Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd v Regional Director: Free State Department of Water Affairs and others
4 December 2013
Supreme Court of Appeal
Date: 4 December 2013
Case number / citation: (971/12) [2013] ZASCA 206 (4 December 2013)
Judges: Meyer AJA (Navsa ADP, Brand and Shongwe JJA and Zondi AJA concurring)
Type of application: Review application
Legislation considered: National Water Act, 1998
North Gauteng High Court
Case Number or Citation: 68161/2008
Date of judgement: 29 June 2012
Judge: Makgoka, J
Type of application: Application to set aside a directive under s.19(3) of the National Water Act, 1998
Legislation considered: National Water Act, 1998; National Environmental Management Act, 1998; Promotion of Administrative Justice Act, 2000
Download a case note by Prof Tracy Humby
Also see:
- Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd v Regional Director: Free State, Department Water Affairs and Forestry [2006] SCA 65 (RSA) and a fact sheet of this previous case here.
Media coverage
- Harmony must pay for acid water, Business Report, 2 July 2012
- Harmony weighs options for appeal in acid water case, Business Day, 5 July 2012
- Harmony urged to appeal against ruling on acid mine drainage, Business Day, 6 July 2012
- Harmony still liable for pollution clean-up, Times Live, 5 December 2013
- Pollution cleanups cannot be dodged, Business Day Live, 11 December 2013
- Former mine owners to cough up, Mail and Guardian, 17 January 2014
- Harmony Gold tells court National Water Act pollution directive is invalid, Business Day, 31 January 2014
- ConCourt rules on acid mine drainage liability, Mining Weekly, 19 February 2014