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DMRE says Mantashe's withdrawal of appeal paves the way for certainty

13th August 2020

By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Senior Contributing Editor Online

     

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The decision by Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe to withdraw his appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal against an April 2018 ruling by the High Court in relation to the (now repealed) Broad-Based Socio-Economic Empowerment Charter for the South African Mining and Minerals Industry, 2010, does not signify any change of position in relation to the transformative measures in the Mining Charters, says the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE).

“On the contrary, it paves the way to legal certainty over the current 2018 Mining Charter, which strengthens, enhances and extends the transformative measures that were previously set out in the 2010 Mining Charter,” it points out.  

The 2010 Mining Charter was repealed by the 2018 Mining Charter.

In 2019, the Minerals Council instituted proceedings in the High Court to take the 2018 Mining Charter on review.

Its review application was heard by a full bench in May. During the course of that hearing, it became apparent that it would be prudent for the Minister to abandon his appeal in respect of the 2010 Mining Charter, notes the DMRE.  

It says that this is because some of the important issues in relation to the 2018 Mining Charter that were before the full bench would also have been heard by the Supreme Court of Appeal in relation to the 2010 Mining Charter.

The full bench expressed concern that this overlap may delay it in pronouncing upon all of the issues in the review of the 2018 Mining Charter. It was against this backdrop, and on advice from his legal team, that the Minister decided to withdraw his appeal in respect of the 2010 Charter.

The full bench, on June 30, ordered the Minerals Council to include parties representing affected communities, trade unions and black economic empowerment entrepreneurs in the review proceedings in respect of the 2018 Mining Charter. It also ordered the council to pay the costs of the application.

The full bench will consider the merits of the review of the 2018 Mining Charter once the Minerals Council has complied with the order made on June 30, says the DMRE.

The Minerals Council has also welcomed the Minister's decision, stating that this step by Mantashe "advances the goal of achieving much-needed regulatory certainty in the sector".

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

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