrial Court of Appeal | Tsela v Mazibuko (13/2017) [2017] SZlCA- 04 (31 October 2017); | 31 Oct 2017 | Civil procedure: application to strike out the entire answer of the respondent on the ground that... |
| High Court | Chowdhurry Investments vs The Commissioner General for ERA and others (567/20) [2020] SZHC 137 (16 July 2020); | 16 Jul 2020 | Value Added Tax Administration in terms of VAT Act 2011- Commissioner General empowered by VAT Act... |
| High Court | Kunene vs The Registrar of the Industrial Court of Appeal (501/18) [2018] SZHC 27 (10 March 2021); | 10 Mar 2021 | Civil Procedure- Application for leave to appeal judgment of the Court on Review- Applicant... |
| High Court | Kukhanya Civil Engineering Contractors (Pty) Ltd v Matsebula (14/2019) [2020]- SZHC 20 (08 May 2020); | 08 May 2020 | Labour Law-Industrial Relations Act-Appeal from a ruling of Industrial Court dismissing Appellants... |
| High Court | 9120/2015 (Mnisi and 2 Others Vs Dlamini) [2015] SZHC 185 (23 September 2020); | 23 Sep 2020 | Civil Law- Spoliation Proceedings-Applicants occupants of communal land administered as Swazi... |
| High Court | Malandzela v The King (315/2020) [2020] SZHC-173 (05 August 2021); | 05 Aug 2021 | Criminal Law- Appeal against sentence on grounds of disproportionate severity of sentence-... |
| High Court | TQM lnvestments(Pty) Ltd v Lucky's Ark Motor Spares (Pty) Ltd (1510/2019) [2019] SZHC- 82 (30 April 2020); | 30 Apr 2020 | Civil Procedure- Application for leave to execute judgment pending appeal; the applicable rules... |
| High Court | Thwala vs Thwala (Nee Dlamini) (884/2020) (884/2020) SZHC 162 (11 August 2020); | 11 Aug 2020 | Civil Law- Application for Restitution of certain properties in Marital Estate- Dissolution of... |
| High Court | Hoffman & Another vs Ombudsman of the Financial Services & Another (994/2018) [2018]SZHC- 136 (16 July 2020); | 16 Jul 2020 | Civil Law- Application for review and setting aside of Determination of First Respondent a ... |
| High Court | ZWANE and others v ZWANE and Others (678/2021) [2021]-SZHC-82 (25 April 2021); | 25 Apr 2021 | Summary: Civil Law-Application for the remedy of Mandament van Spolie; Applicants seeking... |
| High Court | Zeeman Kahn N.0 v Zeeman & 4 Others (896/2020) [2020] SZHC 22 (26 February 2021); | 26 Feb 2021 | Civil Law - Applications - Dispute over certain disputed property- Interim interlocutory... |
| High Court | Rex v Gumedze (222/2017) [2017] SZHC- 283 (10 December 2020); | 10 Dec 2020 | Culpable Homicide after a Plea to a lesser charge tendered and accepted by the Crown- Accused... |
| High Court | Pan African Asset Management South Africa (Pty) Limited vs Pan African Asset Management Swaziland (Pty) Limited & Others (192/2020) [2020] SZHC 95 (12 May 2020); | 12 May 2020 | Civil Law- Company Law- minority shareholder application for an interdict to prevent an alleged... |
| High Court | MABILA V THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS & 10 OTHERS (1531/2016) [2021] SZHC 108 (12 July 2021); | 12 Jul 2021 | Civil Law and procedure- Common law review- Rule 53 of High Court Rules- No prescribed time within... |
| High Court | Mabuza and Another v Rex (218/2021) [2021] SZHC 130 (06 August 2021); | 06 Aug 2021 | Serving before me is a strenuously opposed bail application. Mabuza and Another v Rex High Court M... |
| Industrial Court of Appeal | ESwatini National Trust Commission v Swaziland National Trust Commission Staff Association and Another (12/2020) [2021] SZlCA 03 (17 August 2021); | 17 Aug 2021 | Appeal- application for condonation for late filing of record of appeal-basic requirements for... |
