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SERI is involved in a number of cases as part of its litigation practice, and works together with firms of attorneys across the country. For further information please contact SERI's director of litigation, Teboho Mosikili.

Below is a list of some of SERI's cases with guide words and links to background information, legal papers, judgments, press releases etc. (in alphabetical order):

• Abahlali baseMjondolo and 52 Others v Minister of Police and Others ('Kennedy Road') damages claim - Kennedy Road informal settlement - police - eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality

• Afrikanerbond and Others v Julius Malema hate speech - South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)

• Arendse v Arendse amicus curiae - eviction - Magistrate's Court - Cape Town

• Auto Cinema Investments v Occupiers of Stanhope Compound ('Stanhope Compound') eviction - Stanhope mining compound - Johannesburg - access to justice

• Blue Moonlight Properties 39 (Pty) Ltd v Occupiers of Saratoga Avenue and Another ('Blue Moonlight') private eviction - Berea - City of Johannesburg - alternative accommodation - Constitutional Court

• K v M and Others eviction - customary law - adoption - South Gauteng High Court

• Chauke v Luvela; State v Luvela transfer of property - eviction - trespass - Soweto - Johannesburg Magistrate's Court

• City of Johannesburg v Changing Tides Properties and the Unlawful Occupiers of Tikwelo House ('Tikwelo House')amicus curiae - appeal against order to provide alternative accommodation - City of Johannesburg - Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA)

• Michael Dzai and Others v Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality and Others ('Makause') Makause informal settlement - Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality - application of Upgrading of Informal Settlements Programme (UISP) - Johannesburg High Court

• Dladla and the Further Residents of Ekuthuleni Shelter v City of Johannesburg and MES ('Ekuthuleni Shelter') rights to dignity, privacy and adequate housing - shelter accommodation - inner city Johannesburg

• Elsie Gundwana v Steko Development CC and Others ('Gundwana') eviction - sale in execution - constitutionality of a Rule of Court - Constitutional Court

• F v Minister of Safety and Security  amicus curiae - Institute for Security Studies - vicarious liability - Constitutional Court

• Govender v Pillay eviction - lease termination - Pinetown - Abahlali baseMjondolo

• Governing Body of Juma Musjid Primary School and Others v Essay NO and Others ('Juma Musjid') right to education – horizontal application – eviction - amicus curiae - Constitutional Court

• Ibrahim Sangor Osman and Others v the Hon. Minister Of State for Provincial Administration & Internal Security and Others eviction – lack of alternative land – amicus curiae - High Court of Kenya

• Kabelo Betlane v Shelly Court CC ('Betlane') eviction - Johannesburg - lay litigant - direct access - Constitutional Court

• Jele and Others v Young Min Shan ('Jele')electricity service charge - rental housing - Rental Housing Act - electricity by-laws

• Lyton Props and Robert Ross v Occupiers of isiQalo and City of Cape Town ('isiQalo') isiQalo informal settlement - private owner - eviction application - Western Cape High Court

• Maphango and Others v Aengus Lifestyle Properties ('Maphango') lease agreement - rental escalation - Braamfontein - right to housing - Constitutional Court

• Matshidiso Mokebe v Jeffrey January eviction - consent - Boksburg District Magistrate's Court

• Mbatha v Nedbank and Others sale-in-execution - rescission application - South Gauteng High Court

• Mchunu and Others v Executive Mayor of eThekwini and Others ('Mchunu') eviction - implementation of court order - Siyanda - Durban High Court

• Mjadu and Others in re Federation for a Sustainable Environment v National Nuclear Regulator and Others ('Tudor Shaft') application for leave to intervene - mine residue removal - lack of public participation - Tudor Shaft - South Gauteng High Court

• Millie and 29 Others v the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others criminal appeal - Wits Justice Project - Johannesburg - access to justice - South Gauteng High Court

• Mke and Others v Minister of Safety and Security damages claims - Abahlali baseMjondolo - Minister of Safety and Security - Durban High Court

• Mtungwa and Others v Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality ('Mtungwa') access to water and sanitation - Langaville informal settlement - Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality

• Occupiers of 10-18 Salisbury Street, Johannesburg v City of Johannesburg and Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department illegal eviction - Johannesburg CBD - Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) - fire brigade

• Occupiers of Chung Hua Mansions v Hoosein Mahomed and Others ('Chung Hua') unlawful eviction - inner city of Johannesburg - Johannesburg High Court

• Occupiers of Jeanwell Court v Khalil Ahmed Properties ('Jeanwell Court') inner city Johannesburg - rescission application - South Gauteng High Court

• Pheko and Others v Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality ('Bapsfontein') illegal eviction - Bapsfontein informal settlement - Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality - amicus curiae - Constitutional Court

• Rand Leases Properties v Occupiers of Vogelstruisfontein and Others ('Rand Leases') emergency housing - access to basic services - Marie Louise informal settlement - City of Johannesburg

• Residents of Chiawelo Flats v Eskom and City of Johannesburg ('Chiawelo Flats') electricity disconnection - Soweto - Eskom - City of Johannesburg 

• Robertson Abattoir v Commercial Stevedoring Agricultural & Allied Workers’ Union (‘CSAAWU’) unfair working conditions - defamation - Western Cape High Court

• Rural Institute for Education and Training (RIET) v Mutabesha Dieudone and the Unlawful Occupiers of 235 Main Reef Road, Randfontein (‘RIET') refugee and migrant rights - eviction - contract - South Gauteng High Court

• Schubart Park Residents Association and Others v City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and Others ('Schubart Park)' amicus curiae - Schubart Park - difference between 'evacuation' and 'eviction' of occupiers - Constitutional Court

• Sebola and Another v Standard Bank and Another ('Sebola') sale-in-execution - notice - National Credit Act - Constitutional Court 

• State v Bhayi Bhayi Miya bail appeal - community protest - Thembelihle - South Gauteng High Court

• State v Limaphi and 11 Others ('Kennedy 12') criminal trial  - Abahlali baseMjondolo - Kennedy 12 - Durban Regional Court

• State v Molly Lehlongwa ('Lehlongwa') trespass - eviction - house sold in execution - Soweto - Trespass Act - Protea Magistrate's Court

• State v Moyo, Swetsana and Sisulu ('Primrose') Makause - right to protest - alleged intimidation - Primrose police station - Germiston Magistrates Court

• State v Nkosi and 13 Others (‘Thembelihle’) criminal trial – Thembelihle – protests - Protea Regional Court

• Johanna Taaibos v Douglas Samuels and Others ('Taaibos') eviction application - wrongful transfer of property - City of Johannesburg - South Gauteng High Court

• Thwala and Another v First National Bank and Others sale-in-execution - eviction - rescission application - North Gauteng High Court

• Todd v First Rand Bank Ltd and Others ('Todd') invalid sale-in-execution - Uniform Rule 46(7)(e) of the Uniform Rules of Court - Supreme Court of Appeal

• uMngeni Municipality v Mafuludi Dlamini and Others ('Tumbleweed') eviction - Tumbleweed township - KwaZulu-Natal - Interim Protection of Informal Land Rights Act

• Zanemvula Nvobo and Others v City of Johannesburg and Others ('Kliptown') eviction - informal settlement - Kliptown - City of Johannesburg - JMPD - South Gauteng High Court