Eloff AJ

The principle established in the Gauteng High Court case of Truth Verification by Eloff AJ states that a witness making fanciful or patently false affidavits should have those affidavits rejected without oral testimony; the Chairperson suggests this principle applies to applicants and respondents alike.

“the principle enunciated in that case was later made or adopted by the Supreme Court... if what a witness says is either fanciful or patently false, it should be rejected out of hand and on paper without the need for oral testimony... I do not see why it cannot apply to applicants as well.”