Introduction
In the lead up to the 2026 Mining Indaba, we reflect on Africa’s mining sector – shaping the future of critical minerals, energy transition and sustainable development.
Law and policy are central to these conversations, influencing how resources are secured, partnerships are structured and communities are engaged. From regulatory certainty and ESG compliance to infrastructure, tax, and cross-border investment, legal frameworks underpin the resilience and competitiveness of mining across the continent.
These developments extend beyond extraction, they speak to global supply chains, climate commitments and inclusive growth. In this context, we have curated a compilation of articles and perspectives to provide insights on the ever evolving mining landscape. In this compilation, our practitioners share perspectives and resources on the themes shaping mining today. Explore our Africa Regulatory Round-Up and curated ENSights designed to help you navigate complexity, seize opportunity and build resilience in a rapidly evolving mining landscape.
Michael Katz
Chairman
mkatz@ENSafrica.com
+27 83 680 2060
Professor Michael Katz is Chairman at ENS, specialising in corporate and commercial law, including advising on M&A, competition law, tax law, privatisation and deregulation, project finance and non-recourse financing, public-private partnerships, and banking and financial markets.
Mzi Mgudlwa
Chief Executive
mmgudlwa@ENSafrica.com
+27 82 559 9910
Mzi Mgudlwa is the Chief Executive at ENS.
Mzi’s experience includes matters relating to labour, commercial law, mergers and acquisitions.
Lee Mendelsohn
Chief Operating Officer
lmendelsohn@ENSafrica.com
+27 82 904 5897
Lee Mendelsohn is ENS Chief Operating Officer. Prior to assuming her current role, Lee successfully headed the firm’s competition practice since its establishment in 1998.
Otsile Matlou
Chief Operating Officer
omatlou@ENSafrica.com
+27 82 712 7800
Otsile Matlou is ENS' Chief Operating Officer. As COO, he ensures the seamless delivery of effective solutions for clients across the continent.
Ntsiki Adonisi
Head | Natural Resources and Environment
nadonisi@ENSafrica.com
+27 82 382 7232
Ntsiki Adonisi is an Executive and Head of ENS’ Natural Resources and Environment practice. She specialises in all aspects of mining law and has a holistic perspective on mining matters due to her former position as general counsel for a leading mining group, where she was responsible for the group’s entire legal function and related corporate affairs functions.
Pieter Colyn
Head | Mine and Occupational Health and Safety
pcolyn@ENSafrica.com
+27 83 327 2474
Pieter Colyn is an Executive and head of ENS in the mine and occupational health and safety practice.
He has extensive experience in general corporate and commercial litigation, employment law, environmental law and administrative law, with a specific focus on mine and occupational health and safety law.
Doron Joffe
Executive | Joint Head | Corporate Commercial
djoffe@ENSafrica.com
+27 82 770 8913
Doron Joffe is an Executive at ENS and Joint Head of the Corporate Commercial practice, which is the largest practice of its kind in Africa. He specialises in M&A, corporate reorganisations, restructuring, takeovers, corporate finance, stock exchange transactions, as well as securities law.
Sanjay Kassen
Executive | Joint Head | Corporate Commercial
skassen@ENSafrica.com
+27 82 561 1509
Sanjay Kassen is an Executive at ENS and Joint Head of the Corporate Commercial practice, specialising in M&A, equity capital markets (“ECM”) and broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE).
Andries Myburgh
Executive | Tax
amyburgh@ENSafrica.com
+27 83 289 3907
Andries Myburgh is an Executive at ENS in the Tax practice, and specialises in corporate and international corporate tax consulting, mergers and acquisitions advisory and tax dispute resolution assistance.
Balindile Shezi
Executive | Employment
bshezi@ENSafrica.com
+27 82 708 0134
Balindile Shezi is an Executive at ENS in the Employment law practice. She specialises in South African employment law related matters and has experience in drafting opinions relating to issues arising from the Labour Relations Act, the Basic Conditions of Employment Act and the Employment Equity Act.
Celia Becker
Executive | Africa Regulatory and Business Intelligence
cbecker@ENSafrica.com
+27 82 886 8744
Celia Becker is an Executive at ENS, and an expert in Africa regulatory and business intelligence. She specialises in advising large multi-nationals expanding into Africa on the tax efficient structuring of investments, country risk profiles and tax and regulatory compliance requirements of countries throughout Africa...
