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Land & Property Law

SCA denies Tshwane's land expropriation bid, enforces eviction order

Bulelwa Mabasa 22 Jun 2026

Small-scale fishers from the West Coast picketed outside the Cape High Court on Monday. Photo: Liezl Human

Coal, Oil & Gas

TotalEnergies in court over offshore oil and gas drilling

Liezl Human 24 Mar 2026

Illegal mining has crippling economic effect on SA mining, warns minerals minister

Mining

Illegal mining has crippling economic effect on SA mining, warns minerals minister

5 Feb 2026

Source: © 123rf The Mineral Resources Development Bill (MRD) does not reflect inputs from the Minerals Council South Africa

Mining

Minerals Council South Africa inputs not reflected in MRD Bill

28 May 2025

Source: © SABC The Draft Mineral Resources Development Bill, 2025 (Bill) proposes several noteworthy amendments to the current regulatory framework for mineral resources including addressing tailing dumps and associated issues to avoid disasters such as the Jagersfontein disaster

Energy & Mining

11 MPRDA amendments to take note of

Webber Wentzel partners and consultant 22 May 2025

Law Practice

Supreme court ruling: lapsed contracts can't be revived without written reinstatement

Jaco van der Westhuizen 15 Apr 2025

The Karoo Basin has been a battleground between the DMRE and environmentalists

Coal, Oil & Gas

Mantashe keeps Karoo Basin gas hopes alive

Lindsey Schutters 2 Sep 2024

Lily Mine was the scene of a 2016 disaster where three miners were trapped underground in a container after a ground collapse.

Mining

Vantage Goldfields to resume operations at Lily and Barbrook mines

16 May 2024

Mining rights and indirect change of control - judge settles old debate

Mining

Mining rights and indirect change of control - judge settles old debate

Giada Masina and Francois Sieberhagen 11 Jul 2023

Mining companies need to adapt to a greener economy and more stringent transformation targets

Sustainability

Mining companies need to adapt to a greener economy and more stringent transformation targets

Nirvasha Singh, Carryn Alexander, Jaqui Pinto, Giada Masina, Garyn Rapson, Lizle Louw 2 Nov 2022

Seismic judgment: Court overturns exploration rights granted to Shell

Sustainability

Seismic judgment: Court overturns exploration rights granted to Shell

Tania Broughton 1 Sep 2022

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Environmental Law

Big shift to environmental legislative landscape is finally here

Garyn Rapson, Kirsty Kilner & Carma Rossouw 28 Jun 2022

Court bid to stop Shell seismic survey off Wild Coast underway

Environment & Natural Resources

Court bid to stop Shell seismic survey off Wild Coast underway

Tania Broughton 30 May 2022

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Legislation & Regulation

Alternative financing for junior miners in South Africa

Alistair Collins and Lodewyk Meyer 9 May 2022

New ASM Policy and Mine Community Resettlement Guidelines: progress, but grey areas remain

Mining

New ASM Policy and Mine Community Resettlement Guidelines: progress, but grey areas remain

Nomsa Mbere and Jaqui Pinto 29 Apr 2022

Landowner consent requirement withdrawn for mining-related EA applications

Mining

Landowner consent requirement withdrawn for mining-related EA applications

Garyn Rapson and Tendai Bonga 11 Mar 2022

New court case launched to stop Shell's seismic survey on Wild Coast

Environment & Natural Resources

New court case launched to stop Shell's seismic survey on Wild Coast

Tania Broughton 7 Dec 2021

270,000 sign petition to stop Shell's seismic surveys on the Wild Coast

Environment & Natural Resources

270,000 sign petition to stop Shell's seismic surveys on the Wild Coast

25 Nov 2021

SA's mining sector regulation and charting the way on local content targets in 2021

Mining

SA's mining sector regulation and charting the way on local content targets in 2021

Yashwin Bhoola, Christopher Mulindi and Goitseona Raseroka 16 Nov 2021

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Mining

Mining Charter: policy, not law

Jonathan Veeran, Bruce Dickinson & Rita Spalding from Webber Wentzel 22 Sep 2021

Energy & Mining

Replacement NEMA open for comment

Garyn Rapson and Paula-Ann Novotny 2 Sep 2021

Mineral resources and energy minister, Gwede Mantashe

Mining

DMRE to prioritse mining's socioeconomic components

18 Aug 2021

Source: Africa Energy Corp

Energy

Clearing the waters: The Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill

Peter Leon, Paul Morton, Ernst Muller & Lauren Paxton 12 Jul 2021

James Chester, senior director, Africa Oil & Power

Coal, Oil & Gas

Slow progress on petroleum bill is hampering development

James Chester 1 Feb 2021

Tycho Moncks, managing director and partner at Boston Consulting Group.

