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Land And Property [2024] ZAECMHC 8

Norman Ndongeni v Thembisa Ndongeni and 3 Others (CA28/23)

Norman Ndongeni v Thembisa Ndongeni and 3 Others (CA28/23) [2024] ZAECMHC 8 (30 January 2024)

The majority held that the appellant's PTO, issued by the competent authority and not set aside by a court, confers exclusive occupational rights to the property. The first respondent's failure to serve the counter-application on the third respondent and to invoke administrative review under PAJA was fatal to her challenge of the PTO's validity. The property was not registered in the mother's name, nor was it allotted to her, and the PTO did not extend occupational rights to siblings. The first respondent's claim to the property as a common home did not override the appellant's rights under t…

  • Permission To Occupy
  • Eviction Under Pie Act
  • Administrative Review
  • Family Home Rights
  • Old Order Legislation
  • Customary Law Tenure
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Land And Property [2013] ZAKZDHC 1

Mtunzini Conservancy v Tronox KZN Sands (Pty) Ltd and Another (10629/2012)

Mtunzini Conservancy v Tronox KZN Sands (Pty) Ltd and Another (10629/2012) [2013] ZAKZDHC 1; 2013 (4) BCLR 467 (KZD); [2013] 2 All SA 69 (KZD) (8 January 2013)

The Court held that when the first respondent commenced mining activities in 2002, only authorisation under the Minerals Act was required, and provincial planning approval under the Town Planning Ordinance was not necessary. The Minerals Act provided a comprehensive regulatory framework for mining, including environmental and land use controls, and provincial ordinances could not override national mining legislation. The 2008 amendment to the Town Planning Ordinance and the subsequent KwaZulu-Natal Planning and Development Act introduced planning approval requirements for mining, but these we…

  • Mining Authorisation
  • Planning Permission
  • Old Order Legislation
  • Provincial Vs National Competence
  • Environmental Management Programme
  • Interdict
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