Regulatory & licensing

    Licences and approvals, without the wait.

    Mining, energy, fuel and water projects all stall at the same place — the regulator. We prepare the application properly, run the public process, and keep pushing until a decision comes out. One fixed fee, agreed before we start.

    Thirteen regulated areas

    Pick the approval you need.

    Each licence has its own regulator, its own timelines and its own fixed fee. Open the one that applies to you for the full detail, the realistic timeline and the price.

    Environmental

    NEMA, the Waste Act and the Air Quality Act. Screening, assessment, licensing and rectification.

    From R35,000

    Environmental Authorisation & EIA

    Listed activity screening, basic assessments, scoping and full EIA under NEMA, atmospheric emission licences, amendments and section 43 appeals.

    • Basic assessment & full EIA
    • Air quality (AEL) licences
    • Amendments & appeals
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    From R25,000

    Section 24G Rectification

    Started a listed activity without authorisation? We lodge the rectification, argue the administrative fine down and answer directives and compliance notices.

    • Same-day exposure triage
    • Representations on the fine
    • Enforcement defence
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    From R45,000

    Waste Management Licences

    Category A and B waste licences under NEMWA for storage, recycling, treatment, thermal processing and landfill, plus norm-and-standard registrations, variations and transfers.

    • Category A & B licences
    • Norm & standard registration
    • Variations & transfers
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    From R15,000

    Water Use Licences

    Water use licence applications, general authorisations, existing lawful use registration, amendments and appeals.

    • Full licence applications
    • General authorisations
    • Appeals & directives
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    Energy & resources

    NERSA, the MPRDA and the upstream petroleum regime. Registration, licensing and tenure.

    From R25,000

    NERSA Registration & Solar Wheeling

    Generation registration and licences, grid-connection and use-of-system agreements, wheeling structures and power purchase agreements.

    • NERSA registration & licences
    • Grid connection agreements
    • Wheeling & PPAs
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    From R32,000

    Petroleum & Fuel Licences

    Retail, site, wholesale and manufacturing fuel licences, transfers, renewals and enforcement defence.

    • Retail & site licences
    • Wholesale licences
    • Transfers & renewals
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    Scoped per phase

    Upstream Oil & Gas Rights

    Exploration and production rights, consultation records built to survive review, environmental authorisation and appeals under the upstream petroleum regime.

    • Exploration & production rights
    • Defensible consultation records
    • Reviews & appeals
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    Mining

    MPRDA tenure from first application through to transfer. Open ground, work programmes, SLPs and consent.

    From R90,000

    Mineral Rights & Transfers

    Prospecting rights, mining permits, mining rights, retention permits, Section 11 transfers, notarial cession and registration under the MPRDA.

    • Applications & renewals
    • Transfers & cessions
    • Registration at MPTRO
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    From R90,000

    Prospecting Rights

    Open-ground and cadastral checks, prospecting right applications, work programmes, landowner and community consultation, renewals and section 96 appeals.

    • Open-ground checks
    • Prospecting applications
    • Renewals & appeals
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    From R225,000

    Mining Rights & Permits

    Mining right and mining permit applications with the work programme, social and labour plan, environmental authorisation and financial provision run as one file.

    • Mining rights & permits
    • Social & labour plans
    • Section 102 amendments
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    From R110,000

    Section 11 Transfers

    Ministerial consent for the transfer or cession of prospecting and mining rights and for changes of control, with the compliance clean-up that consent depends on.

    • Transferability opinions
    • Change-of-control consent
    • Deeds & registration
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    Trade & customs

    ITAC permits, tariffs and customs release advisory.

    From R18,500

    ITAC Permits & Cross-Border Trade

    ITAC permits for controlled goods, rebates and duty drawbacks, tariff and anti-dumping applications, and SADC origin work before the shipment moves.

    • ITAC permits & rebates
    • Tariffs & trade remedies
    • SADC origin & pre-clearance
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    Assessment R9,500

    Customs Detained Goods

    Urgent release advisory for consignments stopped at customs: documentary stops, tariff and valuation disputes, permits, origin, NRCS LOA blocks, penalties and disclosure.

    • 24-hour release assessment
    • Fixed-fee release mandates
    • Ports, terminals & borders
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    Not sure which licence applies to you?

    Send us the project in a sentence. We'll tell you which approvals you need and what each one costs. No charge for that answer.

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