Mining

8 priorities to improve mining competitiveness in SA

17 Nov 2020

Musawenkosi Buthelezi

Mining

Challenges facing young black mining entrepreneurs

Musawenkosi Buthelezi 23 Oct 2020

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Mining

Court ruling: All interested parties have access to mining rights application information

16 Sep 2020

Mining and community engagement: the latest decision

Mining

Mining and community engagement: the latest decision

Merlita Kennedy & Jared Ishmael 4 Sep 2020

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Mining

Recovery plan proposed for mining and energy

22 Jul 2020

Why the SA mining Industry needs a regulatory lifeline

Mining

Why the SA mining Industry needs a regulatory lifeline

Wessel Badenhorst, 20 Apr 2020

More time for mining industry to comply with FP Regulations

Environmental Law

More time for mining industry to comply with FP Regulations

Garyn Rapson, Gillian Niven and Paula-Ann Novotny 23 Jan 2020

Lizel Oberholzer, energy head, Norton Rose Fulbright

Coal, Oil & Gas

Impact of new law on SA's oil and gas industry

Lizel Oberholzer 17 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: Mining - the future in 2020: An optimistic forecast

Trends

#BizTrends2020: Mining - the future in 2020: An optimistic forecast

Athi Jara 6 Jan 2020

Agreement reached on new nature reserve for West Coast

Environment & Natural Resources

Agreement reached on new nature reserve for West Coast

John Yeld 10 Dec 2019

Mining in a circular economy meets stumbling blocks

Science & Engineering

Mining in a circular economy meets stumbling blocks

Garyn Rapson & Paula-Ann Novotny 12 Nov 2019

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Mining

Mining Round-up - key takeaways on the industry

30 Sep 2019

$What Appeal Court's fracking judgment means$

Environmental Law

What Appeal Court's fracking judgment means

Wilmien Wicomb 15 Aug 2019

Mining in Mpumalanga. Archive photo: Mpumalanga Tourism & Parks Agency

Mining

Billions in mining royalties intended for the poor squandered, stolen or diverted

Ciaran Ryan 2 Jul 2019

Source: Environment News South Africa

Mining

2nd draft of Proposed Financial Provisioning Regulations published for comment

Garyn Rapson 21 May 2019

Mining

SA reaches for the stars - but at what cost to mining?

Lili Nupen & Ross McLean 29 Apr 2019

The Xolobeni Conundrum: Land vs Mining Rights

Land & Property Law

The Xolobeni Conundrum: Land vs Mining Rights

Athi Jara and Bongani Memani 6 Mar 2019

Sibanye's Beatrix operation

Mining

Government to engage Sibanye on possible job cuts

15 Feb 2019

Mining Charter could extinguish alluvial diamond miners

Mining

Mining Charter could extinguish alluvial diamond miners

Gert van Niekerk 31 Jan 2019

Small miners likely to struggle with charter targets

Mining

Small miners likely to struggle with charter targets

Manus Booysen & Rita Spalding 29 Jan 2019

Damage caused to the coastline by Tormin mining operations. Photo: GroundUp

Mining

Why is Mantashe so hell bent on mining at Xolobeni?

Nicci Botha 18 Jan 2019

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Mining

Bench Marks warns minister not to poll Xolobeni community on mining

11 Jan 2019

Niall Kramer, CEO of Soaga

Trends

#BizTrends2019: Unlocking SA's oil and gas wealth

Nicci Botha 8 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Expect more on the Mining Charter

Trends

#BizTrends2019: Expect more on the Mining Charter

Athi Jara and Mihlali Sitefane 7 Jan 2019

Chris Bredenham

Energy

#AOW2018: Africa's O&G industry on the up, says PwC report

6 Nov 2018

Mining

Still no clarity on the status of underground coal gasification

Jackwell Feris 30 Oct 2018