Mashongwa v Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa

Case No. Lower Court Judgments Hearing Date
CCT 3/15 Gauteng Local Division, 1 Oct. 2013
SCA, 28 Nov. 2014
6 Aug. 2015

By Duncan Wild on 30 June 2015

The case involves whether the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (“PRASA“) fulfilled its statutory and constitutional duties as an organ of state to take reasonable measures to provide for the safety of passengers, in particular, Mr Irvine Mashongwa, and in particular, if it did fail to take such measures, was that failure causally connected to an attack that Mr Mashongwa suffered whilst travelling on a train operated by PRASA.

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Oppelt v The Head: Health, Department of Health, Provincial Administration: Western Cape

Case No. Lower Court Judgments Hearing Date
CCT 185/14 Western Cape Division, Cape Town, 21 Nov. 2012
SCA, 25 Sept. 2014
26 Feb. 2015

By Duncan Wild on 30 December 2014

This case involves a determination of whether the conduct of certain health care workers employed by the Western Cape Department of Health acted wrongfully and negligently in failing to treat Mr Charles Oppelt with a certain procedure within 4 hours of his injury, leading to his paralysis.

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