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Judgements

Source: Constitutional Court of South Africa

RAPE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE:

State vs. Phaswane and Aaron Makoena (PDF 1.9 mb) - High Court (Transvaal Provincial Division) Judgement  on 12/05/2008 on the constitutionality of aspects of the case. Specifically, those relating to the secondary victimisation in court of children who have been raped  . Additional documentation pertaining to the case can be found here

State vs. Egglestone (PDF 63kb) - SCA judgement on 30 May 2008

State vs. Masiya - Judgment that extended the common law definition of rape to include sodomy

State vs. Marx
(Summary in English)

State vs.Marx
(Full judgment in Afrikaans)

State vs. Zuma

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE:

Omar vs. Government of the Republic of South Africa and Others

State vs. Baloyi (1999) -The state's constitutional duty to provide effective remedies against domestic violence

STATE OBLIGATION TO PROTECTI WOMEN FROM VIOLENCE:

Carmichele vs. Minister of Safety and Security (2001) -The duty of courts to develop the common law, in this case concerning duty of police to prevent sexual violence against women

NK vs. Minister of Safety & Security

 
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