Ebun Taigbenu
Ebun Taigbenu is an Associate in our Real Estate Law practice.
About Ebun
About Ebun
Ebun joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Candidate Attorney in 2019. She was retained as an Associate in 2021 in the Corporate & Commercial practice, specifically focused on mining law, environmental and regulatory law.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- BA (with majors in Political Science, History and International Relations), University of Witwatersrand
- LLB, University of Witwatersrand
Languages
Languages
- English
About Ebun
Ebun joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Candidate Attorney in 2019. She was retained as an Associate in 2021 in the Corporate & Commercial practice, specifically focused on mining law, environmental and regulatory law.
Credentials
Education
- BA (with majors in Political Science, History and International Relations), University of Witwatersrand
- LLB, University of Witwatersrand
Languages
- English
Experience
Candidate Attorney Rotations
As a Candidate Attorney she rotated to four different practice areas in the firm – Dispute Resolution, Trusts & Estates, Real Estate and Corporate & Commercial.
She gained experience in preparing briefs for counsel, attending to urgent High Court applications and the execution of court orders, the administration of trusts and deceased estates, the registration of long-term product servitudes and lease agreements for Total South Africa and Total Botswana, and conducting due diligence investigations focused on immovable property.
Administrative appeals application
Worked on administrative appeals applications and objections in terms of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 28 of 2002 ("MPRDA") and the National Environmental Management Act, 107 of 1998 ("NEMA") for clients such as Sishen Iron Ore Company (Pty) Ltd and Bokoni Platinum Mine (Pty) Ltd.
Preparing applications
Assisted in preparing applications for access to information from the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy ("DMRE") in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2 of 2000 ("PAIA").
MPRDA
Assisted in the preparation of section 11, section 102 and section 52 applications in terms of the MPRDA, along with board resolutions pertaining to the aforesaid applications.
Company secretarial documents
Drafted company secretarial documents and worked with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission ("CIPC") in effecting various company changes.
De Beers Consolidated Mines (Pty) Ltd and Umcebo Mining
Assisted in the registration of prospecting and mining rights held by companies such as De Beers Consolidated Mines (Pty) Ltd and Umcebo Mining.
Land audits
Assisted in conducting land audits for mining companies.
Drafting of legal opinions for clients
Assisted in the drafting of legal opinions for clients on environmental issues such as the environmental duty of care, emergency situations under section 30A of NEMA wherein environmental authorisations are not required, and water use licences.
News
The draft National Infrastructure Plan 2050: A focus on the water sector
On 10 August 2021, the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) published the draft National Infrastructure Plan (NIP) 2050 for public comment. A month later, the deadline...
Is the obligation to obtain landowner consent for environmental authorisation for mining activities a death knell for mining in South Africa?
On 11 June 2021, amendments to the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998 (NEMA) 2014 Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations (EIA Regulations) came into effect. One...
Implementation of the final EPR Regulations for the electrical, lighting, and paper and packaging sectors is postponed to 5 May 2021
The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) published draft regulations on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) on 26 June 2020 to give effect to Sections 18 and...
Draft notice declaring printing industry activities as controlled emitters published for comment
On 7 August 2020, the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (Minister) published for comment a notice whereby she announced her intention to declare certain printing...
Property rights during lockdown
On 23 April 2020, the President announced that on 1 May the National State of Disaster will be lowered from national Coronavirus alert Level 5 to alert Level 4. The downgrade will...
