Prof Hanri Mostert

Chair

Hanri is a Professor of Private Law at the University of Cape Town and the current holder of the SARChI Research Chair: Mineral Law in Africa.

Publications

a)PEER REVIEWED CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

  1. Mostert, H, Jacobs, PJ & Kruger, W "From Coal to Distributed Energy Sustainable Decarbonization and Decentralization of Electricity Systems” in DS Oluwayi,I Del Guayo, L de Fontenelle, MFM Montoya & JJ González (eds) Sustainable Distributed Energy Resources (2026) 40-56. (Oxford University Press (2026). DOI: 10.1093/ 9780198991946.003.0004.
  2. Mostert, H “Eminent Domain and the Untrustworthy State” in W Burgerhart,  JHM ter Haar, B Hoops (eds) Met Grootse Passen Door Het Recht = Footprints in Law (2023) Wolters Kluwer 59-92. Available at https://shop.wolterskluwer.nl/
    Met-grootse-passen-door-het-recht-sNPLIBLVER/#pdp-details (15 January 2024). (electronic copy).
  3. Cramer, RH & Mostert, H “Losing or Exiting Negatively Valued Ownership in a Climate-Distressed World” in M Habdas, B Hoops, EJ Marais, H Mostert, JAMA Sluysans & LCA Verstappen (eds) Rethinking Expropriation Law IV: Takings for Climate Justice and Resilience (2024) Eleven International Publishing 371-402.
  4. Habdas, M, Hoops, B, Marais, EJ, Mostert, H, Sluysmans, JAMA & Verstappen, LCA “Takings for Climate Justice and Resilience: Introductory Remarks” in M Habdas, B Hoops, EJ Marais, H Mostert, JAMA Sluysmans & LCA Verstappen (eds) Rethinking Expropriation Law IV: Takings for Climate Justice and Resilience (2024) Eleven International Publishing 1-6.
  5. Olawuyi, DS, González, JJ, Mostert, H, Montoya, MF & Banet, C “Conclusion: Net Zero and the Future of Natural Resources Law” in DS Olawuyi, JJ González, H Mostert, MF Montoya & C Banet, C (eds) Net Zero and Natural Resources Law: Sovereignty, Security, and Solidarity in the Clean Energy Transition (2024) Oxford University Press 352–368. 
    Available at https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198925033.001.0001.
  6. Mostert, H & Moses, LT “Extractive Justice and the Net Zero Transition: Some African Perspective” in DS Olawuyi, JJ González, H Mostert, MF Montoya & C Banet, C (eds) Net Zero and Natural Resources Law: Sovereignty, Security, and Solidarity in the Clean Energy Transition (2024) Oxford University Press 143–159. 
    Available at https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198925033.001.0001.
  7. Olawuyi, DS, González, JJ, Mostert, H, Montoya, MF & Banet, C “Introduction: The New Age of Natural Resources Law and Policy: From Resource Conservation to Net Zero” iin DS Olawuyi, JJ González, H Mostert, MF Montoya & C Banet, C (eds) Net Zero and Natural Resources Law: Sovereignty, Security, and Solidarity in the Clean Energy Transition (2024) Oxford University Press 1–18. 
    Available at https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198925033.001.0001.
  8. Bellantuono, G, Godden, L, Mostert, H, Wiseman, H & Zhang, H "Conclusion: Legal Knowledge for the Low-Carbon Transition” in G Bellantuono, L Godden, H Mostert, H Wiseman & H Zhang (eds) Handbook of Energy Law in the Low-Carbon Transition(2023) Walter de Gruyter 577-594. 
    Available at https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110752403-042.
  9. Bellantuono, G, Godden, L, Mostert, H, Wiseman, H & Zhang, H "Introduction: Comparing Low-Carbon Transitions” in G Bellantuono, L Godden, H Mostert, H Wiseman & H Zhang (eds) Handbook of Energy Law in the Low-Carbon Transition (2023) Walter de Gruyter 1-20. 
    Available at https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110752403-007.
  10. Mostert, H “Custodial Resource Holding as an Expression of Constitutional and Economic Intent in Africa” in CM Fombad & N Steytler (eds) Constitutionalism and the Economy in Africa (2022) Oxford University Press 241-287. 
    Available at https://global.oup.com/academic/product/
    constitutionalism-and-the-economy-in-africa-9780192886439?cc=by&lang=en#.
  11. Mostert, H & Mathiba, GL “The Mine Community Displacement and Resettlement Conundrum in South Africa: Mapping the Conceptual, Infrastructural and Institutional Flaws” in N Graham, M Davies & L Godden (eds) Handbook of Property, Law & Society(2022) Routledge 61-74. 
    Available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/
    10.4324/9781003139614-7/
    mine-community-displacement-resettlement-south-africa-hanri-mostert-gaopalelwe-mathiba.
  12. Mostert, H, Adomako-Kwakye, C, Chisanga, KMC & Van den Berg, HM “How strong can you stand if you’re on your knees? - Financing Crises in Africa: Implications for the Natural Resource and Energy Sectors” in C Banet, H Mostert, L Paddock, MFM Pardo & I Del Guayo (eds) Resilience in Energy, Infrastructure and Natural Resources Law: Defining Legal Pathways for Sustainability in Times of Disruption (2022) Oxford University Press 264-295. 
    Available at https://global.oup.com/academic/product/
    resilience-in-energy-infrastructure-and-natural-resources-law-9780192864574?lang=en&cc=hr.
