application for an order against first respondent to amend/or amplify the terms of reference of the
board of investigation appointed by him in terms of the said s 15(I) are dismissed with costs. Such
costs to include those occasioned by the employment of two counsels.
- Second and third respondents are ordered to hold in abeyance the decision on the rezoning
application with reference to the site on which the development of a steel factory by sixth and
seventh respondents is envisaged, pending the finalisation of the investigation of the board
appointed in terms of s 15( I ) of Act 73 of 1989: provided that second and third respondents shall
have the right to set the matter down for further argument (on 10 days' notice to the applicants
and to sixth and seventh respondents) on the question as to whether the order made in this
paragraph should be uplifted on the ground that the finalisation of the said board's investigation is
being unduly delayed.
- The second, third, sixth and seventh respondents are ordered, jointly and severally, to pay the
applicants' costs in respect of the application for the order contained in Para 2 above.
- First respondent is ordered to pay the costs of first, second and third applicants in relation to their
claim for documentation to be made available to them.
Applicants' Attorneys: Cloete, Baker & Partners. First, Second and Third Respondents'
Attorney: State Attorney. Sixth and Seventh Respondents' Attorneys: Gildenhuys. Van der Merwe
Inc. Pretoria.
