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On 20 June 2025, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa ("NERSA") published the reasons for its decision to approve the National Transmission Company of South Africa's ("NTCSA's") application for congestion...

Cygnisol (Pty) Ltd ("Cygnisol") recently brought an application in terms of the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000 (‘PAJA") to review and set aside a series of decisions...

Firstly, I had the opportunity to contribute to a Public-Private Partnership transaction involving the development of an accommodation building for the government in South Africa.

For international oil companies ("IOCs") to develop oil and gas fields sizable funding is required, however, there has been a noticeable trend by some financial institutions...

As KISCH IP's value-add to the community, we are assisting all our clients in South Africa who qualify as ‘essential services' with obtaining certificates from the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission.

The South African legislature was caught off-guard in relation to the exploitation of South Africa’s unconventional hydrocarbon resources.

Estimates suggest that the Namibian Government could receive close to USD106-billion (NAD2-trillion at the time of writing) from its petroleum royalties alone...

For decades, Southern Africa’s electricity transmission landscape was defined by state control. Transmission lines, substations, system operations remained firmly in the hands of vertically integrated national utilities whose investment capacity could no longer keep up with demand, rising urbanisation, and the surge of independent power generation.

The recent SCA case of Transnet v Total is important not only for those in the petroleum industry, but also, more generally, when it comes to aspects of competition and discrimination.

The JSE Ventures Carbon Market, powered by Xpansiv was launched this morning by the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), in collaboration with Xpansiv.

In the face of intensifying climate change challenges, an urgent pivot towards sustainable energy is paramount. Hydrogen fuel stands out as a potential game-changer in this scenario.

The Public Private Partnership Act No. 19 of 2010 (the Act) is the principal act made for the purpose of providing an institutional framework for the implementation of public private partnership (PPP)

South Africa is making significant strides towards a greener energy landscape. President Cyril Ramaphosa's launch of the Just Energy Transition Investment Plan (JET IP) marks

On 1 January 2025, the Electricity Regulation Amendment Act 38 of 2024 (ERAA) came into effect, following extensive stakeholder engagement and multiple draft iterations. The ERAA aims to usher the South African electricity sector into an era of change, continuing the shift from Eskom's historically vertically integrated monopoly to the establishment of the Transmission System Operator SOC Limited (TSO) and the introduction of an open-market platform that enables the competitive trading...

On 25 July 2019, the City of Johannesburg's electricity service provider, City Power, suffered a ransomware attack which encrypted its databases, applications and network.

The following article by Martin Kavanagh, a partner based in our London office and the co-Head of the firm's Africa Practice Group, was first published by Business Day ahead of AOW 2023...

A strategic approach within the African oil and gas industry that considers Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) as a tool to enhance operational effectiveness at a community level can provide value to investors, natural resource companies and communities in project areas.

The revised Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill 15D – 2013 (the Bill) was passed by the National Assembly on 1 November 2016.