Tumai Murombo

University of the Witwatersrand - School of Law

Professor of Law

University of the Witwatersrand

Private Bag X3, WITS

Johannesburg, 2050

South Africa

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1.

Regulating Mining in South Africa and Zimbabwe: Communities, the Environment and Perpetual Exploitation

9/1 Law, Environment and Development Journal (2013), p. 31
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 15 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2016
Tumai Murombo
University of the Witwatersrand - School of Law
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Chiadzwa, communities, diamonds, environmental law, extractives, mining, South Africa, Zimbabwe

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Beyond Public Participation: The Disjuncture between South Africa's Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Law and Sustainable Development

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, Vol. 11, No. 3, 2008
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 24 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2013
Tumai Murombo
University of the Witwatersrand - School of Law
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environmental law, South Africa, environmental impact assessment, public participation, EIA

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Law and the Indigenisation of Mineral Resources in Zimbabwe: Any Equity for Local Communities?

Southern African Public Law (SA Public Law), Vol. 25, No. 2, 2010
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 06 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2011
Tumai Murombo
University of the Witwatersrand - School of Law
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Slapp Suits: An Emerging Obstacle to Public Interest Environmental Litigation in South Africa

South African Journal on Human Rights, Vol. 27, p. 82, 2011
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 06 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2011
Tumai Murombo
University of the Witwatersrand - School of Law
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SLAPP suits, public interest litigation, South Africa, environmental law, constitutional law, public participation

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'Securing Environmental, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (EESCRS) in Southern Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Feb 2010
Tumai Murombo
University of the Witwatersrand - School of Law
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Environmental rights, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, social and economoc rights, justiciability, natural resources governance

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Balancing Interests Through Framework Environmental Legislation in Zimbabwe

In Michael Faure and Willemien du Plessis (eds) The Balancing of Environmental Interests in Africa, p. 557, 2012
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 10 Jul 2012
Tumai Murombo
University of the Witwatersrand - School of Law
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Zimbabwe, environmental law, land reform, natural resources management, ZELA, sustainable development

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Climate Change in Zimbabwe: Towards a Low Carbon Energy Industry

Forthcoming in Climate Change Law in Zimbabwe: Concepts and Insights (Konrad Adenauer Foundation)
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 18 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 15 Jan 2020
Tumai Murombo
University of the Witwatersrand - School of Law
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Climate change, Energy sustainability, Low carbon economy, Renewable energy, Sustainable development, Zimbabwe

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The Effectiveness of Plea and Sentence Agreements in Environmental Enforcement in South Africa

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, Vol. 22, 2019
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 06 Nov 2019
Tumai Murombo and Isaac Munyuki
University of the Witwatersrand - School of Law and University of the Witwatersrand
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Environmental law; compliance and enforcement; plea and sentence agreements; criminal sanctions; South Africa

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Legal and Policy Barriers to Renewable and Sustainable Energy Sources in South Africa

Journal of World Energy Law and Business, 2016, 0, 1–24. doi: 10.1093/jwelb/jww001
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 26 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 24 Aug 2017
Tumai Murombo
University of the Witwatersrand - School of Law
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Barriers to renewable energy, South Africa, energy law and policy, sustainable energy

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Regulatory Imperatives for Renewable Energy: South African Perspectives

(2021) Journal of African Law
Posted: 23 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2021
Tumai Murombo
University of the Witwatersrand - School of Law

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Energy law and regulation, Just transition, Low-carbon economy, Renewable energy procurement, South Africa

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The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Zimbabwe: An Appraisal of Prospects and Challenges.

Forthcoming, (2021) Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law (https://doi.org/10.1080/02646811.2021.1894006)
Posted: 23 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2021
Tumai Murombo
University of the Witwatersrand - School of Law

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Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), extractives industry, mining regulation, transparency and accountability, Zimbabwe

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Regulating Energy in South Africa: Enabling Sustainable Energy by Integrating Energy and Environmental Regulation

Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law, 2015
Posted: 14 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2017
Tumai Murombo
University of the Witwatersrand - School of Law

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energy and environment; regulatory fragmentation; sustainable energy; renewable energy; climate change; South Africa

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The Effectiveness of Initiatives to Promote Good Governance, Accountability and Transparency in the Extractives Sector in Zimbabwe

(2016) 60 Journal of African Law (copyrighted to, and to be published by Cambridge University Press.)
Posted: 25 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2018
Tumai Murombo
University of the Witwatersrand - School of Law

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Accountability, EITI, environmental law, extractives, mining law, transparency, Zimbabwe

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Chapter 16: Green Economy, Sustainable Development and the Constitution

Murombo T ‘Green economy, sustainable development and the Constitution’ in Corder H, Federico V and Orru R (editors) The Quest for Constitutionalism: South Africa since 1994 (Ashgate: 2014) p227-240 (ISBN 9781472416315) forthcoming Nov 2014.
Posted: 12 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2015
Tumai Murombo
University of the Witwatersrand - School of Law

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Green economy, low-carbon economy, sustainable development, environmental rights, environmental law, South Africa

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The Utility of Environmental Rights to Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe: A Contribution to the Constitutional Reform Debate

African Human Rights Law Journal, Vol. 11, Issue 1, pp. 120-146, 2011
Posted: 06 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2016
Tumai Murombo
University of the Witwatersrand - School of Law

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Zimbabwe, human rights, environmental rights, sustainable development, environmental law, natural resources

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Strengthening Locus Standi in Public Interest Environmental Litigation: Has Leadership Moved from the United States to South Africa?

Law, Environment and Development Journal, Vol. 6, No. 2, p. 163, 2010
Posted: 10 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2011
Tumai Murombo
University of the Witwatersrand - School of Law

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constitutional standing, environmental law, locus standi, public interest environmental litigation, USA, South Africa

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From Crude Environmentalism to Sustainable Development: Fuel Retailers

South Africa Law Journal, Vol. 3, p. 481, 2008
Posted: 18 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2010
Tumai Murombo
University of the Witwatersrand - School of Law

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Environmental law, sustainable development, South Africa, Fuel Retailers

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The Role of International Environmental Diplomacy in the Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Ending Deep Sea Trawling

Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa, Vol. 40, pp. 172-192, 2007
Posted: 08 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2010
Tumai Murombo
University of the Witwatersrand - School of Law

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international environmental law and diplomacy, deep sea trawling, regulation