South Africa's electricity supply industry is still heavily reliant on coal-fired electricity production.

The New Act sees the partial codification of the common law duties of directors and has resulted in the tightening up of directors' duties and liabilities.

It would appear that government and trade unions' perception of the Mining Charter as good tool for transformation is one not being embraced by the mining industry.

In a long-running argument between the Governing Body of the Rivonia Primary School and the Gauteng Provincial Education Department, the Constitutional Court started out, in its majority judgement, by referring to s29 which it states "guarantees everyone the right to a basic education" and observing that this constitutional guarantee is "inaccessible for large number of South Africans".

Once a business rescue plan has been approved and adopted and the business rescue practitioner has been appointed, the question arises as to how long a company should be allowed to remain under business rescue.

Most sales of property require the purchaser to obtain finance by way of a loan.

The legal framework governing foreign investments in South Africa

A discussion on two recent judgments dealing with the issue of whether an offeree is really bound by a "binding offer" in terms of section 153(1)(B)(Ii).

FEW activities are more environmentally destructive than mining. But South Africa's economy was built on mining.

IN SA the sea and the seashore were previously regulated by the Sea-Shore Act of 1935. In order to align the regulation of this sensitive environmental zone in line with the constitution and environmental specific legislation such as the National Environmental Management Act of 1998, the National Environmental Management Integrated Coastal Management Bill (“the Coastal Management Act”) has been enacted.