The Employment Equity Amendment Bill (B14 -2020) has been sent to the National Council of Provinces for concurrence after it was passed by Parliament in November of last year. The Bill proposes several changes to the Employment Equity Act of 1998, most notably, it...
The 2022 Budget Review provides an update on Government’s infrastructure investment drive, increasing infrastructure spending to an estimated R812.5 billion over the next three years. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana‘s budget echoed the same sentiments and...
On 16 February 2022, a Constitutional Court decision effectively halted public procurement for the foreseeable future – further hampering infrastructure-driven economic recovery plans (as outlined in the SONA and the Budget). The 2017 preferential...
On 18 March 2022, the Western Cape High Court granted an interdict against a R4.5 billion Amazon development pending a review of the environmental land use authorisations. Construction of the development which commenced in July 2021 on a historically and culturally...
Legal services are often regarded as a grudge purchase; however, it ensures that consulting engineers and mining houses save money in the long term. “When consulting engineers are preparing bids for projects on behalf of mining companies, it becomes difficult to...
Following an extensive public consultation process and a significant amount of technical work undertaken by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), President Cyril Ramaphosa made the announcement that Schedule 2 of the Electricity Regulation Act will be...
