Template:Cite SAFLII/doc

Usage

This template is used to cite cases, legislation and other materials listed in the Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII) database. You should look up the case you wish to cite on SAFLII, then refer to the URL of the web page on which the case appears to fill in the information required by the template.

Template

{{cite SAFLII
|litigants    = 
|link         = 
|court        = 
|year         = 
|num          = 
|parallelcite = 
|date         = 
|courtname    = 
|juris        = 
|ref          = 
}}

or

{{cite SAFLII|litigants=|link=|court=|year=|num=|parallelcite=|date=|courtname=|juris=|ref=}}

Parameters

All parameters are optional unless otherwise specified.

Parameter	Description
Case name
litigants	The names of the litigants separated with v or v. for versus (in other words, the case name), like this: "National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality v Minister of Justice".
link	The name of a Wikipedia article about the case, for example: "National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality and Another v Minister of Justice and Others". This will be linked to the names of the litigants specified using the |litigants= parameter.
SAFLII link: https://www.saflii.org/[country]/cases/court/year/num.html
court	Mandatory: The neutral citation code used by SAFLII to identify the court that decided the case, as follows: SADCT: SADC Tribunal ZACC: Constitutional Court of South Africa ZASCA: Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa ZAECHC: Eastern Cape Division ZAECBHC: Eastern Cape Division, Bhisho ZAECGHC: Eastern Cape Division, Grahamstown ZAECQBHC: Eastern Cape Division, Gqeberha ZAECMKHC: Eastern Cape Division, Makhanda ZAECMHC: Eastern Cape Division, Mthatha ZAECELLC: Eastern Cape Division, East London ZAECPEHC: Eastern Cape Division, Port Elizabeth ZAGPHC: Gauteng Division ZAGPPHC: Gauteng Division, Pretoria ZALMPHC: Limpopo Division ZALMPPHC: Limpopo Division, Polokwane ZALMPTHC: Limpopo Division, Thohoyandou ZAMPMBHC: Mpumalanga Division, Mbombela ZAMPMHC: Mpumalanga Division, Middelburg ZANCHC: Northern Cape Division ZANWHC: North West Division ZAWCHC: Western Cape Division ZAEQC: Equality Court The template currently only handles cases decided by the above courts. Please update the template if you wish to include additional courts, or leave a message on the talk page if you need help with this.
year	Mandatory: the year of the decision.
num	Mandatory: the case number.
Other information
pinpoint	The page or paragraph number at which information or a quotation you are referring to appears, like this: "528", "p. 528" or "para. 25". When referring to a range of pages or paragraph numbers, separate the starting and ending numbers with an en dash like this: "528–530".
date	The date that the case was decided. You may enter the date in any format accepted by the template {{date}}, such as "9 October 1998" or "1998-10-09". It will appear a day-month-year format.
parallelcite	Parallel citations to the case. If there is more than one parallel citation, separate the citations with commas, like this: "1995 (6) BCLR 665, 1999 (1) SA 6".
courtname	The court that decided the case. The name of the court can be wikilinked, like this: "[[Constitutional Court of South Africa|Constitutional Court]]". To have the template automatically indicate the court and jurisdiction of a case, type "courtname=auto".
juris	The jurisdiction that decided the case, such as "South Africa". It is unnecessary to use this parameter if you are already using "courtname=auto".
ref	This is equivalent to the corresponding parameter in Citation Style 1 templates. Use |ref={{sfnref|short reference text}} to link a citation with the corresponding inline callout {{sfn|short reference text}}. Do not place quotes around the ref value. The values |ref=harv and |ref=none do not have any special meaning.

Examples

Wikitext	Result
{{cite SAFLII|litigants=S v Makwanyane|court=ZACC|year=1995|num=3|parallelcite=1995 (3) S.A. 391|date=6 June 1995|courtname=auto}}	S v Makwanyane [1995] ZACC 3, 1995 (3) S.A. 391 (6 June 1995), Constitutional Court (South Africa)
{{cite SAFLII|court=ZACC|year=1995|num=3|parallelcite=1995 (3) S.A. 391}}	[1995] ZACC 3, 1995 (3) S.A. 391
{{cite SAFLII|litigants=National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality v Minister of Justice|link=National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality and Another v Minister of Justice and Others|court=ZACC|year=1998|num=15|pinpoint=paras. 79–82|parallelcite=1999 (1) S.A. 6|courtname=Const. Ct.}}	National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality v Minister of Justice [1998] ZACC 15 at paras. 79–82, 1999 (1) S.A. 6, Const. Ct.
{{cite SAFLII|litigants=Moch v Nedtravel (Pty) Ltd|court=ZASCA|year=1996|num=2|parallelcite=1996 (3) S.A. 1|courtname=auto}}	Moch v Nedtravel (Pty) Ltd [1996] ZASCA 2, 1996 (3) S.A. 1, Supreme Court of Appeal (South Africa)

See also

{{Cite AustLII}} {{Cite BAILII}} {{Cite CanLII}} {{Cite CommonLII}}

{{Cite LIIofIndia}} {{Cite NZLII}} {{Cite WorldLII}}