The MLiA Chair will be releasing a newsletter detailing its activities every couple of months. Past newsletters can be found below.

2018

April

December

 

 

September 2022

COP27 Needs to Address Decolonising the Energy Transition: Here's Why - Thu, 09/01/2022 - 10:30

November 2021

Five years on and still searching for justice: What really happened at the Lily mine? - Tue, 11/23/2021 - 08:45
Part Three: Challenges to the Large-scale Production of Green Hydrogen in South Africa - Wed, 11/03/2021 - 09:15
Part Two: The Adoption of Green Hydrogen in South Africa - Wed, 11/03/2021 - 09:00
Part One: The Potential of Green Hydrogen as a Source of Clean Energy for South Africa in the Energy Transition Era - Wed, 11/03/2021 - 08:45

July 2021

OPINION: What Can Africa Gain From the Energy Transition's Sustainable Finance Movement? - Wed, 07/07/2021 - 13:00
Written Comments on the Draft Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Policy 2021 - Tue, 07/06/2021 - 11:15

April 2021

Business Interruption Insurance in light of COVID-19: Does it cover pandemic-related losses caused by the damage and destruction to insured property? - Wed, 04/28/2021 - 07:30

February 2021

COVID-19 Pandemic Era: A Time for Stricter Compliance with Occupational Health and Safety Guidelines in the South African Mining Sector - Tue, 02/09/2021 - 10:45

January 2021

Commentary on the Proposed Regulations Regarding Extended Producer Responsibility - Thu, 01/21/2021 - 10:30
Commentary on the Draft Guideline for the Compilation of a Mandatory Code of Practice for the Mitigation and Management of Covid-19 Outbreak - Wed, 01/20/2021 - 14:15

November 2020

In Africa tonight, a light went out - Wed, 11/18/2020 - 11:30
Mining the Past in a Pandemic: Part III – The Lingering Epidemic - Fri, 11/06/2020 - 09:45

September 2020

Scrutiny of mining right applications by mining-affected communities: a reflective note on the Xolobeni judgement - Fri, 09/25/2020 - 11:00

July 2020

Nigeria: Towards Rendering Associated Gas more Beneficial - Wed, 07/22/2020 - 17:45
Part Two: Initial thoughts on the 2020 July Draft Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations - Mon, 07/20/2020 - 15:15
Part One: South African Policy and the Circular Economy – how to catch a cloud and pin it down - Mon, 07/20/2020 - 14:45

June 2020

Mining the Past in a Pandemic: Part II – The Great Pandemic on the Rand - Fri, 06/19/2020 - 13:00
Guest Opinion: Tragedy of Common Custodianship - Mon, 06/15/2020 - 11:45
The Mining Licencing Regime in Malawi - Tue, 06/02/2020 - 08:45

May 2020

Effects of Ineffective Governance of Sub-Saharan Africa’s Extractive and Energy Sectors - Thu, 05/14/2020 - 15:45
Mining companies should not protect only mineworkers against Covid-19, but mining communities as well: AMCU v DMRE & Others - Mon, 05/04/2020 - 09:30

April 2020

The looming coronavirus-induced mass retrenchments: At the crossroads of MPRDA & LRA - Wed, 04/29/2020 - 13:45
Rethinking application procedure for exploration right: When to object? - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 16:00
Where do the proceeds from petroleum production in developing nations go?- A closer look at Nigeria - Mon, 04/06/2020 - 09:30

March 2020

The impact of government’s response to Covid-19 on mineworkers in South Africa - Sun, 03/29/2020 - 16:45
The ‘Force Majeure’ Doctrine and Coronavirus: A Mining Industry Perspective - Thu, 03/26/2020 - 14:45
Mining the Past in a Pandemic: Part I – The Great Smallpox Cover-up - Mon, 03/23/2020 - 21:30
The Constitutional Court reinforces the “first come – first serve” approach in granting prospecting and mining rights - Mon, 03/23/2020 - 09:30
Commentary on the Draft Expropriation Bill, 2019 - Mon, 03/02/2020 - 09:30

February 2020

Designing Local Content Frameworks in the Oil, Gas and Mining sectors in Africa: Principles and Guidelines - Tue, 02/11/2020 - 12:00
Part 5: Mine(d) Over Matter: An example of the theory put into practice - Wed, 02/05/2020 - 15:30
Part 4: Mine(d) Over Matter: South African Law and Policy in a Fibrous-Plant Future - Wed, 02/05/2020 - 15:15
Part 3: Mine(d) Over Matter: Mining Fibrous Plants - Wed, 02/05/2020 - 15:00
Part 2: Mine(d) Over Matter: Restorative Justice in the Mining Industry - Wed, 02/05/2020 - 14:45
Part 1: Mine(d) Over Matter: A Marriage of High Theory and Deep Practice in South African Mining - Wed, 02/05/2020 - 14:15
Written Comments on the Draft Mine Community Resettlement Guidelines, 2019 - Mon, 02/03/2020 - 10:15

November 2019

OPINION: Challenges to promoting intra-African trade in the petroleum industry in the wake of the AfCFTA Agreement: Africa’s insufficient petroleum refining capacity - Thu, 11/28/2019 - 11:30
The empty bread basket: The state of mining in Zimbabwe - Fri, 11/22/2019 - 09:30

August 2019

COAL vs RENEWABLES: Is the fight against coal as a major source of energy finally being won? - Fri, 08/02/2019 - 09:00

July 2019

Germany closes its last active black coal mine – Will South Africa follow suit? - Mon, 07/22/2019 - 15:30
OPINION: To BEE or not to BEE? - Mon, 07/22/2019 - 14:45

June 2019

Sovereign Wealth Funds: Are Kenya and Other Developing Countries Ready to Implement Sovereign Wealth Funds as a Means of Promoting Growth and Development and Tackling the Resource Curse? - Fri, 06/07/2019 - 12:15
Mining’s Oppressive History: The South African Story (Part 1: 1860-1930) - Thu, 06/06/2019 - 14:30

December 2018

A Victory for Communities Against Eviction in the Mining Context - Wed, 12/12/2018 - 10:00
Neglect of Mining Areas: The case for Equitable Distribution of Resource Revenue - Wed, 12/12/2018 - 09:45
Comments on the 2018 Draft Mining Charter: Submission by MLiA to the Presidency - Tue, 12/04/2018 - 14:15

November 2018

Lessons I've Learned from Dee Bradshaw - Tue, 11/20/2018 - 10:30
Morocco: Mining Tax Reform to Benefit Local Communities - Tue, 11/13/2018 - 16:15
Hunting for Treasure in a Playground from Hell: Child Labour in DRC Cobalt Mines - Tue, 11/13/2018 - 15:45