Monageng Family Mining Services (Pty) Ltd v Ramokoka and Others (UM76/2019)
Monageng Family Mining Services (Pty) Ltd v Ramokoka and Others (UM76/2019) [2020] ZANWHC 21 (27 February 2020)
The court found that the applicant's mining permits (29/2010, 30/2010, and 31/2010) had expired by effluxion of time and that any purported renewals were invalid. The granting of three adjacent permits to cover a total area of 4.5 hectares was a circumvention of the statutory limit of 1.5 hectares under the applicable law. The applicant therefore lacked a clear right to the mining operations and was not entitled to interdictory relief. The counter-applications by the 15th and 24th respondents succeeded, with the permits declared unlawful and set aside. The counter-application by the 27th to 3…
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- Mining Permits
- Prospecting Rights
- Interdictory Relief
- Permit Renewal
- Judicial Overreach
- Locus Standi