Sakeliga and Others v President of RSA and Others

Naam

Sakeliga en Andere v President van RSA en Andere

Citation

Begin / Start

Sep 21, 2022

Tipe / Type

Litigasie / Litigation

Hof

Hooggeregshof: Mahikeng

Court

High Court: Mahikeng

Litigasiefase

Gunstige skikking

Phase

Judgment reserved

Volgende hofdatum

Opsomming

Dienslewering, insluitend watervoorsiening, het in September 2022 tot ’n stistand geknars in die Ditsobotla plaaslike munisipaliteit in Noordwes (Lichtenburg en Coligny). Sakeliga, in samewerking met plaaslike vennote, het toegetree om drastiese versnelling mee te bring van die strategiese munisipale litigasie wat reeds onderweg is is en waarmee Sakeliga regspraak vir toepassing dwarsoor die land wil skep. Hierdie saak, waarin Sakeliga reeds ’n gunstige hofbevel in die eerste been van die aansoek bekom het, poog om Ditsobotla se plaaslike staatsverval tot die hoogste vlak van ingryping waarvoor die Grondwet voorsiening maak te eskaleer en leiding te bied in die skepping van regspraak waarmee die probleem, op den duur, volhoubaar opgelos kan word. Kern aan die regshulp wat Sakeliga vra is magtiging vir gemeenskapsinstansies om self noodingrepe te doen en dat Sakeliga en ons vennote toesig mag hou oor die regering se ingrepe.

Summary

Service delivery, including water supply, ground to a halt in September 2022 in the Ditsobotla local municipality in North West (Lichtenburg and Coligny). Sakeliga, in collaboration with local partners, intervened to bring about drastic acceleration of the strategic municipal litigation already underway and by means of which Sakeliga wants to create legal precedent to be applied all over the country. In this case, where Sakeliga already has obtained a favourable court order in the first leg of the application, the strategy is to escalate intervention in Ditsobotla’s local state decay to the highest level of intervention provided for by the Constitution and to give guidance in creating legal precedent to solve the problem in the long run in a sustainable manner. Core to the relief that Sakeliga is asking is authorisation for community bodies themselves to conduct emergency interventions and that Sakeliga and our partners may supervise the government’s interventions.

Teenpartye

President van RSA

Dokumente

2023-04-17 Court Order - Case management and inspectio

2023-02-14 Amended Notice of Motion, Part A

2023-03-02 Court Order, Part A2

2022-11-09 Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Respondents' Answering Affidavit

2023-03-22 Answering Affidavit in respect of Part B

2022-11-14 Applicants' Replying Affidavit in Part B.pdf

2023-02-23 Answering Affidavit in Part A Amended Relief

2022-10-06 Notice of motion and Founding affidavit

Updates