Archive
Legal essays collects longer essays and legal case analysis. Topics include mining and environmental law in South Africa, and other legal areas that intersect with these topics.
Miscellaneous thoughts collects shorter notes and links on a variety of topics, from comic books to criminal justice reform.
Internet links collects random websites that I've found interesting.
Tabletop games lists my current tabletop game collection.
Legal essays
2022
2020
- You can't evict people who have the right to occupy under esta
- When it's just and equitable to lose your home in terms of esta
- Challenging the conversion of order mining rights: Oudekraal principle revisited
2019
- Privately prosecuting companies that don't comply with environmental standards
- Fracking regulations struck down
- The court can step into the minister's shoes: Aquila decision in the constitutional court
2018
- Protecting ancestral land from the pursuit of profit: Xolobeni community stops grant of mining right
- No mining without consultation: Constitutional court prevents mining on community land
- The intersection of customary law and environmental protection
- Constitutional endorsement of direct democracy in customary law
- Removing the court's power to decide for the minister of mineral resources: Aquila decision in the supreme court of appeal
- Strict compliance isn't strictly required: Aquila decision in the supreme court of appeal
2017
- The future of bitcoin regulation in africa
- Reduced profit is not expropriation
- Legally, you must think about global warming
- Time to reappraise our concept of property
- The makhonjwa mountains: A legally protected area
- Prospecting right applications: The queuing conundrum
- Suspending overbroad safety instructions that halt mining operations
2016
- Protection of buildings as heritage resources
- When the court can't condone regulatory non-compliance
- The effect of local zoning laws when applying for a mining right
- 2015 Environmental rehabilitation financial guarantee regulations
- Right to sue, or be sued, after death: Mining class action certified
- Judicial opinion on the national forests act
- Primer: Financial provisions for environmental rehabilitation
- Primer: Mineral and petroleum resources royalty act
- Primer: National water act
- Primer: National environmental management waste act
- Primer: National environmental management biodiversity act
- Primer: National environmental management protected areas act
- Primer: National environmental management act
- Primer: Mineral and petroleum resources development act
- Perils of shareholders agreements in south africa
2015
- Reviews and appeals in terms of the mineral and petroleum resources development act
- Mining and prospecting rights expire sooner than anticipated
2014-2012
- Procedure to apply for a prospecting right
- Overview of the south african protection of information bill
- Human rights law and modern digital surveillance
- Private companies, share transactions and regulated affected transactions
- Jurisdiction of uk courts under the brussels i regulation
- Companies act 2008 and pre-existing shareholders agreements
Miscellaneous thoughts
2021
2020
- Stoicism
- Bike check: My new bmx
- Zinsser's memoir recommendations
- Global growth and south african mining
2019
- My daily reading list
- Meidner plan
- Grounded
- Our dog cooper
- Should rivers have legal rights?
- Freedom of association and assembly
2018
- Winners take all
- Destroy neoliberalism
- Changing my mind on webmentions
- South Africa and the far right
- You are the problem
- Development of a diamond act in zimbabwe
- You're privileged. Do something about it
- Increased incarceration has zero impact on crime
- Thimbleweed park
- IndieWeb and webmentions
- Steal something from work day
- My daily reading list
- Remembering stephen hawking
- 2018 Budget: Regulation of crypto currency
2017
2016
- Comic pull list: December 2016
- Martin luther king jr on direct action
- Categories of contract language
- Comic pull list: May 2016
2014
- Mounting a samba share in debian gnu/linux
- Installing and configuring redshift in debian gnu/linux
- Debian gnu/linux: Repositories, distributions and mirrors
2013
- Installing foss ati radeon drivers on debian gnu/linux
- Installing debian gnu/linux with custom sized partitions
- How does bitcoin work?
- Simple steps to increase online privacy
- Farewell to facebook
- Free software and its security advantages
Internet links
My resources and links are collected here.
Tabletop games
My collection of tabletop games is listed here.