Centre for Environmental Rights – Advancing Environmental Rights in South Africa

Copies of the following records are requested in respect of the proposed Yzermyn underground coal mine in Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province:

1. Any correspondence between Atha-Africa Ventures (Pty) Ltd (Atha) and the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) and/or the Minister of Environmental Affairs (Minister) regarding her consent/permission to mine commercially in the Mabola Protected Environment, as contemplated in section 48(1)(b) of the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act 57 of 2003 (NEMPAA), since Atha’s motivation for such consent/permission was submitted during or about May 2016;
2. Any internal memoranda concerning Atha’s request for such consent/permission;
3. Any decision in respect of such request for consent/permission;
4. If such decision has been taken, then the reasons for that decision.