Directory of Scholars

TUMAI MUROMBO

LLB(HONS) UZ; LLM (UCT), LLM (PACE); PHD CANDIDATE (WITS)
Associate Professor of Law, Chairperson Board of Trustees, Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA)

email Tumai.Murombo@wits.ac.za

Primary Research Interests

  • Constitutional law and the environment
  • Energy law
  • Environmental ethics & justice
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Human rights & the environment
  • Natural resources management (forestry, mining, etc)

Secondary Research Interests

  • Climate change law
  • Corporate environmental responsibility
  • Criminal law & the environment
  • Enforcement & compliance issues
  • International environmental law
  • Water law

Selected Publications

  • Murombo T 'Regulating Mining in South Africa and Zimbabwe: Communities, the Environment and Perpetual Exploitation', (2013) 9/1 Law, Environment and Development Journal 31, available at http://www.lead-journal.org/content/13031.pdf
  • Murombo T 'The utility of environmental rights to sustainable development in Zimbabwe: A contribution to the constitutional reforms debate' (2011)11 African Human Rights Law Journal 120-146, available at: http://www.chr.up.ac.za/images/files/publications/ahrlj/ahrlj_vol11_no1_2011.pdf
  • Murombo T & Valentine H 'SLAPP suits: An emerging obstacle to public interest environmental litigation in South Africa' (2011)27 SAJHR 82-106, available at: http://www.wits.ac.za/files/sqos4_898439001313403238.pdf
  • Murombo T 'Law and the indigenisation of mineral resources in Zimbabwe: Any equity for local communities?' (2010) 25/2 SA Public Law 568-589.
  • Murombo T 'Strengthening locus standi in public interest environmental litigation: Has leadership moved from the United States to South Africa?' 6/2 Law, Environment and Development Journal (2010), 163 - 178, available at: http://www.lead-journal.org/content/10163
  • Murombo T 'Beyond Public Participation: The disjuncture between South Africa's new EIA law and sustainable development.' 2008 (3) Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal (PER) 1/32 - 31/32, available at: http://www.saflii.org/za/journals/PER/2008/18.html