ZONDO SYNDICATE v PROVINCIAL MINING DIRECTOR MATABELELAND NORTH PROVINCE And SECRETARY FOR MINES & MINING DEVELOPMENT And FUNDISI PARK (PVT) LTD

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Whether the heads of argument purportedly filed by the 3rd respondent's former legal practitioners after renunciation of agency are valid","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Renunciation of agency on 13 January 2022; filing of heads on 26 January 2022 by former practitioners"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the decisions to suspend mining operations complied with section 354(2) of the Mines and Minerals Act, section 3(2) of the Administrative Justice Act, and sections 68(1) and 69 of the Constitution","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Suspension decisions on 20 and 28 September 2021"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the decision of 28 September 2021 should be discharged pursuant to section 354(7) of the Mines and Minerals Act","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Second suspension decision on 28 September 2021"}

Background