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Save the Vaal Environment v. the Director Mineral Development Gauteng Region, the Director General Department of Minerals and Energy, The Minister of Mineral and Energy, Sasol Mynbou (EDMS) BPK, Sasol Chemiese Nywerhede BPK, Sasol Limited, the Director Mineral Development Free State Region

Pays/Territoire
Afrique du Sud
Type de cour
Autres
Date
Nov 30, 1996
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Nom du tribunal
High Court of South Africa
Juge
Cassim
Numéro de référence
Case No. 97021011
Langue
Anglais
Sujet
Ressources minérales
Mot clé
Exploitation minière Participation du public Minéraux Autorisation/permis Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives
Résumé
The applicant brought the application under Rule 53 against the first respondent to review and set aside the decision of the first respondent taken on 22 May 1997 whereby he granted the fourth respondent a mining authorization under Section 9 of the Minerals Act No. 50 of 1991 for the establishment of an open cast mine in the vicinity of Sasolburg. The license would permit the respondent to mine on the riverbank of the Vaal River. The respondent opposed the application. The complaint was based on the first respondent’s failure to give the applicant an opportunity to be heard prior to the first respondent making a decision to issue a mining authorization in terms of Section 9 of the Minerals Act. The court declared that the applicant could not prevent the first respondent from taking a decision he considers appropriate for the optimal utilization of minerals, but he had the right to make representations and to be heard before the respondent took the decision to grant the license. The matter was remitted to the first respondent to consider the application of the fourth respondent afresh.
Texte intégral
Compendium_Vol__II.pdf
Disponible en
UNEP/UNDP/Dutch Government Joint Project on Environmental Law and Institutions in Africa, Compendium of Judicial Decisions on Matters related to Environment, National Decisions, Volume II, Page 82