President Ramaphosa’s message to the infrastructure sector in 2018 was hopeful: infrastructure investment was critical for economic growth, job creation, service delivery and small business empowerment. We saw a commitment to investing in new roads, power stations,...
Mining is one of the major contributors to South Africa’s economy. In recent months, South African courts have seen a series of judgments which pronounce and set legal precedent on the question of conflict of use between mining rights and rights to land. On the one...
Francophone Africa refers to the 24 countries in Africa which have French as either one of the official or main languages. Though the region shares aspects of a common culture due to a shared language and shared aspects of history: French colonization, the region is...
“Giving evidence via video link conference or other social media mechanisms is a novelty in South African civil proceedings. Technology, with the necessary safeguards enhances the right to access to justice enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of South...
Private prosecutions for environmental crimes has always been a thorny issue in South African environmental law. In the recent case of Uzani Environmental Advocacy CC v BP Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd, the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria found BP Southern...
