S v Twala (South African Human Rights Commission Intervening)

dc.date.accessioned	2017-04-08T16:58:51Z
dc.date.available	2017-04-08T16:58:51Z
dc.date.created	2004-10-18	en
dc.identifier.citation	[1999] ZACC 18
dc.identifier.citation	2000 (1) SA 879 (CC)
dc.identifier.citation	2000 (1) BCLR 106 (CC)
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/2074
dc.title	S v Twala (South African Human Rights Commission Intervening)	en
dc.title.alternative	CCT27/99	en
dc.identifier.casenumber	CCT27/99	en
dc.date.hearing	16 November 1999
dc.contributor.judge	Yacoob J
dc.date.judgment	2 December 1999
dc.link.judgment	http://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/2074/Full%20judgment%20%28174%20Kb%29-1956.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
dc.concourt.synopsis	The Court had to decide whether section 316 read with section 315(4) of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 which allows a person who has been convicted and sentenced by a High Court to appeal against that decision only if permission had been given by the High Court or Supreme Court of Appeal is consistent with the Constitution. The Court had to measure these sections against that part of the Constitution which gives to every accused person the right to a fair trial, including the right to appeal or review by a higher court. Constitutional Court case of S v Rens considered. Yacoob J for a unanimous Court.
dc.concourt.casehistory	Application for leave to appeal from a judgment of the Witwatersrand High Court, application dismissed.

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Full judgment (174 Kb)-1956.pdf ( 174.7Kb )

Summary of judgment-1957.pdf ( 17.82Kb )

Directions by the President of the Constitutional Court-1958.pdf ( 19.05Kb )

Respondent's Heads of Arument-1959.pdf ( 138.3Kb )

Amicus Curiae Heads of Argument-1960.pdf ( 53.06Kb )

Intervenor's Heads of Argument-1961.pdf ( 58.02Kb )