The incorporation of contractual terms and reliance : regspraak

There is a fair amount of authority in the positive law as well as amongst authors that the South African law regards concurring subjective intention (agreement ad idem) as the primary basis for contractual liability (see eg, Joubert v Enslin 1910 AD 6 23; Woods v Walters 1921 AD 303 309; Swart v Vosloo 1965 1 SA 100 (A) 104; Saambou-Nasionale Bouvereniging v Friedman 1979 3 SA 978 (A) 993; Mondorp Eiendomsagentskap (Edms) Bpk v Kemp en De Beer 1979 4 SA 74 (A) 78; Société Commerciale de Moteurs v Ackermann 1981 3 SA 422 (A) 428; Tesven CC v South African Bank of Athens 2000 1 SA 268 (SCA) 274; and see eg Khan (ed) I Contract and Mercantile Law: A Source Book (1988) 13; Joubert General Principles of the Law of Contract (1987) 77; De Wet and Van Wyk I Die Suid-Afrikaanse Kontraktereg en Handelsreg (1992) 14 19; Lubbe and Murray Farlam and Hathaway Contract: Cases, Materials and Commentary (1988) 20 114; Van der Merwe et al Contract: General Principles (1993) 11; Christie The Law of Contract in South Africa (2001) 24; Kerr The Principles of the Law of Contract (2002) 3-4).