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South Africa: Activists Celebrate Big Win for Wild Coast Against Mantashe and Shell
Daily Maverick, 1 September 2022
The Makhanda High Court has set aside a decision by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy to grant an exploration right to Shell to conduct seismic surveys off the Wild… Read more »
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South Africa: Seismic Judgment - Court Overturns Exploration Rights Granted to Shell
GroundUp, 1 September 2022
The court has put a stop to the seismic survey along the Wild Coast Read more »
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South Africa: Battle Between Small-Scale Fishers and Oil Giants a Prelude to Greater Environmental Struggle #AfricaClimateCrisis
allAfrica, 3 June 2022
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 »
Court Says Rights Given to Shell 'Unlawful' #AfricaClimateHope
The Eastern Cape High Court has ruled that the exploration rights granted to Impact Africa and Shell that would allow them to do a seismic survey along South Africa's Eastern Cape coast are unlawful.
The judgment outlines a number of reasons for the ruling including the fact that local communities whose cultural and subsistence fishing rights would be affected were not consulted in any meaningful way.
It also has significant criticism for the Department of Minerals and Energy under minister Gwede Mantashe and makes mention of the implications of the proposed seismic survey for both environmental harm and climate change.
InFocus
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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 the Read more »
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Environmental activists are preparing for another legal battle against a planned seismic survey. This comes less than a month after the Makhanda High Court granted an interdict ... Read more »
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An interdict against seismic scanning by oil giant Shell has been granted by the Grahamstown High Court in Makhanda, Read more »
Representatives of civic organisations and local communities picketed on Monday outside the Port Elizabeth High Court where the case to have Shell’s seismic survey rights set aside is being heard (file photo).