| Industrial Court of Appeal | Vaclav Vanek v Lomati Mine (Pty) Ltd (14/2020) [2021] SZICA 05 (17 August 2021); | 17 Aug 2021 | labour law- application for security for costs- whether Court can absolve a party from... |
| Industrial Court of Appeal | Trevor Shongwe v Machawe Sithole and Another (8/2020) [2021] SZICA 6 (10 August 2021); | 10 Aug 2021 | Appeal-jurisdiction of Industrial Court of Appeal- expressly restricted to questions of law by... |
| Industrial Court of Appeal | Attorney General v National Public Service and Allied Workers Union (NAPSAWU) (09/2020) [2021] SZICA 7 (10 August 2021); | 10 Aug 2021 | Appeal- deemed to abandoned in terms of Rule 21(4) where record submitted or resubmitted for... |
| Industrial Court of Appeal | Malinga v Nedbank Swaziland Limited and Another (11/2020) [2021] SZlCA 2 (10 August 2021); | 10 Aug 2021 | Appeal- jurisdiction of Industrial Court of Appeal- expressly restricted to questions of law by... |
| Industrial Court of Appeal | Inyatsi Construction Group Holdings Limited vs Roberts and Another (19/2020) [2021] SZICA04 (10 August 2021); | 10 Aug 2021 | REPORTING A DISPUTE BEFORE THE COMMISSION An aggrieved party, in a contract of employment, is... |
| High Court | Mndzebele v Mndzebele (873/2020) [2020] SZHC 111 (09 June 2020); | 09 Jun 2020 | Interdict requirements- Application for permanent interdict against the respondent from... |
| High Court | Mdluli v Nsimbini (174/2018) [2020] SZHC 124 (03 July 2020); | 03 Jul 2020 | Civil procedure- absolution from the instance: The plaintiff claims payment of monies alleged to... |
| High Court | Mlangeni v Mlangeni and others (536/2018) [2018] SZHC-43 (07 March 2019); | 07 Mar 2019 | Customary law- Swazi Customary marriage- dissolution of Customary marriage-legal requirements for... |
| High Court | Mazibuko v Colani Zephania Maseko tla Dushu Transport (825/2017) [2020] SZHC 144 (24 June 2020); | 24 Jun 2020 | Civil procedure-Application for summary judgment in terms of Rule 32(4)(a)- Defendant received... |
| High Court | Shongwe and Another vs The Director of Public Prosecutions and Others (847/2019) [2019] SZHC 213 (14 November 2019); | 14 Nov 2019 | Civil procedure- application for condonation of the late filing of a recusal application where... |
| High Court | Shongwe and Another vs The Director of Public Prosecutions and Others (847/2019) [2019] SZHC 213 (14 November 2019); | 14 Nov 2019 | Civil procedure- application for condonation of the late filing of a recusal application where... |
| Supreme Court | Godhino v Ndzabandzaba & others (1134/19) SZHC-179[2019] (17 September 2019); | 17 Sep 2019 | This is an application brought under a certificate of urgency for an order for the relief, inter... |
| High Court | Jele N.O. v JM Management Consulting Services (Pty) Limited & Others (1895/2019) [2020] SZHC 02 (31 January 2020); | 31 Jan 2020 | The applicant launched an urgent application for both final and interim interdict, the latter... |
| High Court | Eswatini Revenue Authority vs Extreme Cars Investments & 13 others (814/2021) [2021]SZHC 134 (20 August 2021); | 20 Aug 2021 | Civil Law-Contempt of Court-Breach of Orders of the High Court of the 30 April 2021 incorporated... |
| High Court | TSND Investments (Pty) Ltd v Ka-Schiele High School (907/2021) SZHC 137 [2021] (08 September 2021); | 08 Sep 2021 | Contract law- Application for order for specific performance for payment and access to site in... |
