IOS2601 ASSIGNMENT 1
SEMESTER 2 - 2023
UNIQUE NUMBER:
DUE DATE:
, ASSIGNMENT 1
UNIQUE NUMBER:
CLOSING DATE:
MARKS: 50
The Jaga v Dönges 1950 (4) SA 653 (A), which was delivered at the height of apartheid,
remains important for the interpretation of statutes after the democratic transformation.
Kindly read the case and answer the following questions.
(a) BRIEFLY PROVIDE facts of the Jaga case. (6)
(b) NAME AND DISCUSS the dominant interpretive approach before 1994 as followed
by the majority in Jaga; (14)
(c) NAME and DISCUSS the alternative interpretive approach as followed by the
minority in Jaga; (15)
(d) DISCUSS the effect of Section 39(2) of the Constitution and the new interpretive
approach followed in Bato Star Fishing (Pty) Ltd v Minister of Environmental Affairs
2004 (4) SA 490 (CC);
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SEMESTER 2 - 2023
UNIQUE NUMBER:
DUE DATE:
, ASSIGNMENT 1
UNIQUE NUMBER:
CLOSING DATE:
MARKS: 50
The Jaga v Dönges 1950 (4) SA 653 (A), which was delivered at the height of apartheid,
remains important for the interpretation of statutes after the democratic transformation.
Kindly read the case and answer the following questions.
(a) BRIEFLY PROVIDE facts of the Jaga case. (6)
(b) NAME AND DISCUSS the dominant interpretive approach before 1994 as followed
by the majority in Jaga; (14)
(c) NAME and DISCUSS the alternative interpretive approach as followed by the
minority in Jaga; (15)
(d) DISCUSS the effect of Section 39(2) of the Constitution and the new interpretive
approach followed in Bato Star Fishing (Pty) Ltd v Minister of Environmental Affairs
2004 (4) SA 490 (CC);
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