Why can’t SA take leaf out of Zambia’s reform book?
ZAMBIA is on the up. You can see it when you drive from the Kenneth Kaunda Airport, a stark and overpriced reminder of the...
Mineworker lot can be improved in 2015
TEBA's Graham Herbert sets out some of the initiatives that will improve the lot mineworkers, and why we can be optimistic about the labour market in 2015.
COVID-19 pandemic may give fresh impetus to just transition in SA’s...
On South Africa’s energy landscape, a vision is taking shape – to not just a move away from burning coal for power, but to do...
South Africa’s energy storage opportunity lies in the value chain
IN a year when African economies are battling to stay on course due to a global pandemic, it has become urgent for South Africa...
Zwane licence freeze is not in the national interest, and unlawful
ON 19 July 2017, the South African Minister of Mineral Resources published a notice in the Government Gazette inviting interested parties to make submissions...
Why SA’s mining law grants special privileges to China
I READ with interest, a comment by the Chinese delegation to BRICS, that South African Government procurement processes and BEE, are seen as an...
Asset valuation disputes rarely best settled through legal means
LEGAL disputes over the value of mineral projects and mining companies are difficult to win conclusively, suggesting that a new approach in contracts is...
Test for AMCU’s ‘A Team’ as platinum dispute moves ominously towards...
THE requirement for unions to run a secret ballot requiring majority support before declaring a strike recently became law in South Africa.
The secret ballot...
African governments need to act together on energy transition or risk...
AS the global market continues to pivot toward a low-carbon economy, African governments can no longer afford to ignore the energy transition. The shifting...
ANC will be a battleground over policy and prosecutions in 2021
A TOUGH political and economic year lies ahead. Perhaps in the forefront of the questions is how the balance of power between the state...