Dion Masher
Head | Employment
dmasher@ENSafrica.com
+27 82 770 8913
Dion Masher is an Executive and Head of the Employment practice at ENS. Dion has acted in the private sector for a number of industry leaders in the automotive, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, construction and engineering, distribution and logistics, mining and energy, power and infrastructure, medical devices and manufacturing industries.
Désiré Kamanzi
Executive | Mining
dkamanzi@ENSafrica.com
+250 78 830 9090
Désiré Kamanzi is Head of ENS in Rwanda. He is an advocate in business law, with a focus on commercial, contract, banking and finance, energy and infrastructure, labour and employment, mining, telecommunications and alternative dispute resolution.
Donald Nyakairu
Executive | Kampala
dnyakairu@ENSafrica.com
+27 82 770 8913
Donald Nyakairu is a Partner at ENS in Uganda.
He is a highly experienced corporate commercial lawyer. He has particular expertise in the information technology and telecommunications sector, having acted as managing director, chief legal counsel and company secretary at one of the largest telecommunications solutions providers in Uganda for 10 years.
Eric le Grange
Executive | Projects
elegrange@ENSafrica.com
+27 83 644 6909
Eric le Grange is an Executive at ENS and Head of Project Development and Project Finance practice. He has over 28 years’ experience which includes: project development and project finance including project structuring, project related regulatory and legislative advice, project procurement, as well as all project agreements in...
Gabi Mailula
Executive | Corporate Commercial
gmailula@ENSafrica.com
+27 71 103 8150
Gabi Mailula is an Executive at ENS in the Corporate Commercial practice. She specialises in general commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganisations, restructuring, as well as equity capital markets.
Gaelyn Scott
Executive | IP
gscott@ENSafrica.com
+27 83 632 1445
Gaelyn Scott is an Executive at ENS and Head of the firm’s Intellectual Property practice. Gaelyn specialises in strategic brand and portfolio management and the enforcement of intellectual property rights, both locally and internationally, with extensive experience in Africa.
Guillaume P. Blanc
Executive | Projects
gblanc@ENSafrica.com
+27 82 310 0857
Guillaume P. Blanc is an Executive at ENS in the Project Development and Project Finance practice. He specialises in project acquisition, development and finance, as well as energy, utilities, mining and petroleum law.
Hendrik Hugo
Executive | Dispute Resolution
hhugo@ENSafrica.com
+27 71 350 4730
Hendrik Hugo is an Executive at ENS in the Dispute Resolution practice.
He specialises in dispute resolution with a focus on commercial litigation through Court and arbitration procedure (including the administration thereof).
Isaac Fenyane
Executive | Corporate Commercial
ifenyane@ENSafrica.com
+27 82 787 9736
Isaac Fenyane is an Executive at ENS in the Corporate Commercial practice. He specialises in M&A, corporate finance, financial markets and securities legislation and regulation as well as private equity. He has been acting for domestic and multinational clients in diverse industries and sectors including...
Jonathon Saville
Executive | Corporate Commercial
jsaville@ENSafrica.com
+27 83 332 3644
Jonathon Saville is an Executive at ENS in the Corporate Commercial practice.
He specialises in general corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets and corporate restructures. He has acted for both listed and unlisted clients in a variety of industries, including...
Kevin Markman
Executive | Corporate Commercial
kmarkman@ENSafrica.com
+27 82 805 8919
Kevin Markman is an Executive at ENS in the Corporate Commercial practice. He specialises in local and cross-border M&A in industries such as mining, financial services, retail, FMCG, gaming and security.
Jocelyn Katz
Head | Competition
jkatz@ENSafrica.com
+27 82 413 0882
Jocelyn Katz is an Executive at ENS and Head in the Competition / Anti-Trust practice. She specialises in all aspects of competition law, including mergers and the compilation of merger notifications, objections to mergers on behalf of interested parties, advising on transaction structures and complaint proceedings involving prohibited practices and abuses of dominance.
Kristel van Rensburg
Executive | Tax
kvanrensburg@ENSafrica.com
+27 83 459 4959
Kristel van Rensburg is an Executive at ENS in the Tax practice. She specialises in corporate taxation.
She has advised clients in a number of sectors, including mining, financial services, renewable energy and private equity.
Lauren Salt
Executive | Employment
lsalt@ENSafrica.com
+27 84 509 6494
Lauren Salt is an Executive at ENS in the employment practice. She represents both local and international clients in various industries including healthcare, agriculture, engineering, financial services, fast-moving consumer goods, aviation, media, retail, manufacturing and mining.
