KATZ v BENEPROPS TWO (PTY) LTD 1998 JDR 0052 (O)

The document examines a legal case where the court determined that administrative decisions, such as the granting of a mining permit, are not suspended by the lodging of an internal appeal, distinguishing this from the common law rule applicable to court judgments.

• The court ruled that the lodging of an internal appeal does not suspend the operation of a decision to grant a mining permit, nor should the court suspend such a permit.
• The court distinguished administrative decisions from court judgments, stating that the common law rule suspending the execution of a court judgment upon appeal does not apply to administrative decisions.
• Administrative decisions are considered valid and binding until they are formally set aside by a court of law on review or by statutory appeal tribunals.
• The document notes that this legal issue is now explicitly addressed in Section 96(2) of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 (MPRDA), which provides that internal appeals do not suspend administrative decisions unless the Minister or Director-General grants such a suspension.

APA

Centre for Environmental Rights (n.d.). KATZ v BENEPROPS TWO (PTY) LTD 1998 JDR 0052 (O). https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Katz-v-Beneprops-Two-Pty-Ltd.pdf?x21779

Chicago

Centre for Environmental Rights. KATZ v BENEPROPS TWO (PTY) LTD 1998 JDR 0052 (O). n.d. https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Katz-v-Beneprops-Two-Pty-Ltd.pdf?x21779.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{centreforenvironmentalrightsndkatz, author = {{Centre for Environmental Rights}}, title = {{KATZ v BENEPROPS TWO (PTY) LTD 1998 JDR 0052 (O)}}, institution = {Centre for Environmental Rights}, url = {https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Katz-v-Beneprops-Two-Pty-Ltd.pdf?x21779}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }