Roger Baxter welcomes Mining Charter reprieve
There is much legal argument ahead as the charter is suspended pending the outcome of a court judgment
It might only be an agreement between legal teams on the modalities of court processes, but the suspension of the implementation of the new Mining Charter pending the outcome of a court judgment is "significant", Chamber of Mines CEO Roger Baxter said on Sunday. The suspension gives mining companies a reprieve of at least three months before they may have to comply with the contentious provisions of the Mining Charter, which took effect when it was gazetted in June. The suspension will last until judgment is handed down on the chamber’s urgent application for suspension pending a court application for the charter to be reviewed and set aside on both procedural and substantive grounds. If the court rules in favour of the chamber, the suspension of the implementation of the charter could last many more months, if not several years. The review application will be lodged in court as soon as possible after judgment is handed down in the chamber’s urgent interdict application. The urgent ...
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