On iPhone
Open a case, play its summary or the full judgment, or tap Read for the court’s judgment.
Now on Apple Watch
The world’s first dedicated case-law watch app with full judgment audio and audio summaries
Let’s get active when preparing.
South African judgments, narrated. Listen on your iPhone, or save a day to your watch and listen from your wrist: on a run, on the drive, on the walk to court.
The bulletin
New judgments, narrated on weekday mornings.
One narrated bulletin of new judgments from South African courts. Missed a day? It waits in the Library, kept by date.
Each case
The summary, or the whole judgment.
Play the summary to hear the case in a few minutes, or the full judgment, narrated. Tap Read for the court’s own text.
The courts
From the Constitutional Court to the High Courts.
The Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court of Appeal, the High Court divisions, and specialised courts such as the Labour Appeal Court and the Electoral Court.
See it work
How it works, in four short videos.
Each one under forty seconds: the app on iPhone, the app on your watch, the bulletin, and search.
On Apple Watch
Open Lawdible on your watch, turn the crown to scroll, and tap play.
The bulletin
New judgments in one bulletin. Press play, then tap the bar for the full player.
Search
Ask a question in plain words. Read an AI-written answer that cites its cases, then open a case.
Hear a case
Judgments narrated.
From the app’s library: the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court of Appeal and the High Court. Tap play for a sample.
Mofokeng v President of the Republic of South Africa
[2026] ZACC 43In a unanimous judgment by Kollapen J, the Court held that the failure to decide the applicants’ joint pardon application diligently and without delay contravened section 84(2)(j), read with sections 83(b) and 237, of the Constitution. Constitutional damages were the most effective remedy; their extent is to be determined later.
Audio summaryTap to play a sample
Minister of Electricity and Energy v African Climate Alliance
[2026] ZASCA 146The Court dismissed the Minister’s appeal as moot, under section 16(2)(a)(i) of the Superior Courts Act. The 1,500 MW of new coal power was tied to IRP 2019, which IRP 2025 has replaced, and IRP 2025 makes no provision for coal-fired power. A decision would have no practical effect.
Audio summaryTap to play a sample
Seick N.O. v Proud Heritage Properties 60
[2026] ZAWCHC 427The court granted a provisional liquidation order against a solvent company whose management was deadlocked, under section 81 of the Companies Act 71 of 2008. Barendse J opens the judgment with lines from Romeo and Juliet.
Full judgment, narratedThe opening paragraph
Side by side
On your iPhone. On your wrist.
The bulletin, the audio summaries and the full judgments play on both. Save a day to the watch and listen without your phone.
- Tap play on the watch and the day’s bulletin starts.
- Swipe to an earlier day: each weekday’s bulletin has its own page.
- Turn the crown to the day’s cases, each with its summary and full judgment.
- Tap the cloud to save the whole day to the watch.
- Listen through Bluetooth headphones.
The libraries
Start with the daily cases.
The daily library is ready now. More court collections are on the way.
Daily Updates
Latest judgments delivered, a radio bulletin of the day's cases, daily updates, unlimited listening, offline listening and playlists.
Constitutional Library
Constitutional Court library — 1995 to date.
SCA Library
Supreme Court of Appeal library — 1997 to date.
Labour Appeal Library
Labour Appeal Court library — 1993 to date.
Sign up
R149 per month
One subscription, on iPhone and Apple Watch.
- The bulletin, on weekday mornings
- Audio summaries and full judgments, narrated
- The court’s judgment to read, with each case
- Search in plain words, with AI answers that cite their cases
- Playlists, and downloads to listen offline
- The Apple Watch app
Start in three steps
- Download LawdibleFrom the App Store, for iPhone and Apple Watch.
- Create your accountSign in with Apple, Google or your email.
- Subscribe in the appR149 per month.
Download on the App Store
Android · coming soon
Questions about audio judgments
What are audio judgments?
Court judgments you listen to instead of read. Lawdible narrates new South African judgments from the public text of each judgment, so you can keep up with the law on foot, in the car or on a bicycle.
Where can I listen to South African audio law reports?
In the Lawdible app for iPhone. Every weekday it adds the courts' new judgments, each with a narrated summary, the full judgment narrated and the court's PDF, together with a radio bulletin of the day's cases.
Are the audio cases summaries or full judgments?
Both. Each case comes as a narrated summary and as the full judgment, narrated, and you can save either to your phone to listen offline.
Which courts does the audio case law cover?
The daily updates cover new judgments from the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court of Appeal, the High Court divisions and the specialised courts. Full libraries of the Constitutional Court (from 1995), the Supreme Court of Appeal (from 1997) and the Labour Appeal Court (from 1993) are coming.
Can I rely on an audio judgment in court?
Use it to prepare, and check the judgment itself before you cite it or rely on it. The narration is produced by AI with sampled human review. Lawdible is a research aid not legal advice.
Is Lawdible on Android?
Not yet. Lawdible is on the App Store for iPhone, and it works with CarPlay. The Android app is coming to Google Play.
From our listeners
What our listeners say.
“I’m keeping more up to date with new cases than before. Lawdible’s ease of use means I’m discovering cases I would previously have missed.”
Arnoud van den BoutAttorney
“I highly recommend checking out this new useful and convenient app for anyone in the South African legal industry (or anyone interested in South African case law). This app is definitely going to be a game changer”
Louis ScheepersAttorney · LinkedIn
“Great that I do not have to read a judgment anymore and have the convenience of listening to one. Well done !!!”
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