  13. Banet, C, Mostert, H, Paddock, L, Montoya, MFM & I Del Guayo “Introduction” in C Banet, H Mostert, L Paddock, MFM Pardo & I Del Guayo (eds) Resilience in Energy, Infrastructure and Natural Resources Law: Defining Legal Pathways for Sustainability in Times of Disruption (2022) Oxford University Press 3-14. 
    Available at https://global.oup.com/academic/product/
    resilience-in-energy-infrastructure-and-natural-resources-law-9780192864574?lang=en&cc=hr.
  14. Banet, C, Mostert, H , Paddock, L, Montoya, MFM & I Del Guayo “Conclusion - Managing Disruption and Reinventing the Future: Resilience as Requirement for Legal Framework” in C Banet, H Mostert, L Paddock, MFM Pardo & I Del Guayo (eds) Resilience in Energy, Infrastructure and Natural Resources Law: Defining Legal Pathways for Sustainability in Times of Disruption (2022) Oxford University Press 3-14.  Available at https://global.oup.com/academic/product/
    resilience-in-energy-infrastructure-and-natural-resources-law-9780192864574?lang=en&cc=hr.
  15. Mostert, H, Van den Berg, HM & Kengni, B “Chapter IX.21: Frameworks for Energy Governance and Regulation in Africa” In n MM Roggenkamp, KJ de Graaf & RC Fleming (eds) Energy Law, Climate Change, and the Environment (2021) Edward Elgar Publishing, 238–252. 
    Available at https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785369520 (21 May 2021). Also Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/
    publication/352685437_Chapter_IX21_Frameworks_
    for_energy_governance_and_regulation_in_Africa.
  16. Mostert, H  & Van den Berg, HM “Expressing Local Content through Black Economic Empowerment in the South African Petroleum Industry” in DS Olawuyi (ed) Local Content and Sustainable Development in Global Energy Markets (2021) Cambridge University Press 107-129. 
    Available at https://www.cambridge.org/
    core/books/local-content-and-sustainable-development-
    in-global-energy-markets/365092990B11E7A2AF455A289A1260D4 (March 2021).
  17. Mostert, H & Young, C “Between Custom and Colony: Social-Norm Based Property Law in South Africa’s Post-Constitutional ‘No-Man’s Land’” in P Babie & V Wilksch (eds) Léon Duguit and the Social Obligation Norm of Property (2019) Springer 371-402. 
    Available at https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-13-7189-9_16.
  18. Kengni, B & Mostert, H “Accountable Decision-Making for Water Sustainability in the Mining Context: Harnessing Cooperative Governance and Public Participation” in S Harrison, K Carden, A Abrams & J Broadhurst (eds) Regenerative water futures – Tensions around Water Scarcity and the Mining Industry (2019) Juta 31-34. 
    Available at https://juta.co.za/uploads/Regenerative_Water_Futures/mobile/index.html.
  19. Van den Berg, HM & Mostert, H  “Challenges to Regulating Hydraulic Fracturing in South Africa - Technological Innovation and Law Making for Climate Change at the Crossroads” in D Zillman, M Roggenkamp, L Paddock & L Godden (eds) Innovation in Energy Law and Technology: Dynamic Solutions for Energy Transitions (2018) Oxford University Press 244-261. 
    Available at https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/
    view/10.1093/oso/9780198822080.001.0001/oso-9780198822080.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. Mostert, H , Verstappen, L &  Zevenbergen, Z “Introduction” in H Mostert, L Verstappen, J Zevenbergen, J & CL van Schalkwyk (eds) Land Law and Governance: African Perspectives on Land Tenure (2017) Juta 1-14. Available at https://juta.co.za/catalogue/
    land-law-and-governance-african-perspectives-on-land-tenure-and-title_24552.
  24. Mostert, H & Jacobs, PJ “The Mandate and Challenges of achieving Communal Land Tenure Security in South Africa” in H Mostert, L Verstappen, J Zevenbergen, J & CL van Schalkwyk (eds) Land Law and Governance: African Perspectives on Land Tenure (2017) Juta 15-39. 
    Available at https://juta.co.za/
    catalogue/land-law-and-governance-african-perspectives-on-land-tenure-and-title_24552.
  25. Mostert, H & Young, C “Natural Resources as “Regulated Property”: The Challenges of Resource Stewardship in South Africa” in C Godt (ed) Regulatory Property Rights: The Transforming Notion of Property in Transnational Business Regulation (2016) Brill: Nijhoff141–168. 
    Available at https://brill.com/view/title/32889.
  26. Mostert, H, Chisanga, KMC, Howard, J, Mandhu, F, Van den Berg, HM & Young, C “Corporate Social Responsibility in the Mining Industries in Namibia, South Africa and Zambia: Choices and Consequences” in L Barrera-Hernández, B Barton, L Godden, A Lucas &  A Rønne (eds) Sharing the Cost and Benefits of Energy and Resource Activity: Legal Change and Impact on Communities (2016) Oxford University Press 6-31.
  27. Mostert, H & Naude, T “State Protection of Energy Consumers: Between Human Rights and Private Sector Regulation” in I del Guayo, L Godden, DD Zillman, MF Montoya & JJ González (eds) Energy Justice and Energy Law (2020) Oxford University Press 139-159. 
    Available at https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/
    view/10.1093/oso/9780198860754.001.0001/oso-9780198860754-chapter-9.  

