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[1]            The applicant, the Municipal Employees Pension Fund (MEPF), seeks leave to appeal the judgment and order of the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Local Division, Johannesburg (High Court).  The High Court dismissed the applicant’s application solely on the basis that the applicant did not have the requisite locus standi[1] (legal standing) to seek a declaratory order that the third respondent’s rezoning application had lapsed prior to its purported approval, or to seek, in the alternative, a review and setting aside of a decision by the first respondent to approve the third respondent’s rezoning application relating to certain immovable property.

[2]            The application for leave to appeal is accompanied by two further applications.  In the first, the applicant seeks condonation for the late filing of its application for leave to appeal, which was filed seven days late.  In the second, it seeks leave to file a further replying affidavit.  I deal with these applications in due course.