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dc.date.accessioned 2017-04-08T17:02:13Z
dc.date.available 2017-04-08T17:02:13Z
dc.date.created 2004-03-08 en
dc.identifier.citation 2004 (6) SA 121 (CC)
dc.identifier.citation 2004 (11) BCLR 1125 (CC)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/2200
dc.title Minister of Finance and Another v Van Heerden en
dc.title.alternative CCT63/03 en
dc.identifier.casenumber CCT63/03 en
dc.contributor.judge Moseneke J Majority judgment
dc.contributor.judge Mokgoro J separate judgment
dc.contributor.judge Ngcobo J separate judgment
dc.contributor.judge Sachs J separate judgment
dc.date.judgment 29 July 2004
dc.link.judgment http://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/2200/Full%20judgment%20%28559%20Kb%29-1452.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
dc.concourt.synopsis Application for leave to appeal against High Court decision. Concerned a challenge to the constitutionality of rules of the Political Office-Bearers Pension Fund that provided for differentiated employer contributions in respect of members of Parliament and other political office-bearers. Respondent argued: rules unfairly discriminatory; and Fund not validly established under s 190A of the interim Constitution or s 219 of the Constitution. Applicant contended: permissible affirmative action measure. Unanimously held: leave to appeal granted; appeal upheld; order of the High Court declaring Rule 4.2.1 unconstitutional and invalid set aside. Moseneke J (for the majority) held: legislative and other measures that meet s 9(2) are not presumptively unfair. Differentiation aimed at protecting or advancing disadvantaged persons is warranted if it meets the test of s 9(2). The impugned pension scheme upheld as a restitutionary measure. Sep concurrences: Mokgoro J, Ngcobo J , Sachs J
dc.concourt.casehistory Application for leave to appeal against the judgment and order of the Cape High Court in Van Heerden v The Speaker of Parliament and Others (Case no. 7067/01, 12 June 2003, unreported).


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