Mineral resource exploitation and landownership rights: Understanding the ‘doctrine of custodianship’ in minerals and mining legislation in South Africa

Autor: Issah, Moshood, Sulaiman, Lanre Abdul-Rasheed, Raji, Abdullateef, Aliu, Fatima, Yusuff, Ridwan Olabisi, Abdulbaqi, Salihu Zakariyyah, Akor, Sunday Joseph, Malik, Nurudeen Adesola
Zdroj: The Extractive Industries and Society; 20250101, Issue: Preprints
Abstrakt: •This study contextualized the doctrine of ‘custodianship’ as embedded in the Mineral and Petroleum Development Act of 2004 (MPRDA) within the conceptual framework of eminent domain.•The paper uses discourse analysis to analyze historical and legal documents and academic literature•The study found that the doctrine of ‘custodianship’ as used in MPRDA connotes eminent domain.
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