  

b)  PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES  

  1. Mostert, H "Book Review: Ana Elizabeth Bastida, The Law and Governance of Mining and Minerals: A Global Perspective" (2022) 3(2) Global Energy Law and Sustainability 279-283, 
    Available at https://doi.org/10.3366/gels.2022.0084.
  2. Kengni, B & Mostert, H “Regulation and Remediation of the Impacts of Mine Wastes on Land and Water in South Africa” (2021) Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law 1-24. 
    Available at https://doi-org.ezproxy.uct.ac.za/10.1080/02646811.2021.1985780 (18 November 2021).
  3. Mostert, H, Young, C, & Hassman, J “Towards Extractive Justice: Europe, Africa and the Pressures of Resource Dependency” 2019 (26) South African Journal of International Affairs 233-250. 
    Available athttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/
    10.1080/10220461.2019.1608853?journalCode=rsaj20.
  4. Heyns, A & Mostert, H “Three Mining Charters and a Draft: How the Politics and Rhetoric of Development in the South African Mining Sector are Keeping Communities in Poverty” 2018 (11) Law and Development Review 801-841. 
    Available at https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/ldr-2018-0038/html?lang=en. 
    Also Available at https://www.researchgate.net/
    publication/
    324659150_Three_Mining_Charters_and_a_
    Draft_How_the_Politics_and_Rhetoric_of_Development_in_the_South_African_Mining_Sector_are_
    Keeping_Communities_in_Poverty.
  5. Mostert, H & Wilson, L “Restitution and “Altered Priorities”: How the Judiciary Balances the Varying Demands of Transformation in the Mineral Resources Context: A Discussion of Macassar Land Claims Committee v Maccsand CC 2017 4 SA 1 (SCA)” (2018) 29 Stellenbosch Law Review 420-429. 
    Available at https://journals.co.za/doi/10.10520/EJC-141f0ee934.
  6. Mostert, H “Mining Law” (2018) Annual Survey of South African Law 2016 1008-1070. Available at https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/assafl2016&i=1100.
  7. Mostert, H “Mining Law” (2019) Annual Survey of South African Law 2017. 
    Available at 825-894. 
    Available at https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/assafl2017&i=992.
  8. Mostert, H “Revising the Procedure for Expropriations in South Africa: 2015 Bill and 1975 Act compared” 2016 (5) European Property Law Journal 170-205. 
    Available at https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/eplj-2016-0012/html?lang=en.
  9. Mostert, H & Young, C “From Promise to Practice: South Africa’s Legal Framework for Mineral Resources and the Sustainable Development Goals” South African Institute of International Affairs Occasional Paper (2018). 
    Available at https://www.africaportal.org/
    publications/promise-practice-south-africas-legal-framework-
    mineral-resources-and-sustainable-development-goals/. 
    Also available at . https://saiia.org.za/
    research/mining-for-a-circular-economy-in-the-age-of-
    the-fourth-industrial-revolution-the-case-of-south-africa/.
  10. Mostert, H “Land as a ‘National Asset’ under The Constitution: The System Change envisaged by the 2011 Green Paper on Land Policy and what This means for Property Law under The Constitution” (2017) 17(2) Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal 760–796. 
    Available at https://doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2014/v17i2a2185.   

c)  TECHNICAL REPORTS AND POLICY  

