REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

OFFICE OF THE HONOURABLE MADAM JUSTICE KHUMALO HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA, GAUTENG DIVISION, PRETORIA

Pretoria High Court Building, c/o Madiba & Paul Kruger Streets, Room 3.6

Tel: (012) 492 6726 E-mail: evandermerwe@judiciary.org.za

26 January 2023

Dear Advocate/Sir/Madam

UNOPPOSED MOTIONS

BEFORE JUDGE KHUMALO (Ms) IN 2023 TERM 1 WEEK 4 (6, 8 and 10 Feb 2023)

1.           Kindly be advised that there will be no court appearance. All matters are to be decided on paper unless indicated otherwise by the Judge’s Registrar who will notify the affected parties for oral submissions virtually.

2.           A Practice Note comprehensively indicating the issues to be decided upon in the matter should have been uploaded on Caseline along with an Draft Orders in word format as well as to be emailed to the Judge’s Registrar (Mr Ellick van der Merwe) by no later than 12h00 on Friday 3 February 2023, for matters to be heard on Monday 6 February 2023, no later than 12h00 on Tuesday 7 February 2023 for matters to be heard on Wednesday 8 February & Thursday 9 February 2023 for matters to be heard on Friday 10 February 2023.

3.           Failure to file a comprehensive Practice Note will result in the matter being struck off the roll. No Practice Note will be accepted after the due date and time. Any further submissions deemed necessary by Counsel can be emailed to the Judge’s Registrar according to the time frames set out in paragraph 1.

4.           The Practise Note must to contain detailed contacts particulars (Cell numbers and email addresses).

5.           No further documents are to be uploaded after the cut-off time indicated in the practice manual as read with the practice directive of this court unless with the express permission of the Honourable Judge Khumalo. Non-Compliance will result in the matter being removed from the roll due to papers not being in order.

6.           Only in matters in which the Judge requires oral submissions, will Counsel be contacted and directed to log on to MS Teams at a particular time. The link will be emailed either the day before the hearing or on the morning thereof. The Applicant in each matter is tasked with providing the Judge’s Registrar with their email addresses for further communication if necessary.

7.           An outcome roll, with reasons in the event of orders not being granted, will be circulated and be available at the relevant Registrar’s Office for litigants’ benefit. Litigant are required are to follow the Judge’s directive in the event that draft orders need to be amended and such needs to be loaded unto Caseline and emailed.

Yours faithfully

(ELECTRONICALLY GENERATED; NOT SIGNED)

Mr E van der Merwe Judge’s Secretary

The Honourable Judge KHUMALO (Ms) Tel No: (012) 492 6726

Cell No: 083 644 3211 (WhatsApp only) E-mail: evandermerwe@judiciary.org.za