Unravelling the Mare's Nest? The Constitutional Court Interprets the Duty to Exhaust Internal Remedies in the Mining Setting Dengetenge Holdings (Pty) Ltd v Southern Sphere Mining and Development Co Ltd 2014 5 SA 138 (CC)

Abstract

This Constitutional Court case involved an application by Dengetenge Holdings (Pty) (Ltd) (a junior mining company) for leave to appeal against a decision of the Gauteng North High Court setting aside the award of a prospecting right to Dengetenge, and the decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) refusing to condone the company's late filing of its heads of argument in its appeal against the High Court's decision.