July 14, 2022
South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - July 14, 2022
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July 13, 2022
South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - July 13, 2022
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July 06, 2022
South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - July 6, 2022
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June 30, 2022
South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - June 30, 2022
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June 28, 2022
South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - June 28, 2022
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June 03, 2022
Africa: Standard Bank Still Considering Financing the EACOP Pipeline #AfricaClimateCrisis
Climate activists have demanded answers from Standard Bank for its involvement and continued support for oil and gas projects on the African continent, even as the worst effects of… Read more »
Africa: Anglo-Swiss Firm Glencore Pleads Guilty to Massive Bribery in Africa
On May 24, 2022 Swiss oil trading giant Glencore admitted to American justice that it had paid nearly one hundred million dollars in bribes to officials and public agents in eight… Read more »
South Africa: Battle Between Small-Scale Fishers and Oil Giants a Prelude to Greater Environmental Struggle #AfricaClimateCrisis
The David and Goliath battle of climate activists against plans by Shell has resumed in South Africa. The case, which in February 2022 saw the High Court in Makhanda dismiss… Read more »
June 02, 2022
South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - June 2, 2022
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May 31, 2022
South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - May 31, 2022
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May 25, 2022
Africa: Fuel Shortage Crisis - Who is Responsible?
Kenya's recent fuel crisis has left petrol pumps dry. Politicians are blaming each other and giving varied reasons for the shortage, from the government being inept to government… Read more »
May 20, 2022
South Africa: Updated at 16h30 - What's Happening In South African News - May 20, 2022
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March 24, 2022
East Africa: Activists Opposed to East African Crude Oil Pipeline Call on Pope Francis for Support #AfricaClimateCrisis
Ugandan activists have met Pope Francis to ask for his support in stopping the East African Crude Pipline (EACOP) - a heated crude oil pipeline planned to run from Hoima in Uganda… Read more »
Nigeria: Dutch Court Rejects Suit of Nigerian Widows Against Shell
Four Nigerian widows who brought a case against oil giant Shell for allegedly helping corrupt witnesses testify against their late husbands, have had their case thrown out. Read more »
South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - March 24, 2022
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March 07, 2022
South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - March 7, 2022
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February 17, 2022
South Africa: No Go for Shell as Court Upholds Interdict on Wild Coast Seismic Survey
The High Court in Makhanda has dismissed Shell and Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe's application for leave to appeal a ruling that temporarily halted a seismic… Read more »
January 27, 2022
Equatorial Guinea: U.S.-Chinese Competition Escalates Cold War in Africa
China intends to establish a base at Bata, a port on the Atlantic coast of Equatorial Guinea, the Wall Street Journal reported in December, citing classified American… Read more »
December 28, 2021
South Africa: Win for Fishing Communities as Court Pauses Oil Giant's Seismic Scanning
An interdict against seismic scanning by oil giant Shell has been granted by the Grahamstown High Court in Makhanda, IOL reports. This puts the oil giant's fuel exploration… Read more »
November 19, 2021
South Africa: Oil Giant Capitalising on 'Loophole' to Pursue Hazardous Seismic Scanning #AfricaClimateCrisis
A 2014 government decision to grant oil giant Shell permission to pursue seismic scanning of an area situated over 20km off the Eastern Cape coast has resulted in a cascade of… Read more »
October 22, 2021
Africa: The Carbon-Burning Model of Development is a Dead End - UN Secretary-General #AfricaClimateCrisis
As the build-up and the stakes for the global climate talks intensify, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has once again called for serious and solid… Read more »
December 04, 2020
South Africa: Explosion Sets Engen Oil Refinery on Fire
An explosion has set the Engen oil refinery in Durban South aflame, IOL reports. Read more »
August 22, 2019
South Sudan: More Black Gold Struck - 300 Million Barrels, and Counting
300 million barrels of recoverable oil has been discovered in South Sudan's northeastern Upper Nile state, by a consortium comprising the Dar Petroleum Operating Company (DOPC),… Read more »
January 18, 2019
Zimbabwe: What Now After a 2nd Internet Shutdown, and Treason Charges for Activists?
Zimbabwe's government has again forced a "total Internet shutdown", Misa Zimbabwe says, after a violent crackdown by police when huge crowds protested against dramatic fuel price… Read more »
December 19, 2018
Mozambique: Debt-Ridden Govt Still Financing Gas Stations
The Filipe Nyusi Nyusi-led government continues financing fuel stations in Mozambique to ensure availability of petrol, diesel, cooking gas and oil, Verdade reports. Read more »