Late judgments
A shameful judicial record
Late judgments hit a new high in 2025, crossing the 300 mark
Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.
Charts | 24 April 2026
Over 300 judgments outstanding for more than six months
Some matters have been outstanding for more than four years
News | 2 April 2026
Judiciary fails to report on late judgments
Most recent list published, October 2025, reflected the status of late judgments from nearly a year ago
Brief | 17 March 2026
Concourt rules on constructive dismissal after 18 months
Employee cannot succeed in constructive dismissal claim because he anticipates that working conditions will become intolerable
Law | 25 February 2026
Tardy judges late on hundreds of judgments
Some judgments have been outstanding for four years
Brief | 15 October 2025
Judge hands down ruling three years late
For most of that time there was no record of it in the official report that tracks late judgments
News | 14 October 2025
Judge scolds EFF for repeatedly wasting courts’ time
“The laxity with which the EFF acted is unexplained … the extreme urgency was entirely self-created and unwarranted, it inconvenienced the court, the participating party and other litigants”
Law | 25 September 2025
KZN judge faces tribunal over late judgment – after 12 years
A Judicial Conduct Tribunal will only now hear a complaint against Judge Jacqueline Henriques who failed to deliver a judgment in 2013
Law | 28 July 2025