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This document contains the heads of argument submitted by the MEC and the Chief Director of the North West Provincial Government (the 1st and 2nd Respondents) in an appeal before the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa. The appeal challenges an ex post facto environmental authorization granted under section 24G of the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) for the Kgaswane Country Lodge, located in the Magaliesberg Protected Environment. The respondents argue that the appellant's request for the demolition of the lodge is disproportionate and that the review application became academic after the appellant failed to obtain an urgent interdict to stop construction.

This document is a responding statement submitted by Atha Africa Ventures (Pty) Ltd. (AAV) to the Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs. It responds to an appeal filed by eight environmental and social organizations against the granting of an Environmental Authorization for the proposed Yzermyn Underground Coal Mine (YUCM) in the Magisterial District of Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province.

This case study examines the environmental authorization and water use licensing processes for a 'Centralized Tailings Deposition Facility' (CTDF) in Stilfontein, highlighting failures in public participation and administrative errors by government departments.

The Municipal Appeal Authority (MAA) of the Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme Local Municipality dismissed an appeal brought by several environmental organizations and a trust against the decision of the Gert Sibande District Joint Municipal Planning Tribunal (MPT) to approve a land development application for the rezoning of Portion 1 of Farm Yzermyn 96 IT.