LexiSA Case Watch
Real SA judgments, explained twice
Every post here is a real, newsworthy South African judgment — never a hypothetical. Each one is broken down twice: the legal principle for lawyers and law students, and the plain-language takeaway for anyone affected by it. Sourced from SAFLII and South African news reporting, with a source link on every post so you can verify it yourself.
Blind SA's second copyright win: courts can rewrite a law when Parliament stalls
Blind SA v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others — Constitutional Court
In Blind SA I (2022), the Copyright Act was found unconstitutional for failing to let accessible-format copies (Braille, audio, large print) be made for disabled people. This follow-up judgment addressed the remedy while Parliament's Copyright Amendment Bill remains unpassed, reading a new s19D into the Act.
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A prisoner studying IT overturned an 18-year-old nationwide computer ban
Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Others v Ntuli — Constitutional Court
Mbalenhle Ntuli, an inmate studying computer science, was blocked by a 2007 departmental policy from keeping a personal computer in his cell. The Constitutional Court upheld lower-court findings that the blanket, no-exceptions ban unjustifiably limited the right to further education under section 29(1)(b) of the Constitution.
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