| High Court | Shongwe v The King (73/2020) [2020] 50 (26 March 2020); | 26 Mar 2020 | Bail application: The applicant applied to be released on bail following arrest and charge for... |
| High Court | Rex v Mkhabela (83/2012) [2019] 63 (05 April 2019); | 05 Apr 2019 | Criminal law- Murder- plea of guilty to a lesser offence of culpable homicide- the crown rejects... |
| High Court | Nelson v Rex (95/2020) [2020] 75 (28 April 2020); | 28 Apr 2020 | This is an opposed application for bail brought on a certificate of urgency. The Applicant faces a... |
| High Court | Rex v Matsabatsa (96/2014) [2020] SZHC- 39 (09 March 2020); | 09 Mar 2020 | Intention to kill- The accused killed his stepmother in a grui,:.,,some attack with a spear,... |
| High Court | Rex v Shisaki (201/2014) [2019] SZHC-168 (21 October 2019); | 21 Oct 2019 | : Criminal law- murder- extenuating circumstances- relevant factors - youthfulness per se not an... |
| High Court | Mkhatshwa v The King (316/18) [2018] SZHC-275 (16 January 2019); | 16 Jan 2019 | Criminal law and procedure: Bail- offence listed in the fifth Schedule of the CP & Act-... |
| High Court | Rex v Thwala (363/2011) [2019] SZHC 125 (12 July 2019); | 12 Jul 2019 | The Accused has been convicted of murder of the deceased Elizabeth Kunene. 1 The Court found... |
| High Court | Rex v Lunga (389/2016) [2019] SZHC 90 (10 October 2019); | 10 Oct 2019 | Criminal law- the accused was charged with murder of the deceased by stabbing him on the thigh and... |
| High Court | Swaziland Union of Financial Institutions & Allied Union v Acting Judge of the Industrial Court of Eswatini & 2 Others (1258/2021) [2021] SZHC 143 (08 September 2021); | 08 Sep 2021 | Administrative law- Judicial Review of a decision of Judge of Industrial Court- Reviewable... |
| High Court | Dlamini v Dlamini (1210 / 2017) [2020] SZHC- 144 (20 September 2021); | 20 Sep 2021 | Civil procedure- Application for default judgment- whether amendment of summons from the bar... |
| High Court | The King v. Qing Ming He (171/2017) [2021] SZHC I66 (28 September 2021); | 28 Sep 2021 | The accused person has been found guilty of the following eleven offences;- 1 count 1 ... |
| High Court | 1703/2020 (Mabuza vs Bennet) [2021] SZHC 56 (24 September 2021); | 24 Sep 2021 | Civil Procedure- Delictual claim for damages arising out of a collusion between the Plaintiff's... |
| Industrial Court of Appeal | DATA NETWORK SERVICES (PTY) LTD vs Malinga (01/2021) [2021] SZICA 01 (20 September 2021); | 20 Sep 2021 | Before this Court is an appeal against the Industrial Court's judgment of 17th March 2021,... |
| Industrial Court of Appeal | SWAZILAND UNION OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND ALLIED WORICERS and others vs ESWATINI DEVELOPMENT & SAVINGS BANK and other (015/2020) [2021] SZICA 06 (24 September 2021); | 24 Sep 2021 | Employees accused of misconduct at the workplace. Employees summoned to a disciplinary hearing.... |
| High Court | PresidentStreet Properties(Pty)Ltd v Uchechukwu & 4 Others (11/2014) {2015} SZSC 11 (29 July 2015); | 29 Jul 2015 | Civil Procedure: Service on a company in terms of Rule 4 (2) of the High Court Rules; Default... |
| High Court | Mazibuko v The Commissioner of Police & Another (618/2016) [2021] SZHC 170 (29 September 2021); | 29 Sep 2021 | The Applicant was a Police Officer whose services were terminated by the National Commissioner of... |
| High Court | Vilane v Rex (39/2020) [2020] SZHC 146 (14 September 2021); | 14 Sep 2021 | Vilane v Rex High Court A. M. Lukhele A.J. 14 September 2021 2020-szhc-146.pdf 2020-szhc-146.doc |