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Published Works
February 2019
In November 2018 the community of uMgungundlovu, which has called the Xolobeni area of the Eastern Cape in South Africa home since the early 1800s, secured a critical legal victory to stop...
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November 2018
It shouldn’t be possible for the state to criminally prosecute a person for exercising their legal rights. This was, however, exactly what happened to Mr Gongqose and other members of ...
Hogan Lovells Publications
23 November 2018
In South Africa, land ownership is separate from the right to mine minerals found in the land. The mining right holder is, however, given the right to enter land that it doesn't own to...
Hogan Lovells Publications
30 July 2018
Public officials' decisions aren't always flawless when applying the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, No 28 of 2002 (MPRDA), and there are often situations where the...
Hogan Lovells Publications
30 July 2018
In the Royal Bafokeng Nation "a king is a king by virtue of the people" (Kgosi ke Kgosi ka Morafe). This was endorsed by the South African High Court in a decision extending the principle...
Published Works
14 June 2018
In the Royal Bafokeng Nation "a king is a king by virtue of the people" (kgosi ke kgosi ka morafe). This was endorsed by the South African High Court in a decision extending the principle...
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13 March 2018
The launch of the first Bitcoin future for trade in the United States of America during December 2017 has brought significant public attention to both the Bitcoin crypto currency, and the...
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13 March 2018
In South Africa, only one person can hold a valid prospecting or mining right for a particular mineral on land in terms of the governing Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, No...
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15 November 2017
"It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission" is the often quoted adage coined by Grace Hopper. But, it is also important to keep another adage in mind – there is...
