IOS2601 ASSIGNMENT 1 SEMESTER 2
SOLUTIONS 2025
ASSIGNMENT 01
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); (15)
SOLUTIONS 2025
ASSIGNMENT 01
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); (15)
