Topigs Norsvin SA Proprietary Limited v Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd and Others (013715/2022) [2024] ZAGPPHC 946 (17 September 2024)

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Date: 17/09//2024 ML TWALA In the matter between: TOPIGS NORSVIN SA PROPRIETARY LIMITED                                                                                                         APPLICANT And ESKOM HOLDINGS SOC LTD                                                     FIRST RESPONDENT ANDRE MARINUS de RUYTER                                              SECOND RESPONDENT CALIB CASSIM                                                                            THIRD RESPONDENT MALEGAPURU WILLIAM MAKGOBA                                    FOURTH RESPONDENT BANOTHILE CHARITY MAKHUBELA                                         FIFTH RESPONDENT PULANE ELSIE MOLOKWANE                                                   SIXTH RESPONDENT BUSISIWE MAVUSO                                                                 SEVETH RESPONDENT RODERICK de BRASSIC CROMPTON                                       EIGHT RESPONDENT TSHEPO HERBERT TONG-MONGALO                                      NINTH RESPONDENT MLAWULI MAYOR MAJINGOLO                                              TENTH RESPONDENT DEIDRE HERBST                                                               ELEVENTH RESPONDENT BONGUMUSA MASHAZI                                                      TWELFTH RESPONDENT LESIBA KGOBE                                                               THIRTEENTH RESPONDENT MINSTER OF WATER AND SANITATION                     FOURTEENTH RESPONDENT DIRECTOR-GENERAL: DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND SANITATION                                                 FIFTEENTH RESPONDENT MINSTER OF FORESTRY, FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT                                                SIXTEENTH RESPONDENT DIRECTOR-GENERAL: DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY, FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT                                                              SEVENTEEN RESPONDENT MINISTER OF MINRAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY                                                              EIGHTEENTH RESPONDENT NATIONAL ENERGY REGULATOR OF SOUTH AFRICA                                                          NINETEENTH RESPONDENT CLIVE RAYMOND LE ROUX                                        TWENTIETH RESPONDENT PAUL MPHO MAKWANA                                       TWENTY- FIRST RESPONDENT AUSTIN LESLIE MKHABELA                           TWENTY-SECOND RESPONDENT BUSISIWE VILAKAZI                                           TWENTY-THIRD RESPONDENT LWAZI LEON GOQWANA                                TWENTY-FOURTH RESPONDENT FATHIMA BEE BEE ABDUL GANY                       TWENTY-FIFTH RESPONDENT ANYANDA PEARL ZINHLE MAFULEKA                                                             TWENTY-SIXTH RESPONDENT TSKANI LOTTEN MTHOMBENI                      TWENTY-SEVENTH RESPONDENT BEKI ZACHARIA NTSHALINTSHALI                    TWENTY-EIGHT RESPONDENT NTETO NYATHI                                                    TWENTY-NINETH RESPONDENT TRYPHOSA RAMANO                                                   THIRTIETH RESPONDENT CLAUSELLE von ECK                                            THIRTY-FIRST RESPONDENT JUDGMENT TWALA J [1]      On the 19 June 2024 this Court handed down the judgment in this case dismissing the applicant’s application with no order as to costs. Dissatisfied with the whole judgment and order, the applicant launched an application for leave to appeal. On the 28 August 2024, realising a patent error in its judgment of the 19 June 2024 and after inviting the parties to make any further submissions in relation thereto, the Court handed down its judgment in terms of Rule 42 of the Uniform Rules of Court. [2]      Further, it is noteworthy that the parties agreed that, for the sake of convenience and to avoid unnecessary delay in the hearing of this application, the matter be determined on the papers. [3]      It is a trite principle of our law that leave to appeal may only be given where the Judge or Judges concerned are of the opinion that the appeal would have a reasonable prospect of success or where there is some other compelling reason why the appeal should be heard, including conflicting judgments on the matter under consideration. [1] [4]      The grounds for the leave to appeal are succinctly stated in the notice of application for leave to appeal and I do not intend to repeat them in this judgment. Furthermore, I am grateful to counsel for the parties for the heads of argument and the submissions made therein. [5]      I am satisfied that I have covered and considered all the issues raised in the application for leave to appeal in my judgment. I am therefore not persuaded by the applicant that there are reasonable prospects of success in this appeal. Put differently, it is my considered view that there is no prospect that another Court would come to a different conclusion in this case. Therefore, the inescapable conclusion is that the application for leave to appeal the judgment falls to be dismissed. [6]      In the result, the following order is made: 1.       The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with no order as to costs. TWALA M L JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA GAUTENG LOCAL DIVISION For the Applicant: Advocate MM Oosthuizen SC Advocate N Fourie Instructed by: Bishop Fraser Attorney Tel: 010 035 4944 davide@bishopfraser.co.za For the Eskom Respondents: Advocate P Lazarus SC Advocate B Dhladhla (First to Tenth, Eleventh to Thirteenth and Twentieth to Thirty-First respondents) Instructed by: Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc Tel: 011 269 7600 hhugo@ensafrica.com For the State Respondents: Advocate A Liversage SC (Fourteenth to Seventeenth Respondents) Advocate L Maite Instructed by: Office of the State Attorney, Pretoria Tel: 012 309 1500 sakhosa@justice.gov.za For the Nineteenth Respondent: Advocate Mahlangu Instructed by: Mchunu Attorneys Tel: 011 778 4060 titus@mchunu.co.za Date of Hearing: SUBMISSIONS ON PAPER Date of Judgment: 17 September 2024 Delivered: This judgment and order was prepared and authored by the Judge whose name is reflected and is handed down electronically by circulation to Parties / their legal representatives by email and by uploading it to the electronic file of this matter on Case Lines. The date of the order is deemed to be the 17 September 2024. [1] See section 17 (1)(a)(i) and (ii) of the Superior Courts Act, 10 of 2013 . sino noindex make_database footer start