BBP Law is pleased to announce that it has been appointed as exclusive legal services provider to Govchat.

Govchat is the world’s first government-led social media platform that encourages active engagement between government, particularly local government, and citizens in real time. In April of this year, Govchat was established as the official social media platform for the South African government.  

Amongst its many other functions, for the first...

With the release of the Preliminary Information Memorandum (PIM) by the Department of Energy on 3 October 2016, the foundation for South Africa’s gas to power infrastructure development has been laid. 

South Africa, though Eskom, intends procuring 3726 MW of gas fired power of which 3000 MW will be allocated to the LNG to Power IPP procurement programme.  The memorandum advises that these projects should...