The civil rights organisation AfriForum on 7 March 2022, obtained a court order that sets aside Barbara Creecy, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s decision to review a controversial mine application. This application to mine near the Kruger National Park was submitted in 2019. AfriForum brought this application after the mine company Manzolwandle Investments (Pty) Ltd started an appeal process after the Department of Mineral resources and Energy denied Manzolwandle Investments’ mining application. Creecy, however, approved the mine company’s appeal application to review the …