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SOUTH AFRICAN LAW COMMISSION

PROJECT 88

THE RECOGNITION OF CLASS ACTIONS AND PUBLIC INTEREST ACTIONS IN SOUTH AFRICAN LAW

REPORT

AUGUST 1998

Table of Contents

TO DR A M OMAR, MP, MINISTER OF JUSTICE

I am honoured to submit to you in terms of section 7(1) of the South African Law Commission Act 19 of 1973, for your consideration the Commission’s report on the investigation into the recognition of class actions and public interest actions in South African law.

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Mr Justice I Mahomed
Chairperson

September 1998

INTRODUCTION

The South African Law Commission was established by the South African Law Commission Act, 1973 (Act 19 of 1973).

The members of the Commission are -

The Honourable Mr Justice I Mahomed (Chairperson)
The Honourable Mr Justice P J J Olivier (Vice-Chairperson)
The Honourable Madam Justice Y Mokgoro
Adv J J Gauntlett SC
Mr P Mojapelo
Prof R T Nhlapo
Ms Z Seedat

The Secretary is Mr W Henegan. The Commission’s offices are on the 12 and 13th floors, Sanlam Centrum, corner of Andries and Schoeman Streets, Pretoria. Correspondence should be addressed to:

The Secretary
South African Law Commission
Private Bag X 668
PRETORIA
0001

Telephone: (012) 322 6440
Fax: (012) 320 0936
E-mail: gordon@salawcom.org.za

This document is available on the Internet under “The South African Law Commission” at http://www.law.wits.ac.za/salc/salc.html

The project leader is the Honourable Mr Justice P J J Olivier. The other members of the project committee are: Adv J J Gauntlett SC, Professor C Loots, Mr E Makgoba, the Honourable Madam Justice S Meer, Mr P Mojapelo, and Mr D Nkadimeng. The researcher responsible for the investigation is Mr G O Hollamby.