# List of judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 2009

The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 2009.
The members of the court at the start of 2009 were Chief Justice Pius Langa, Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke, and judges Edwin Cameron, Yvonne Mokgoro, Sandile Ngcobo, Bess Nkabinde, Kate O'Regan, Albie Sachs, Thembile Skweyiya, Johann van der Westhuizen and Zak Yacoob. Chief Justice Langa and Justices Mokgoro, O'Regan and Sachs retired in October 2009, as they were all founding members of the court whose terms of office expired. They were replaced by the appointment of Johan Froneman, Chris Jafta, Sisi Khampepe and Mogoeng Mogoeng, and Justice Ngcobo was elevated to the post of Chief Justice.
| Citation | Case name | Heard | Decided | Majority author |
| [2009] ZACC 1 | President of the Republic of South Africa and Others v Quagliani; President of the Republic of South Africa and Others v Van Rooyen and Another; Goodwin v Director-General of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others | 26 August 2008 | 21 January 2009 | Sachs |
| [2009] ZACC 2 | Van Straaten v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others | | 24 February 2009 | The Court |
| [2009] ZACC 3 | Richter v Minister of Home Affairs and Others | 4 March 2009 | 12 March 2009 | O'Regan |
| [2009] ZACC 4 | AParty and Another v Minister of Home Affairs and Others; Moloko and Others v Minister of Home Affairs and Another | 4 March 2009 | 12 March 2009 | Ngcobo |
| [2009] ZACC 5 | Johncom Media Investments Limited v M and Others | 8 May 2008 | 17 March 2009 | Jafta (acting) |
| [2009] ZACC 6 | Lufuno Mphaphuli & Associates (Pty) Ltd v Andrews and Another | 13 May 2008 | 20 March 2009 | O'Regan |
| [2009] ZACC 7 | Machele and Others v Mailula and Others | 3 December 2008 | 26 March 2009 | Skweyiya |
| [2009] ZACC 8 | Director of Public Prosecutions, Transvaal v Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development and Others | 6 November 2008 | 1 April 2009 | Ngcobo |
| [2009] ZACC 9 | President of the Republic of South Africa and Others v Quagliani; President of the Republic of South Africa and Others v Van Rooyen and Another; Goodwin v Director-General of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others (costs) | | 1 April 2009 | Sachs |
| [2009] ZACC 10 | Netherburn Engineering CC t/a Netherburn Ceramics v Mudau and Others | | 1 April 2009 | The Court |
| [2009] ZACC 11 | Bertie Van Zyl (Pty) Ltd and Another v Minister of Safety and Security and Others | 4 November 2008 | 7 May 2009 | Mokgoro |
| [2009] ZACC 12 | Laerskool Generaal Hendrik Schoeman v Bastian Financial Services (Pty) Ltd | | 7 May 2009 | The Court |
| [2009] ZACC 13 | African National Congress v Chief Electoral Officer of the Independent Electoral Commission | 5 May 2009 | 3 June 2009 | The Court |
| [2009] ZACC 14 | Biowatch Trust v Registrar, Genetic Resources and Others | 17 February 2009 | 3 June 2009 | Sachs |
| [2009] ZACC 15 | Von Abo v President of the Republic of South Africa | 26 February 2009 | 5 June 2009 | Moseneke |
| [2009] ZACC 16 | Residents of Joe Slovo Community, Western Cape v Thubelisha Homes and Others | 21 August 2008 | 10 June 2009 | The Court |
| [2009] ZACC 17 | Strategic Liquor Services v Mvumbi NO and Others | | 18 June 2009 | The Court |
| [2009] ZACC 18 | Centre for Child Law v Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development and Others | 5 March 2009 | 15 July 2009 | Cameron |
| [2009] ZACC 19 | Hassam v Jacobs NO and Others | 19 February 2009 | 15 July 2009 | Nkabinde |
| [2009] ZACC 20 | Women's Legal Centre Trust v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others | 20 May 2009 | 22 July 2009 | Cameron |
| [2009] ZACC 21 | Brümmer v Minister for Social Development and Others | 26 May 2009 | 13 August 2009 | Ngcobo |
| [2009] ZACC 22 | Du Toit v Minister for Safety and Security and Another | 24 February 2009 | 18 August 2009 | Langa |
| [2009] ZACC 23 | Koyabe and Others v Minister for Home Affairs and Others | 3 March 2009 | 25 August 2009 | Mokgoro |
| [2009] ZACC 24 | Reflect-All 1025 CC and Others v MEC for Public Transport, Roads and Works, Gauteng and Another | 5 May 2009 | 27 August 2009 | Nkabinde |
| [2009] ZACC 25 | Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development v Chonco and Others ("Chonco 1") | 25 August 2009 | 30 September 2009 | Langa |
| [2009] ZACC 26 | Gcaba v Minister for Safety and Security and Others | 7 May 2009 | 7 October 2009 | Van der Westhuizen |
| [2009] ZACC 27 | Bothma v Els and Others | 13 August 2009 | 8 October 2009 | Sachs |
| [2009] ZACC 28 | Mazibuko and Others v City of Johannesburg and Others | 2 September 2009 | 8 October 2009 | O'Regan |
| [2009] ZACC 29 | Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development v Nyathi, in re: Nyathi v MEC for Health, Gauteng and Another | 12 August 2009 | 9 October 2009 | Mokgoro |
| [2009] ZACC 30 | Joseph and Others v City of Johannesburg and Others | 18 August 2009 | 9 October 2009 | Skweyiya |
| [2009] ZACC 31 | Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement SA and Another v Premier of Kwazulu-Natal and Others | 14 May 2009 | 14 October 2009 | Moseneke |
| [2009] ZACC 32 | Head of Department, Mpumalanga Department of Education and Another v Hoërskool Ermelo and Another | 20 August 2009 | 14 October 2009 | Moseneke |
| [2009] ZACC 33 | Nokotyana and Others v Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality and Others | 15 September 2009 | 19 November 2009 | Van der Westhuizen |
| [2009] ZACC 34 | City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality v Cable City (Pty) Ltd | | 3 December 2009 | The Court |