Company Secretary, ArcelorMittal SA and another v Vaal Environmental Justice Alliance

Court Papers:

• High Court of South Africa Judgement application to compel disclosure of records under PAIA (10 September 2013): here
• Notice of Motion and founding affidavit: part 1, part 2 & confirmatory affidavit
• Respondent’s affidavits: answering affidavit and confirmatory affidavit
• Applicant’s replying affidavit here
• Annexures to applicant’s replying affidavit here
• Applicant’s heads of argument here
• Respondent’s heads of argument here
• Legislation considered:
  • Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 here
  • National Environmental Management Act, 1998 here
  • Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 here

In early October 2013, ArcelorMittal South Africa (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:

• ArcelorMittal leave to appeal application here
• Leave to appeal judgement (9 Dec 2013) here
• Notice of appeal (4 Feb 2014) here
• ArcelorMittal heads of argument (20 June 2014)here
• Vaal Environmental Justice Alliance heads of argument (21 Jul 2014) here