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Director: Mineral Development, Gauteng Region and Another v Save the Vaal Environment and Others (133/98) [1999] ZASCA 9; [1999] 2 All SA 381 (A) (12 March 1999).

País/Territorio
Sudáfrica
Tipo de la corte
Nacional - corte superior
Fecha
Mar 12, 1999
Fuente
UNEP, InforMEA
Nombre del tribunal
Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa
Sede de la corte
Bloemfontein
Juez
Mahomed C., Howie, Marais, Olivier, Madlanga A.
Número de referencia
Case No. 133 /98
Idioma
Inglés
Materia
Agua, Medio ambiente gen., Recursos minerales, Especies silvestres y ecosistemas
Resumen

This is an appeal against a judgment of Cassim AJ in an opposed application in the High Court of South Africa, Witwatersrand Local Division, leave to appeal having been granted by the Court a quo. The appeal raises the question whether interested parties, wishing to oppose an application by the holder of mineral rights for a mining licence in terms of s 9 of the Minerals Act 50 of 1991 ('the Act'), are entitled to raise environmental objections and be heard by the first appellant, who is the official designated to grant or refuse such licence ('the Director'). In the present case, the Director, taking the view that consideration of such objections would be premature at that stage, refused the respondents a hearing. He was successfully taken on review. The appeal is aimed at reversing the outcome of that review. The respondents appeal was dismissed by the judge.

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