  1. Mostert, H, Cramer, RH, Mathiba, GL, Davids, W, Olivier, NJJ, Sehlabo, ML, Moses, LT, Makonese, R, Molefe, D & Qumba, M “Written Submissions on the Draft Mineral Resources Development Bill, 2025. (GN 6210 of Government Gazette, No. 52704 of 20 May 2025). Prepared by: The South African Research Chair Initiative for Mineral Law in Africa Department of Private Law: Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town South Africa. 
    Available at https://law.uct.ac.za/sites/default/files/media/documents/
    law_uct_ac_za/2283/uct-mlia-submission-on-mpr-bill-2025.pdf (13 August 2025).
  2. Du Plessis, E; Brand, D; Boggenpoel, ZT; Dugard, J; Pienaar, JM; Du Plessis, W;  Mostert, H; Van Schalkwyk, CL ; Coggin, T; Gladwin-Wood, C, Seme, M & Lorenzen, J “Written Inputs on the Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill”. 
    Available at https://static.pmg.org.za/210325SARCPL.pdf (27 February 2021).
  3. Mathiba, GL & Mostert, H “Commentary on the Draft Expropriation Bill, 2019” (2020) written submission made to the Department of Public Works on behalf of Mineral Law in Africa in response to call for input on 2019 Expropriation Bill. 
    Available at https://webcms.uct.ac.za/sites/default/files/image_tool/images/357/
    MLiA_PDFs/MLiA%20submission%20-%20Draft%20Expropriation%20Bill%202019.pdf.
  4. Mathiba, GL, Chege, K & Mostert, H “Written Comments on The Draft Mine Community Resettlement Guidelines, 2019” (2020) Submission made to the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy on behalf of Mineral Law in Africa in response to call for input on the 2019 Draft Guidelines. 
    Available at https://webcms.uct.ac.za/
    sites/default/files/image_tool/images/357/MLiA_PDFs/MLiA%20COMMENTS
    %20-%20DRG%20OF%20DMRE%20-%20SUBMITTED.pdf.
  5. Olivier, NJJ, Mostert, H , Heyns, A & Ntuli, L “A New Shared Vision for Mining in South Africa: Towards Enduring Transformation in Our Sunrise Industry” (2017) Submission Made to The Department of Mineral Resources and the Office of the Presidency on behalf of Mineral Law in Africa in response to call for input on 2017 Mining Charter. Available at http://www.mlia.uct.ac.za/news/
    comments-2018-draft-mining-charter-submission-mlia-presidency.
  6. Mathiba, GL, Cramer, RH & Mostert, H  “Commentary on the Draft Guideline for the Compilation of the Mandatory Code of Practice for the Mitigation and Management of COVID-19 Outbreak (GN 262 of GG 43304 of 11 May 2020)” Submission made to the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy on behalf of Mineral Law in Africa response to call for input on the 2020 Draft Guidelines. 
    Available at / http://www.mlia.uct.ac.za/news/commentary-draft-guideline-
    compilation-mandatory-code-practice-mitigation-and-management-covid (Accessed 21 January 2021).
  7. Mostert, H, Young, C, Hassman, J, & Ukabhai, P “A win-win for Europe & Africa: Extractive Justice & Resource Inter-Dependency” 2019 (183) SAIIA Policy Briefing Available at https://saiia.org.za/research/a-win-win-for-europe-africa-extractive-justice-and-resource-interdependency/ (14 February 2020).
  8. Mostert, H & Young, C “From Promise to Practice: South Africa’s Legal Framework for Mineral Resources and the Sustainable Development Goals” South African Institute of International Affairs Occasional Paper 279 (2018). 
    Available at https://www.africaportal.org/publications/
    promise-practice-south-africas-legal-framework-mineral-resources-and-sustainable-development-goals/. 

