TWELFTH RESPONDENTS’ PRACTICE NOTE

This practice note, submitted by the Voice Community Representative Council (the Twelfth Respondent) in a High Court case in South Africa, requests that the court consider the economic impact on the local community when deciding on an urgent interim interdict to prevent a mine from opening.

• The Twelfth Respondent, representing the local community, opposes the interim interdict to prevent the mine from opening, stating that the community is in "dire straits" and requires the mine to "uplift the economic activity within the community and to help alleviate the poverty".
• The Twelfth Respondent has submitted an economic impact assessment report conducted by an expert named Demacon, requesting that the court take this report into account when evaluating the "balance of convenience and apprehension of harm".
• The document asserts that the community was struggling prior to COVID-19 and is currently "on its knees", suggesting that the opening of the mine is critical, potentially representing "the difference between life and death".

APA

Centre for Environmental Rights (n.d.). TWELFTH RESPONDENTS’ PRACTICE NOTE. https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Twelfth-Respondent_Practice-Note.pdf?x21779

Chicago

Centre for Environmental Rights. TWELFTH RESPONDENTS’ PRACTICE NOTE. n.d. https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Twelfth-Respondent_Practice-Note.pdf?x21779.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{centreforenvironmentalrightsndtwelfth, author = {{Centre for Environmental Rights}}, title = {{TWELFTH RESPONDENTS’ PRACTICE NOTE}}, institution = {Centre for Environmental Rights}, url = {https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Twelfth-Respondent_Practice-Note.pdf?x21779}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }