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

2018

April

December

October 2023

Space Mining Trends Forecast African Strategic Partnerships - Wed, 10/18/2023 - 07:55
Space Mining & Africa: will they, or won’t they? - Wed, 10/18/2023 - 07:48
COVID-19 AND MINING REFLECTIONS ON A PANDEMIC - Tue, 10/03/2023 - 11:53

September 2023

Part III: An analysis of the Detrimental Effect of the Expropriation of Surface (land) Rights - Thu, 09/07/2023 - 11:05
Part II: The Expropriation of Subsurface Rights in the Oil and Gas industry as a Tool for Radical Socio-economic development - Wed, 09/06/2023 - 12:35
Part I: Making the case for expropriation in the Context of Rights to Surface and Subsurface Use in the Petroleum Industry - Wed, 09/06/2023 - 12:03

June 2023

THINKING STRATEGICALLY ABOUT STRATEGIC MINERALS (Or: The “Justice” approach Africa needs to get ahead of the Just Energy Transition Curve) - Fri, 06/23/2023 - 13:45

May 2023

Accelerated Capital Expenditure Allowances: Does it Apply to Contract Miners? - Tue, 05/30/2023 - 12:00
Sustainable Innovation in Mine Site Rehabilitation - Fri, 05/26/2023 - 12:30

April 2023

Corporate Social Responsibility: The Role of Extractive Corporations in Poverty Alleviation - Tue, 04/18/2023 - 19:00
Automation, Digitalisation & Mine Workers in a Just Energy Transition - Mon, 04/03/2023 - 13:15

March 2023

Event Review: Towards Resilient Futures DST/NRF Community of Practice II: Use of Fibre-rich Biomass in the Remediation of Degraded Land - Fri, 03/24/2023 - 08:30
Design of Namibia’s Fiscal Legal Framework to Collect and Manage Revenues from Oil Discoveries in the Orange Basin - Fri, 03/24/2023 - 08:15

February 2023

Transition from Coal to Renewables: Is South Africa Ready? - Wed, 02/15/2023 - 16:30
Renewables & Rethinking Energy in South Africa: A Three-Part Series - Part 3: Funding the Present & Future of Energy Supply - Wed, 02/15/2023 - 16:30
Renewables & Rethinking Energy in South Africa: A Three-Part Series - Part 2: Bright or Dim Future in Policy? - Wed, 02/15/2023 - 16:15
Renewables & Rethinking Energy in South Africa: A Three-Part Series - Part 1: Green Future as an Aid to South Africa’s A Dark Reality - Wed, 02/15/2023 - 16:15

January 2023

Key considerations of the National Development Plan to influence the extractive policy - Tue, 01/24/2023 - 15:45
Is Climate Change the Next Wave of Modern Terrorism? - Mon, 01/16/2023 - 09:15
Decolonising the Just Energy Transition: Community Expectations - Wed, 01/04/2023 - 09:15

December 2022

The Role of Government as Allocator of Oil & Gas Rights in South Africa - Thu, 12/15/2022 - 09:30

November 2022

Transitioning from Coal to Renewables: Is the Law Ready? - Fri, 11/18/2022 - 09:45
Space Mining Law: A Reevaluation of Ownership and Mining Rights in the Outer Space - Fri, 11/18/2022 - 09:30
What are the prospects for transformation in the mining industry in light of the High Court’s finding that the Mining Charter does not constitute law? - Thu, 11/10/2022 - 14:45
Once Empowered, (Now) Always Empowered: The Consequences of the Mining Charter III Judgment - Thu, 11/10/2022 - 14:30
The Rehabilitation and Closure of Mines: A Failure in the Protection of Human Rights - Thu, 11/10/2022 - 13:00

September 2022

The Jagersfontein tragedy of 11 September 2022: Who must be held accountable for mine tailings dump management failure – the DMRE or De Beer or Superkolong? - Thu, 09/22/2022 - 11:15
The Shell seismic survey judgment: A further endorsement of meaningful consultation - Mon, 09/12/2022 - 10:30
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