  

d)   OTHER PUBLICATIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS    

  1. Mostert, H, Humby, T-L and Ojewale, O “The Real Cost of Peace: Why Africa’s resources-for-security deals are a dangerous bargain” Virtual Dialogue for The Conversation  
    Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UbbK-kAJPY (30 October 2025).
  2. Mostert H, Interview with Jeremy Maggs “Africa’s minerals are being bartered for security” Moneyweb@Midday (1 September 2025). 
    Available at https://www.moneyweb.co.za/moneyweb-podcasts/moneyweb-midday/africas-minerals-are-being-bartered-for-security-2/ (3 September 2025).
  3. Mostert, H & Humby, TL “Africa’s Minerals are Being Bartered for Security: Why it’s a Bad Idea” The Conversation. 
    Available at https://theconversation.com/africas-minerals-are-being-bartered-for-security-why-its-a-bad-idea- (21 July 2025).
  4. Mostert, H  “Round Table Discussion: Law Higher Degrees Colloquium September 2021 - Introduction & Session 1”. 
    Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXdqJrMCquk (1 October 2021).
  5. Mostert, H “Resource Governance begins with Inner Worth: Leadership in Africa’s New Extractive Era”” MLiA News & Opinions, 
    Available at https://law.uct.ac.za/mineral-law/articles/2025-07-17-resource-governance-
    begins-inner-worthleadership-africas-new-extractive-era ( 17 July 2025).
  6. H Mostert "Foreword" in C L van Schalkwyk (ed) Co-ordinating Governance for Mining: Streamlining Systems for Improved Governance (2019) 6-29. 

 

