Common Purpose, Sexual Offences & Rights

Question 1

S v Safatsa (1988) — held?

Accepted Answer

Under the doctrine of common purpose, causation need not be proved for each participant who associated themselves with the killing ("Sharpeville Six"). (Source: 1988 (1) SA 868 (A))

Question 2

S v Thebus (2003) — held?

Accepted Answer

The doctrine of common purpose is constitutional. (Source: 2003 (6) SA 505 (CC))

Question 3

Masiya v DPP, Pretoria (2007) — held?

Accepted Answer

The common law definition of rape was extended to non-consensual anal penetration of females, prospectively only. (Source: 2007 (5) SA 30 (CC))

Question 4

Which Act now defines sexual offences?

Accepted Answer

The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 32 of 2007, which made rape gender-neutral. (Source: Act 32 of 2007)

Question 5

Minister of Justice v Prince (2018) — held?

Accepted Answer

Criminalising the private use, possession and cultivation of cannabis by adults for personal consumption violated the right to privacy. (Source: 2018 (6) SA 393 (CC))

Question 6

S v Jordan (2002) — held?

Accepted Answer

The prohibition of prostitution (s 20(1)(aA) of the Sexual Offences Act 1957) was upheld as constitutional. (Source: 2002 (6) SA 642 (CC))

Question 7

S v Williams (1995) — held?

Accepted Answer

Judicial corporal punishment (whipping) of juveniles was unconstitutional. (Source: 1995 (3) SA 632 (CC))

Question 8

S v Eadie (2002) — held?

Accepted Answer

The defence of non-pathological incapacity caused by provocation or emotional stress is in substance the same as sane automatism. (Source: 2002 (3) SA 719 (SCA))

1.S v Safatsa (1988) — held?

2.S v Thebus (2003) — held?

3.Masiya v DPP, Pretoria (2007) — held?

4.Which Act now defines sexual offences?

5.Minister of Justice v Prince (2018) — held?

6.S v Jordan (2002) — held?

7.S v Williams (1995) — held?

8.S v Eadie (2002) — held?