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Tjaart Jurgens Maré Doctor Legum Universiteit van die Vrystaat

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In Maharaj v Chairman, Liquor Licensing Board793 het <strong>die</strong> applikant redes vir <strong>die</strong> weiering<br />

<strong>van</strong> sy dranklisensie aangevra. Die hof het bevind dat redes verskaf moet word, selfs al<br />

het <strong>die</strong> raad gemeen dat daar twyfel was oor <strong>die</strong> vraag of <strong>die</strong> lisensie in <strong>die</strong> openbare<br />

belang was. Dit kan nooit as juis, regverdig en billik beskou word om eenvoudig <strong>die</strong><br />

aansoek te weier, sonder om <strong>die</strong> aansoeker oor <strong>die</strong> twyfel in te lig en hom <strong>die</strong> geleentheid<br />

te bied om <strong>die</strong> aansoek aan te vul nie.<br />

Dit is interessant om te sien dat <strong>die</strong> verskaffing <strong>van</strong> redes, wat deel is <strong>van</strong> <strong>die</strong> reg op<br />

administratiewe geregtigheid (Artikel 33), ten nouste in verband gebring word met <strong>die</strong><br />

grondwetlike reg op inligting (Artikel 32). Die applikante het dikwels op sowel <strong>die</strong> reg op<br />

administratiewe geregtigheid, as <strong>die</strong> fundamentele reg op inligting gesteun, wanneer <strong>die</strong><br />

geldigheid <strong>van</strong> administratiewe optrede betwis word.<br />

In Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism and Others v Phambili Fisheries and<br />

Another794 het <strong>die</strong> hof gehandel met <strong>die</strong> vereiste om voldoende redes te verskaf, soos<br />

voorgeskryf deur Artikel 5(3) <strong>van</strong> PAJA. Die hof verwys na ʼn stelling in Cora Hoexter :<br />

“The New Constitutional and Administrative Law 11 (2002) op bladsy 244 : 795<br />

“It is apparent that reasons are not really reasons unless they are properly<br />

informative. They must explain why action was taken or not taken, otherwise they<br />

are better described as findings or other information.”<br />

Die hof beslis dat <strong>die</strong> redes wat verskaf moet word, inderdaad <strong>die</strong> redes vir <strong>die</strong> besluit om<br />

ʼn sekere tonnemaat aan elke vissery toe te ken, moet wees. Volgens feite voor <strong>die</strong> hof, is<br />

daar voldoende redes verskaf vir <strong>die</strong> besluit. Om substansie aan sy beslissing te verleen,<br />

verwys <strong>die</strong> hof na <strong>die</strong> dictum <strong>van</strong> regter Woodward in Ansett Transport Industries<br />

(Operations) (Pty) Limited v Wraith796 , waar hy met <strong>die</strong> begrip “voldoende redes” omskryf<br />

en bepaal dat <strong>die</strong> volgende belangrik is :<br />

“Decision-maker to explain his decision in a way which will enable a person<br />

aggrieved to say, in effect : ‘Even though I may not agree with it, I now understand<br />

why the decision went against me. I am now in a position to decide whether that<br />

decision has involved an unwarranted finding of fact, or an error of law, which is<br />

worth challenging.’<br />

This requires that the decision-maker should set out his understanding of the rele<strong>van</strong>t<br />

law, any findings of fact on which his conclusions depend (especially if those facts<br />

have been in dispute), and the reasoning processes which led him to those<br />

conclusions. He should do so in clear and unambiguous language, not in vague<br />

generalities or the formal language of legislation. The appropriate length of the<br />

793 1997(1) SA 273 (N).<br />

794 2003(2) ALL SA 616 (SCA).<br />

795 2003(2) ALL SA 616 (SCA) Paragraaf 40.<br />

796 1983(48) ALR 500 op 507.

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