e)  CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND GUEST LECTURES  

  1. Mostert, H “Orientation at the Edge of Capacity Collapse” Presentation to the CRR Valour Certification Cohort, 9 January 2026 (online)
  2. Mostert, H & Humby, “Towards a Trauma-Informed Resource Governance and Leadership” T-L Presented at Mineral Law in Africa Colloquium IX Swakopmund, Namibia (24 November 2025). Programme available at (EDIT PROGRAMME AND REPOST IT, ADD LINK).
  3. Mostert, H “Solidarity and the Commons” European Research Platform on Energy and Climate Law Forum on Responsible Mining organized by the European Research Platform on Energy and Climate Law and hosted by the Université Paris Dauphine – PSL, Paris, France (27 November 2025). 
    Programme available at https://iecl-forum-2025.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/4 (27 November 2025).
  4. Mostert, H “Coal, Co-dependency, and the Challenge of Decarbonisation in South Africa” Adress at the Stakeholder Engagement with the Electricity and Energy Sector – Day 1 (with Minister & Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy), Parliament of South Africa, Online. 
    Report avaialble at https://pmg.org.za/committee-meeting/41526/ (4 September 2025).
  5. Mostert, H “Towards a Theory of Compensable State Inaction in South African Property Law - Regulatory Inaction and Disruptive Events: Rethinking Property Vulnerability in South African Law” Presented at the 7th Multinational Conference on Rethinking Expropriation Law, Krakow, Poland (Programme available at https://ie.uek.krakow.pl/kenipi/wp-content/
    uploads/sites/14/2025/09/Program-konferencji_2025_expropriation_UEK_11.09.-12.09.-1.pdf (12 September 2025).
  6. Mostert, H “Natural Resources and Extractive Justice” Presented at the “Reaching Net Zero through International Solidarity: The Challenges of International Energy and Climate Law in an Isolationist World” Hosted by the Academic Advisory Group (SEERIL) Midterm meeting, University of Pau, France (12 May 2025). 
    Programme available at https://tree.univ-pau.fr/fr/publications-colloques/
    colloques-conferences/c2025/conference-reaching-net-zero-through-international-solidarity-the-challenges-of-international-
    energy-and-climate-law-in-an-isolationist-world.html (12 May 2025).
  7. Mostert, H “Extractive Justice and the Net Zero Transition Reporting” Paper presented at the International Conference Environment Law Governance Sustainable Development, Virtual Presentation (Programme available at https://greeninstitute.ng/icelgsd2024(28 November 2024) Youtube video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxG31lJ67OM (20 December 2024). (IBA / SEERIL Collaboration).
  8. Mostert, H, Cole, M, Abrams, A & J Jacobs "Regulatory Choices in and Repercussions of Discontinuing the Coal Value Chain and Decommissioning Infrastructure in South Africa” Video Presented at the he Mineral Law in Africa Colloquium VIII in Cape Town UCT (22 November 2024).
  9. Mostert, H “Circular Mining and Energy” Presented at the South Africa Circular Economy Hotspot in Cape Town, South Africa (19-20 September 2024) 
    Available at https://circulareconomyafrica.org/south-africa-circular-economy-hotspot-
    2024/images/20240917_SACEH24_Master%20Booklet.pdf. Mostert, H "Eminent Domain and the Untrustworthy State" Paper Presented at the 2023 South African Property Law Teachers Colloquium (SAPLTC) Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa (2-3 November 2023).
  10. Mostert, H “How Can We Reform the MPRDA to Improve the Benefits Our Country Can Reap from its Resources?” Paper Presented at the The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy “Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA) Review Summit” (13 & 14 July 2023), at the Indaba Hotel and Conference Centre, Fourways, Johannesburg, South Africa.
  11. Mostert H, Paper Presented and Workshop Conducted at the Parliament of South Africa “Workshop on Concepts related to the Expropriation Bill [b23b – 2020] SC on Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure (22 February 2023).
  12. Mostert, H "Eminent Domain and the Untrustworthy State" Paper Presented at the 2023 South African Property Law Teachers Colloquium (SAPLTC) Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa (2-3 November 2023). Programme Available at (Currently only on file).
  13. Mostert, H Paper Presented and Workshop Conducted at the Parliament of South Africa “Workshop on Concepts related to the Expropriation Bill [b23b – 2020] SC on Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure (22 February 2023).
