Matlanato v Moshidi and Others (7595/2017) [2025] ZALMPPHC 73 (3 April 2025)

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Civil Procedure

Brief Summary

Civil Procedure — Postponement — Costs of postponement — Matter postponed sine die with the first and second defendants ordered to pay wasted costs, including expert witness fees — Court's discretion to award costs in relation to postponement exercised in light of the circumstances of the case.

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA
LIMPOPO DIVISION , POLOKWANE
CASE NO: 7595/2017
(1)
(2)
(3) REPORTABLE: YES/NO
OF INTEREST TO THE JUDGES: YES/NO
REVISED.
In the matter between:
MATLANATO LEHLOGONOLO HUSTINGS
And
MOSHIDI MATSELA PATRICIA
MATLANATO PATRICK LESIBA
MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS
MEC: LIMPOPO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPOR T
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE PENSION FUND (GEPF)
SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIAL SECURITY AGENCY (SASSA) PLAINTIFF
1 ST DEFENDANT
2ND DEFENDANT
3RD DEFENDANT
4TH DEFENDANT
5TH DEFENDANT
6TH DEFENDANT
2
JUDGMENT
DU PLESSIS AJ:
After having read the papers and having heard Counsel, the following order is made:
[1] The matter is postponed sine die;
[2] The 1 st and 2nd Defendants are to pay the wasted costs for the day occasioned
by the postponement , including the cost of the Plaintiff's expert witness, on a
party and party scale B.
S DU PLESSIS
ACTING JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT,
LIMPOPO DIVISION , POLOKWANE