Mazibuko v City of Johannesburg
South African legal case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mazibuko and Others v City of Johannesburg and Others is a landmark decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa concerning the content of the constitutional right of access to water. It was decided on 8 October 2009 in a unanimous judgment, the last written by Justice Kate O'Regan before her retirement.
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Mazibuko v City of Johannesburg | |
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Court | Constitutional Court of South Africa |
Full case name | Mazibuko and Others v City of Johannesburg and Others |
Decided | 8 October 2009 (2009-10-08) |
Docket nos. | CCT 39/09 |
Citation(s) | [2009] ZACC 28; 2010 (3) BCLR 239 (CC); 2010 (4) SA 1 (CC) |
Case history | |
Prior action(s) | City of Johannesburg and Others v Mazibuko and Others [2009] ZASCA 20 in the Supreme Court of Appeal Mazibuko and Others v City of Johannesburg and Others [2008] ZAGPHC 491 in the High Court of South Africa, Witwatersrand Local Division |
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Judges sitting | Moseneke DCJ, Cameron J, Mokgoro J, Ngcobo J, Nkabinde J, O'Regan J, Sachs J, Skweyiya J and van der Westhuizen J |
Case opinions | |
Decision by | O'Regan J (unanimous) |
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