Thursday, April 1, 2021
Published under PN 20 of 1 April 2021
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy has extended various timeframes prescribed in the Mineral and Petroleum Resource Development Act and regulations, in context of the COVID 19 lockdown period.
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
The Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, has by Notice in the Gazette under regulation 10(8) of the Regulations, in terms of section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act, 57 of 2002, issued directions to address, prevent and combat the spread of COVID-19
Thursday, February 27, 2020
Legal updates and commentary from our Environmental and Mining Law team for February 2020.
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
The Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, has by Notice in the Gazette extended the comment period on the protocols for the assessment of environmental impacts and minimum report content requirements for environmental themes and activities requiring environmental authorisation
Saturday, February 1, 2020
Assessments on social impact, a project's "need and desirability", as well as the subsequent evaluation of these assessments by a competent regulatory authority within the bounds of administrative law, remain the fulcrum of any mining rights application.
Monday, January 27, 2020
The Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, has in terms of the National Environmental Act declared her intention to amend the Section 24H Registration Authority Regulations, 2016, published under sections 24(5)(e), 24H and 44 of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998), as set out in the Schedule hereto.
