Moruleng and District Taxi Association and Another v North West Provincial Department of Transport and Others (254/10) [2011] ZASCA 138 (23 September 2011)

Moruleng and District Taxi Association and Another v North West Provincial Department of Transport and Others (254/10) [2011] ZASCA 138 (23 September 2011)

The Supreme Court of Appeal held that the conversion of radius-based permits into route-based operating licences for the disputed Moruleng–Mogwase route did not comply with the peremptory requirements of section 80 of the National Land Transport Transition Act. The evidence showed that members of the fourth respondent did not render a transport service on the disputed route for at least 180 days prior to their application for conversion, and this was conceded in affidavits. The Board was not provided with sufficient proof of regular service as required by section 80(2). The court found that the statutory requirements for conversion were jurisdictional facts and that non-compliance...

Citation
[2011] ZASCA 138
Parties
Appellant: Moruleng and District Taxi Association; Appellant: Johannes Boitumelo Mokatse; Respondent: North West Provincial Department of Transport; Respondent: Mogwase Taxi Association
Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Judgment Date
23 September 2011
Case Number
254/10
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Appeal From Full Bench of North West High Court
Outcome
Appeal upheld; decisions to grant operating licences to members of the fourth respondent for the disputed route reviewed and set aside.
Judges
Harms, Maya, Bosielo, Shongwe, Plasket
Legal Topics
Review of Administrative Action, Conversion of Transport Permits, Operating Licence Requirements, Promotion of Administrative Justice Act
Administrative Law Land and Property Review of Administrative Action Conversion of Transport Permits Operating Licence Requirements Promotion of Administrative Justice Act

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Parties

Moruleng and District Taxi Association

Appellant

Johannes Boitumelo Mokatse

Appellant

North West Provincial Department of Transport

Respondent

Mogwase Taxi Association

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Civil Appeal / Appeal From Full Bench of North West High Court

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the conversion of radius-based permits into route-based operating licences for the disputed route complied with the requirements of the National Land Transport Transition Act.
  2. 2 Whether the applicants for conversion rendered a transport service on the disputed route for at least 180 days prior to application, as required by section 80(1) of the NLTTA.
  3. 3 Whether the Board was provided with sufficient proof of regular service as required by section 80(2) of the NLTTA.

Ratio Decidendi

The Supreme Court of Appeal held that the conversion of radius-based permits into route-based operating licences for the disputed Moruleng–Mogwase route did not comply with the peremptory requirements of section 80 of the National Land Transport Transition Act. The evidence showed that members of the fourth respondent did not render a transport service on the disputed route for at least 180 days prior to their application for conversion, and this was conceded in affidavits. The Board was not provided with sufficient proof of regular service as required by section 80(2). The court found that the statutory requirements for conversion were jurisdictional facts and that non-compliance...

Court Disposition

Appeal upheld; decisions to grant operating licences to members of the fourth respondent for the disputed route reviewed and set aside.

Orders

  • The appeal is upheld.
  • The fourth to twenty fourth respondents and the twenty sixth respondent shall pay the appellants’ costs, including the costs of two counsel, jointly and severally, the one paying, the others to be absolved.