  14. Mostert, H “Regulating Energy Transition: Experiences and Lessons from Africa” Presented at Extractives Baraza: The Policy Dialogue Webinar on Energy Transition in Africa (12 July 2023), University of Strathmore, Kenya & Online (12 July 2023).
  15. Mostert, H “Net Zero in Africa” Paper Presented Progressive Property Seminar, Online (18-19 May 2023). (On File).
  16. Mostert, H “What Role can Policy/Regulations Play to Enable Economic Diversification and Just Transitions” Using a Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Explore Opportunities for Economic Diversification in Mining-Intensive Jurisdictions” For the Project Towards Resilient Futures DST/NRF Community of Practice II Use of Fibre-rich Biomass in the Remediation of Degraded Mining Land. (10 February 2023).
  17. Mostert, H “Critical Minerals and the Just Transition” Presentation held at the Mineral Law in Africa Colloquium VII, University of Cape Town, Cape Town (31 October-3 November 2022).
  18. Mostert, H “Sovereignty, Property and Minerals in Africa: Custodial Resource Holding as an Expression of Constitutional and Economic Intent” presentation at the Progressive Property Conference hosted by North-Western University, Boston (10-11 May 2021). (Virtual Conference on Zoom).
  19. Mostert, H , Adomako-Kwakye, C, Chisanga, KMC  & Van den Berg, HM "Resilience in Energy, Infrastructure, and Natural Resources Law, Chapter 17" 
    Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvui7vwSLmc (23 June 2022).
  20. Mostert, H  (with contributions from Adomako-Kwakye, C, Chisanga, KMC  & Van den Berg, HM “Financing the Response to Crises and Disasters in the Natural Resource and Energy Sectors of African Countries” Academic Advisory Group (AAG); International Bar Association (SEERIL) (26 May 2021).
  21. Mostert, H  “Effects of COVID-19 for Mines and Mining Communities” at the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in Consultation with the mining sector stakeholders (MS Teams Virtual Meeting) (17 March 2021) Research Contributors: Cramer, RH , Mudimu, GT, B, Jacobs, PJ, Medium, G, Chege, K, Lötter, A & Mathiba, GL.
  22. Mostert, H & Heyns, A “Legislating Corporate Due Diligence to Transform the South African Mining Industry: How BEE, Mine Community Development and Social Licence to Operate Define CSR” Paper Presented at “Pathways to Sustainability in Mineral Supply Chains: Tracking the Trends in the Copper, Platinum Group Metals and Gold Supply Chains” International conference hosted virtually by the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. (21–22 June 2021).
  23. Mostert, H “Law & Policy Choices for Regulation and Governance of Mineral Extraction” Keynote Lecture Presented for AFREIKH (African Regional Extractives Industries Knowledge Hub) “Introduction to Extractive Industry Governance: Policy AndPractice Course” Nairobi & Online (15 September 2021).
  24. Mostert, H “Introduction to Extractive Industry Governance: Policy and Practice Course” Nairobi & Online (1 September 2021 - 31 October 2021). Course Prospectus Available at https://resourcegovernance.org/events/
    learning/natural-resources-sustainable-development-2020-2021.
  25. Cramer, RH & Mostert, H  “The Duty of the State to Expropriate Property that has Accrued a Negative Value due to Climate Change” presentation at the Rethinking Expropriation Law: Takings for Climate Justice and Resilience conference hosted by the University of Groningen, Groningen (29-30 September 2022). 
    Agenda Available at https://www.rug.nl/rechten/congressen/archief/
    2022/
    takings-for-climate-justice-and-resilience/provisional-programme?lang=en.
  26. Mostert, H & Cramer, RH  “Mining Waste, Property and Responsibility” presentation with R Cramer at the Mineral Law in Africa Interdisciplinary Day Seminar on Mining and Waste, May 2016 

f). EDITED VOLUMES 

  1. Banet, C, Mostert, H, Paddock, L, Montoya, MFM & I Del Guayo “Introduction” in C Banet, H Mostert, L Paddock, MFM Pardo & I Del Guayo (eds) Resilience in Energy, Infrastructure and Natural Resources Law: Defining Legal Pathways for Sustainability in Times of Disruption (2022) Oxford University Press.
  2. C Digby, D Bradshaw, H Mostert & B Chicksen (eds) Green Mining: Beyond the Myth – Perspectives on the Future of Mining (2018) Juta.
  3. L Verstappen, J Zevenbergen, J & CL van Schalkwyk (eds) Land Law and Governance: African Perspectives on Land Tenure (2017) Juta.
  4. G Bellantuono , L Godden , H Mostert  H Wiseman & H Zhang (eds) Handbook of Energy Law in the Low-Carbon Transition (2023) De Gruyter.