List of Constitutional Court opinions of Zak Yacoob

Zak Yacoob served in the Constitutional Court of South Africa from February 1998 until his retirement at the end of January 2013.

Majority opinions

No.	Case name	Citation	Notes
1	MEC for Development Planning and Local Government, Gauteng v Democratic Party	[1998] ZACC 9
2	Jooste v Score Supermarket Trading	[1998] ZACC 18
3	New National Party v Government	[1999] ZACC 5
4	S v Twala	[1999] ZACC 18
5	Brummer v Gorfil Brothers Investments	[2000] ZACC 3
6	S v Manamela	[2000] ZACC 5	Co-written with Madala and Sachs.
7	Government v Grootboom	[2000] ZACC 19
8	Independent Electoral Commission v Langeberg Municipality	[2001] ZACC 23
9	S v Price	[2001] ZACC 1
10	De Beer v North-Central Local Council and South-Central Local Council	[2001] ZACC 9
11	MEC for Local Government and Development Planning, Western Cape v Paarl Poultry Enterprises	[2001] ZACC 7
12	Swartbooi v Brink	[2002] ZACC 25
13	Phillips v Director of Public Prosecutions (Witwatersrand Local Division)	[2003] ZACC 1
14	Swartbooi v Brink (No. 1)	[2003] ZACC 5
15	Swartbooi v Brink (No. 2)	[2003] ZACC 25
16	Lawyers for Human Rights v Minister of Home Affairs	[2004] ZACC 12
17	Mkontwana v Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality	[2004] ZACC 9
18	Director of Public Prosecutions, Cape of Good Hope v Robinson	[2004] ZACC 22
19	Sibiya v Director of Public Prosecutions (Johannesburg High Court) (No. 1)	[2005] ZACC 6
20	Sibiya v Director of Public Prosecutions (Johannesburg High Court) (No. 2)	[2005] ZACC 16
21	AAA Investments v Micro Finance Regulatory Council	[2006] ZACC 9
22	SABC v National Director of Public Prosecutions	[2006] ZACC 15	Co-written with Langa, Kondile, Madala, Nkabinde, O'Regan and Van Heerden.
23	Sibiya v Director of Public Prosecutions (Johannesburg High Court) (No. 3)	[2006] ZACC 22
24	Sibiya and Others v Director of Public Prosecutions (Johannesburg High Court)	[2006] ZACC 22
25	S v Shinga; S v O'Connell and Others	[2007] ZACC 3
26	Occupiers of 51 Olivia Road and 197 Main Street v City of Johannesburg	[2008] ZACC 1
27	Njongi v MEC for Welfare, Eastern Cape	[2008] ZACC 4
28	Chagi v Special Investigating Unit	[2008] ZACC 22
29	Cherangani Trade & Invest 107 v Mason	[2011] ZACC 12
30	Aviation Union of South Africa v South African Airways	[2011] ZACC 39
31	Occupiers of Portion R25 of the Farm Mooipaats 355 JR v Golden Thread	[2011] ZACC 35
32	Occupiers of Skurweplaas 353 JR v PPC Aggregate Quarries	[2011] ZACC 36
33	C v Department of Health and Social Development, Gauteng	[2012] ZACC 1
34	SATAWU v Moloto	[2012] ZACC 19	Co-written by Froneman and Nkabinde.
35	Democratic Alliance v President	[2012] ZACC 24
36	Motswagae v Rustenburg Local Municipality	[2013] ZACC 1

References

• South Africa: Constitutional Court of South Africa cases. SAFLII. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
• Author "Yacoob J". Constitutional Court of South Africa. Retrieved 7 February 2024.