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Media Advisory: Judgment to be delivered in the SAHRC’S application against the Msunduzi Municipality

Attention: Editors and Reporters

Tuesday, 16 June 2021

The application brought by the South African Human Rights Commission (“the Commission or the SAHRC”) in the Pietermaritzburg High Court against the Msunduzi Municipality (First Respondent) for the management, deterioration and poor state of the New England Road Landfill Site (“the Landfill Site”) was heard and finalised on 28 May 2021 before the Honourable Judge R Seegobin.

Judgment in the matter is set to be delivered on 17 June 2021 at 10h30.  

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Prepared by the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Office of the South African Human Rights Commission.

For queries, contact the SAHRC’s KZN Provincial Manager, Adv. Lloyd Lotz on 031 – 304 7323 / 0728407910 or via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or the Senior Legal Officer Ms Pavershree Padayachee at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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