Dr Heleen van Niekerk

Alumni

Heleen has been an Honorary Research Affiliate responsible for the Mineral Law & Governance research theme.

PEER REVIEWED CHAPTERS IN BOOKS 

  1. Mostert, H & Van Niekerk, HJ “Disadvantage, Fairness, and Power Crises in Africa” in Y Omorogbe & A Ordor (eds) Ending Africa's Energy Deficit and the Law: Achieving Sustainable Energy for All in Africa (2018) Oxford University Press 45-70. Available at https://oxford-universitypressscholarship-com/view/10.1093/oso/9780198819837.001.0001/oso-9780198819837.
  2. Mostert, H & Van Niekerk, HJ “Energy Justice and Just Extraction” in C Digby, D Bradshaw, H Mostert & B Chicksen (eds) Green Mining: Beyond the Myth – Perspectives on the Future of Mining (2018) Juta 36-38.
  3. Van Niekerk, HJ & Mostert, H  “Supporting Regulatory Compliance and Governance through Research and Innovation” in C Digby, D Bradshaw, H Mostert & B Chicksen (eds) Green Mining: Beyond the Myth – Perspectives on the Future of Mining (2018) Juta 76. 

PEER REVIEWED MLIA OUTPUTS 

  1. Van Niekerk, HJ & Mudimu, GT "Application and Granting of Rights to Minerals: A Trio of Legal Processes for Optimal Exploitation and Protection of Right Holders [An Analysis of Minister of Mineral Resources v Mawetse (SA) Mining Corporation (Pty) Ltd 2016 1 SA 306 (SCA)]" (2019) 30 Stellenbosch Law Review 281-298.
  2. Van Niekerk, HJ & Mpinga, S “A Biblical Lazarus: Deregistration of a Company and the Revival of Right to Minerals – A Discussion of Palala Resources (Pty) Ltd v Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy 2016 (6) SA 121 (SCA)” (2018) 39 Obiter 203-217.
  3. Van Niekerk, HJ “Mineral Tenure Security, Registration and Enforceability of Rights: Debunking the Property-Law Paradigm” (2018) 135(1) South African Law Journal 159-190.
  4. Van Niekerk, HJ "How not to Queue: Judicial Scrutiny of the MPRDA’s Queuing System – An Analysis of Aquila Steel (South Africa) Limited v Minister of Mineral Resources (72248/15) [2016] ZAGPPHC 1071 and Legislative Changes to the Queuing System"(2017) 38 Obiter 417-430.
  5. Van Niekerk, HJ "Unlocking mineral-tenure security: the application procedures under the mineral and petroleum resources development act 28 of 2002." (2015) 36(2) Obiter 387-402. 

MLiA WEBSITE ARTICLES CONTRIBUTIONS 

  1. Van Niekerk, HJ “Mining Mine Dumps in South Africa: The Interests of Mining Companies that Create Dumps” Available at http://www.mlia.uct.ac.za/news/mining-mine-dumps-south-africa-interests-mining-companies-create-dumps (26 May 2016). 

PhD DISSERTATION 

  1. Van Niekerk, HJ Towards a New Understanding of Mineral Tenure Security: The Demise of the Property-Law Paradigm, Available at https://open.uct.ac.za/handle/11427/2801, (Phd-thesis, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town, 2016).