Mansoor Parker
Executive | Tax
mparker@ENSafrica.com
+27 83 680 2074
Mansoor Parker is an Executive at ENS in the tax practice and specialises in corporate tax, energy tax, carbon tax, sports tax, and international tax.
Mohamed Sajid Darsot
Executive | Corporate Commercial
mdarsot@ENSafrica.com
+27 82 495 7707
Mohamed Sajid Darsot is an Executive at ENS in the Corporate Commercial practice and specialises in mergers and acquisitions (including cross-border), private equity and B-BBEE transactions, as well as corporate restructures.
Ntebaleng Sekabate
Executive | Tax
nsekabate@ENSafrica.com
+27 82 382 1768
Ntebaleng Sekabate is an Executive in the Tax practice at ENS.
She has advised large corporate clients across various sectors including mining, information technology, private equity funds, as well as the public sector.
Rachel Dagadu
Executive | Accra
rdagadu@ENSafrica.com
+233 26 939 6749
Rachel Dagadu is an Executive at ENS in Ghana.
She specialises in project finance, corporate finance, trade finance, banking and finance, capital markets, real estate law, infrastructure, construction, mining, oil, and gas, ESG and energy law, including renewable energy projects.
Shafeeka Hartley
Executive | Corporate Commercial
shartley@ENSafrica.com
+27 84 550 0293
Shafeeka Hartley is an Executive at ENS in the Corporate Commercial practice and her practice spans all aspects of commercial and transactional work.
Senzo Mbatha
Executive | Dispute Resolution
smbatha@ENSafrica.com
+27 82 708 0398
Senzo Mbatha is an Executive at ENS in the Dispute Resolution practice. He specialises in all commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution, as well as land claim litigation and litigation relating to insurance.
Tony Lee
Executive | Corporate Commercial
tlee@ENSafrica.com
+27 82 787 9536
Tony is an Executive at ENS in the Corporate Commercial practice.
Tony is an astute corporate lawyer specialising in public and private mergers and acquisitions (M&A) (buy/sell side), takeovers, corporate restructuring and re-organisations, corporate finance and private equity.
Tracy Cohen
Executive | Growing Business | Growing Business Services
tcohen@ENSafrica.com
+27 82 999 0202
Dr Tracy Cohen is an Executive in the TMT practice and Head of ENS’ Business Development team, where she is responsible for driving the firm’s client relationship strategy.
Tyla Foster
Executive | Mine and Occupational Health and Safety
tfoster@ENSafrica.com
+27 82 999 0202
Tyla Foster is an Executive at ENS in the Mine and Occupational Health and Safety practice.
She has represented, and appeared on behalf of, listed and unlisted companies in formal accident inquiry proceedings and formal and informal investigations conducted in terms of...
Vanessa Boesak
Executive | Windhoek
vboesak@ENSafrica.com
+264 81 145 2094
Vanessa Boesak is an Executive at ENS in Namibia.
Vanessa specialises in civil and commercial litigation, as well as insolvency matters and general debt collection. She is also a member of the firm’s ESG Practice Group, rendering advice and training to clients on ESG issues.
Witness Makhubele
Executive | Corporate Commercial
wmakhubele@ENSafrica.com
+27 82 708 0382
Witness Makhubele is an Executive at ENS in the Corporate Commercial practice and specialises in corporate and commercial law, with particular focus on take-overs, mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets (including securities dealings, initial public offerings, JSE listings, rights offers/equity capital raisings), schemes of arrangement, corporate restructuring, unbundling, shareholder arrangements, joint ventures, advising on...
Wolf Wohlers
Executive | Windhoek
wwohlers@ENSafrica.com
+264 81 122 2942
Wolf Wohlers is an Executive at ENS in Namibia. His areas of speciality include corporate commercial, banking and finance, and M&A.
Priyanka Raath
Senior Associate | Corporate Commercial
praath@ensafrica.com
+27 79 133 4180
Priyanka Raath is a Senior Associate at ENS in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice. She specialises in information technology and data protection, privacy and cybersecurity.
Zinzi Lawrence
Senior Associate | Natural Resources and Environment
zlawrence@ENSafrica.com
+27 66 476 0776
Zinzi Lawrence is a Senior Associate at ENS in the Natural Resources and Environment practice. She specialises in mining and environmental regulatory issues including upstream, midstream and downstream mining law and general environmental law.
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