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| 2017 SLG 1709 2017 SLD 1709 2017 SCMR 1949 |
Constitutional Court of South Africa
Case No. CCT 234/16, decision Date : 24th July, 2017, heardon: 11-05-2017
MOGOEING C.J., NKABINDE ADCJ, CAMERON, J, FRONEMAN, J, JAFTA, J, KHAMPEPE, J, MADLANGA, J, MHLANTLA, J, MOJAPELO AJ, PRETORIUS AJ AND ZONDO, J
J L Gildenhuys instructed by Cranko Karp and Associates Inc. for Applicant.I A M Semenya SC and T J Machaba instructed by Mkhabela Huntley Adeyeke Inc. for
Respondents Nos. 1, 2 and 5.
Case No. CCT 234/16, decision Date : 24th July, 2017, heardon: 11-05-2017
MOGOEING C.J., NKABINDE ADCJ, CAMERON, J, FRONEMAN, J, JAFTA, J, KHAMPEPE, J, MADLANGA, J, MHLANTLA, J, MOJAPELO AJ, PRETORIUS AJ AND ZONDO, J
J L Gildenhuys instructed by Cranko Karp and Associates Inc. for Applicant.I A M Semenya SC and T J Machaba instructed by Mkhabela Huntley Adeyeke Inc. for
Respondents Nos. 1, 2 and 5.
SOUTH AFRICAN DIAMOND PRODUCERS ORGANISATIONVSMINISTER OF MINERALS AND ENERGY N.O. AND 5 OTHERS
Law:
Section:
(a) Fundamental Rights--- ----Right not to be deprived of property arbitrarily---Essential characteristics---For determining whether such right had been infringed, the court had to ask, first, whether the thing in issue was property; second, whether there had been a deprivation; and third, whether the deprivation was arbitrary. National Bank of SA Ltd t/a Wesbank v Minister of Finance [2002] ZACC 5; 2002 (4) SA 768 (CC); 2002 (7) BCLR 702 (CC) (FNB) at para 51 ref. (b) Fundamental Rights--- ----Right not to be deprived of property arbitrarily---'Property'---Scope---Ownership of a corporeal movable object was recognised as property. National Bank of SA Ltd t/a Wesbank v Minister of Finance [2002] ZACC 5; 2002 (4) SA 768 (CC); 2002 (7) BCLR 702 (CC) (FNB) at para 51 ref. (c) Fundamental Rights--- ----Right not to be deprived of property arbitrarily---'Deprivation'---Scope---Deprivation of property would occur only where the interference was 'substantial', meaning that the intrusion must be so extensive that it had a legally relevant impact on the rights of the affected party. Mkontwana v Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality [2004] ZACC 9; 2005 (1) SA 530 (CC); 2005 (2) BCLR 150 (CC) at para 32; Offit Enterprises (Pty) Ltd v Coega Development Corporation (Pty) Ltd [2010] ZACC 20; 2011 (1) SA 293 (CC); 2011 (2) BCLR 189 (CC) (Offit) at para 41 and Tshwane City v Link Africa [2015] ZACC 29; 2015 (6) SA 440 (CC); 2015 (11) BCLR 1265 (CC) (Link Africa) at para 167 ref. (d) Fundamental Rights--- ----Right not to be deprived of property arbitrarily---'Property'---Scope---'Licences' may, in some instances, be considered 'property'. Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd v MEC for Economic Development, Eastern Cape [2015] ZACC 23; 2015 (6) SA 125 (CC); 2015 (9) BCLR 1052 (CC) ref. (e) Fundamental Rights--- ----Right not to be deprived of property arbitrarily---Scope---Government regulation changing the practice by which market value of diamonds was determined---Market value of diamonds obtained by producers and dealers falling as a result of the regulation---Question as to whether the regulation infringed the rights of producers and dealers not to be deprived of property…