Title: Effects of the WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement on South African case law

Authors: Lonias Ndlovu

Addresses: Department of Mercantile Law, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa, South Africa

Abstract: In comparison with other countries in the SADC region, South African courts have relatively been active in developing World Trade Organization (WTO) law in the municipal context. This development has widely been confined to dumping/anti-dumping matters and to a very limited extent, safeguards measures. In this paper, I critically analyse one contentious case, namely, Progress Office Machines CC v South African Revenue Services and come to the inescapable conclusion that the decision in the case was wrong. Such a conclusion is borne out of the fact that the Court's ruling had no textual basis either at WTO law or municipal law. The above criticism notwithstanding, the judgement does make a modest contribution to the development of South African jurisprudence on the subject of dumping/anti-dumping. Therefore, the decision has both positive and negative aspects which this paper attempts to highlights in a balanced critical manner.

Keywords: World Trade Organization; WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement; South Africa; Progress Office Machines CC v South African Revenue Services; dumping; SADC; WTO law; municipal law.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPLAP.2014.060081

International Journal of Public Law and Policy, 2014 Vol.4 No.2, pp.147 - 160

Published online: 21 Nov 2014 *

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