On 15 June 2017, the Minister of Mineral Resources published the Broad-Based Socio Economic Empowerment Charter for the South African Mining Industry in the Government Gazette under the auspices of section 100(2)(a) of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 ("MPRDA").

Law Firm Webber Wentzel has prepared a synoptic legal analysis of the implications of the third iteration of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Charter for the South African Mining and Minerals Industry published in Government Gazette No 40923 on 15 June 2017.

Prepared by Webber Wentzel