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The January 2026 High Court judgment in Dialstat Trading 115 (Pty) Ltd v Save the Maize Belt Society carries important lessons for community-based organisations that wish to litigate as voluntary associations. It highlights the risk that a group which is incorporated on paper but hollow in practice may be treated as a mere litigation vehicle…

The Request for Qualifications and Proposals (RFP) issued by the Department of Energy (DoE) in terms of the Coal Baseload IPP Procurement Programme does not make provision for shareholding by local communities in the project company.

Under the Renewable Energy IPP Procurement Programme (REIPPP), local communities were defined as residential areas or villages in South…