Madiya v Peete and Another (061865/2025) [2025] ZAGPJHC 522 (2 June 2025)
Court
South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg
Case number
061865/2025
Judge
Yacoob
The High Court struck an urgent application from the roll, finding the applicant had not shown real urgency for relief over alleged property encroachment.
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)
Court
Kwazulu-Natal High Court, Durban
Case number
10629/2012
Judge
Vahed
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…