# List of judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 1996

The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 1996.
The eleven members of the court during 1996 were President Arthur Chaskalson, Deputy President Ismail Mahomed, and judges Lourens Ackermann, John Didcott, Richard Goldstone, Johann Kriegler, Pius Langa, Tholie Madala, Yvonne Mokgoro, Kate O'Regan and Albie Sachs. Justice Goldstone was granted leave of absence to serve as chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. His seat was filled over the court of the year by acting judges Sydney Kentridge, John Trengove and Bernard Ngoepe.
| Citation | Case name | Heard | Decided | Majority author |
| [1996] ZACC 1 | S v Mbatha; S v Prinsloo | 16 November 1995 | 9 February 1996 | Langa |
| [1996] ZACC 27 | Ferreira v Levin NO and Others; Vryenhoek and Others v Powell NO and Others | 9 May 1995 | 19 March 1996 | Ackermann |
| [1996] ZACC 2 | Bernstein and Others v Bester NO and Others | 19 September 1995 | 27 March 1996 | Ackermann |
| [1996] ZACC 3 | In re: National Education Policy Bill No 83 of 1995 | 7 March 1996 | 3 April 1996 | Chaskalson |
| [1996] ZACC 4 | In re: Gauteng School Education Bill of 1995 | 29 February 1996 | 4 April 1996 | Mahomed |
| [1996] ZACC 5 | Luitingh v Minister of Defence | 21 November 1995 | 4 April 1996 | Didcott |
| [1996] ZACC 6 | Nel v Le Roux NO and Others | 20 February 1996 | 4 April 1996 | Ackermann |
| [1996] ZACC 7 | Case and Another v Minister of Safety and Security and Others; Curtis v Minister of Safety and Security and Others | 5 September 1995 | 9 May 1996 | Didcott |
| [1996] ZACC 8 | Besserglik v Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism and Others | | 14 May 1996 | O'Regan |
| [1996] ZACC 9 | Brink v Kitshoff NO | 9 November 1995 | 15 May 1996 | Chaskalson |
| [1996] ZACC 10 | Du Plessis and Others v De Klerk and Another | 7 November 1995 | 15 May 1996 | Kentridge (acting) |
| [1996] ZACC 11 | Gardener v Whitaker | 15 November 1995 | 15 May 1996 | Kentridge (acting) |
| [1996] ZACC 25 | Key v Attorney-General, Cape Provincial Division and Another | 23 May 1995 | 15 May 1996 | Kriegler |
| [1996] ZACC 12 | Ynuico Ltd v Minister of Trade and Industry and Others | 12 March 1996 | 21 May 1996 | Didcott |
| [1996] ZACC 13 | Rudolph and Another v Commissioner for Inland Revenue and Others | 28 May 1996 | 11 June 1996 | Ackermann |
| [1996] ZACC 14 | S v Julies | | 11 June 1996 | Kriegler |
| [1996] ZACC 15 | In re: KwaZulu-Natal Amakhosi and Iziphakanyiswa Amendment Bill of 1995; In re: Payment of Salaries, Allowances and Other Privileges to the Ingonyama Bill of 1995 | 21 May 1996 | 5 July 1996 | Chaskalson |
| [1996] ZACC 16 | Azanian Peoples Organization (AZAPO) and Others v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others | 30 May 1996 | 25 July 1996 | Mahomed |
| [1996] ZACC 17 | Certification of the KwaZulu-Natal Constitution | 25–27 June 1996 | 6 September 1996 | The Court |
| [1996] ZACC 26 | Certification of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 | 1–5 and 8–11 July 1996 | 6 September 1996 | The Court |
| [1996] ZACC 18 | Scagell and Others v Attorney-General, Western Cape and Others | 5 March 1996 | 12 September 1996 | O'Regan |
| [1996] ZACC 19 | Tsotetsi v Mutual and Federal Insurance Company Ltd | 29 August 1995 and 16 May 1996 | 12 September 1996 | O'Regan |
| [1996] ZACC 20 | Mohlomi v Minister of Defence | 21 November 1995 | 26 September 1996 | Didcott |
| [1996] ZACC 21 | S v Bequinot | 25 September 1996 | 18 November 1996 | Kriegler |
| [1996] ZACC 22 | Transvaal Agricultural Union v Minister of Land Affairs and Another | 19 September 1996 | 18 November 1996 | Chaskalson |
| [1996] ZACC 23 | JT Publishing (Pty) Ltd and Another v Minister of Safety and Security and Others | 14 May 1996 | 21 November 1996 | Didcott |
| [1996] ZACC 24 | Certification of the Amended Text of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 | 18–20 November 1996 | 4 December 1996 | The Court |