CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA
CASE NO: CCT 40/09
In the matter between
THE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: MPUMALANGA First applicant MINISTER OF EDUCATION Second applicant
and
HOËRSKOOL ERMELO First Respondent
SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY OF
HOËRSKOOL ERMELO Second Respondent
DIRECTIONS DATED 18 MAY 2009
The Chief Justice has issued the following directions in this matter.
1. The application for leave to appeal against the whole of the judgment and order of the Supreme Court of Appeal handed down on 27 March 2009 is set down for hearing in this Court on Thursday 20 August 2009 at 10h00.
2. The record, properly paginated and indexed, shall be prepared by the applicants and lodged on or before Monday 8 June 2009.
3. The record shall consist, without duplication, only of those portions of the record before the High Court, the Supreme Court of Appeal and the papers filed in this Court that are necessary for the determination of the appeal.
4. Written argument must be lodged by:
a. the applicants on or before Thursday 18 June 2009; and b. the respondents on or before Thursday 2 July 2009.
5. Written argument must also deal with the merits of the appeal to enable this Court to consider them if leave to appeal were to be granted.
6. Further directions may be issued in due course.
MS STANDER
SENIOR REGISTRAR: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
TO: STATE ATTORNEY, PRETORIA Applicants’ attorneys
PRETORIA Tel: (012) 309 1564 Fax: (012) 328 2662/3 c/o: STATE ATTORNEY 10th Floor, North State Building 95 Market Street (Cnr. Kruis Street) JOHANNESBURG
Ref: B. Mthimunye/0135/2007/Z8 Tel: (011) 337 7660
Fax: (011) 337 6200
AND TO: JOHAN VAN DER WATH INC Attorneys for the first and second respondents 1st Floor
Myburghkor Building 20C De Clercq Street Ermelo
Tel: (017) 819 4821 Fax: (017) 819 3967
c/o: CLIFFE DEKKER HOFMEYR INC.
6 Sandown Valley Crescent Sandown
BENMORE
Tel: (011) 286 1154 Fax: (011) 286 1259