Company Secretary, ArcelorMittal SA and another v Vaal Environmental Justice Alliance
26 November 2014
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number: 69/2014
Judges: Navsa ADP (Majiedt & Saldulker JJA and Mathopo & Mocumie AJJA concurring)
Date: 26 November 2014
Type of application: Appeal
High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division, Johannesburg
Case number: 39646/12
Date: 10 September 2013
Judge: Carstensen, AJ
Type of application: Application to compel disclosure of records under PAIA
Legislation considered: Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996; National Environmental Management Act, 1998; Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000.
Keywords: Iscor; Vanderbijlpark; Vaal Dump; “parallel enforcement agency”
Court papers:
- Notice of Motion and Founding Affidavit Part 1 , Part 2, Confirmatory Affidavit
- Respondent’s Answering Affidavit and Confirmatory Affidavit
- Applicant’s Replying Affidavit
- Annexures to Applicant’s Replying Affidavit
- Applicant’s heads of argument
- Respondents’ heads of argument
Media coverage of this case:
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EDITORIAL: Shining a light on murky waste plan, Business Day, November 28, 2014
- Steel giant loses court battle over documents, Business Day, November 27, 2014
- ArcelorMittal SA must reveal pollution plans, Bloomberg News, November 27, 2014
- ArcelorMittal SA told to reveal pollution plans, Moneyweb,November 27, 2014
- Steel giant told to hand over records, Business Report, 11 September 2013
- ArcelorMittal SA told to give data to environmental group, Business Day, 11 September 2013
- AMSA ordered to hand over documents to Vaal Environmental Justice Alliance, Engineering News, 10 September 2013
- ArcelorMittal shows it is out of touch with investors, Business Report, 30 May 2013
- Steel giant secretive about Vaal incidents, Business Report, 31 May 2013
- Environmental group, steel giant at war, Business Report, 4 June 2013
In early October 2013, AMSA gave notice of its intention to appeal the judgement of the South Gauteng High Court. ArcelorMittal obtained leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on 9 December 2013: