Dr Meyer van den Berg

Research Affiliate and Collaborator

Meyer is an attorney, a notary and court-accredited mediator at DLA Piper. He is also an Honorary Research Affiliate at the MLiA Chair, responsible for the Mineral Law & Governance research theme and curriculum development.

PEER REVIEWED CHAPTERS IN BOOKS  

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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).
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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).
  7. 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).
  8. Van den Berg, HM “Overview of Legal Regimes Governing the Exploration and Production of Petroleum” in MM Roggenkamp, KJ de Graaf & RC Fleming (eds) Energy Law, Climate Change, and the Environment (2021) Edward Elgar Publishing 257–266. Available at https://www.elgaronline.com/display/book/9781785369520/b-9781788119689-IX_22.xml. 

b)PEER REVIEWED MLIA OUTPUTS 

  1. Van den Berg, HM “Hydraulic Fracturing in the Karoo: Critical Legal and Environmental Perspectives” (2018) 36(1) Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law 131-136. 

c)MLiAEVENTS 

  1. Lötter, A in conversation with Mostert, H  (SARChi: Mineral Law in Africa), Sayidini, B(Vice President: New Ventures UpstreamPetroSA), Kengni, B, Cramer, RH , R Pein, Chege, K, Mathiba, GL(SARChi: Mineral Law in Africa), Van den Berg, HM(University of Namibia), F Mandhu (Universit of Zambia), C Adomako-Kwakye, C, Kirunda, R, Mulenga, M, Lukusa, P, Ngwaku, R, Massyn, H (SARChi: Mineral Law in Africa) & Anstey, D (ENS Africa) “The Impact of Covid-19 on the Mining Sector” (17 November 2021) hosted by the Minerals to Metals forum, Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2ncgcjM3-M (17 January 2022). 

d)CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

  1. Van den Berg, HM “Resilience in Africa and the Extractives Industry” Presentation held at the Mineral Law in Africa Colloquium VII, University of Cape Town, Cape Town (31 October - 3 November 2022).
  2. 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). Virtual. 

e)MTM – FORUMS

  1. Lötter, A in conversation witH Mostert, H  (SARChi: Mineral Law in Africa), Sayidini, B(Vice President: New Ventures UpstreamPetroSA), Kengni, B, Cramer, RH , R Pein, Chege, K, Mathiba, GL (SARChi: Mineral Law in Africa), Van den Berg, HM (University of Namibia), F Mandhu (Universit of Zambia), C Adomako-Kwakye, Kirunda, R, M Mulenga, P Lukusa, R Ngwaku, H Massyn (SARChi: Mineral Law in Africa) & D Anstey (ENS Africa) “The Impact of Covid-19 on the Mining Sector” (17 November 2021) hosted by the Minerals to Metals forum (Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2ncgcjM3-M (17 January 2022).