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Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ALL RISE ATTORNEYS FOR CLIMATE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Shell, Mantashe lose bid to appeal Wild Coast seismic survey judgment

‘The government is being taught a lesson,’ says Wild Coast activist of the latest ruling against multinational oil giant Shell

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
Seismic explorations for new oil and gas resources are going to escalate in the years to come. (Paul Botes/M&G)
AMADIBA

‘Don’t Look Up’ but do look out, here comes Shell

We live in the Earth, not on the Earth, but continuing with an extractive mindset will be the end of us all

  • John G Clarke
5 min read
United in opposition: An anti-Shell protest at the Mzamba Estuary united protesters across race and class. (Photos: Paul Botes/M&G)
3D SEISMIC SURVEYS

‘Times are urgent, let’s slow down’: The groundswell against Shell

Even a country with citizens as fractious and fractured as South Africa is showing signs of unity to save the sea off the Wild Coast.

  • Niren Tolsi
12 min read
Wild Coast Amadiba mining opponent ‘assassinated’
3D SEISMIC SURVEY

Wild Coast communities blast Mantashe’s defence of Shell’s seismic survey

Groups opposed to multinational’s offshore search for oil and gas say that the energy minister shows his ignorance by blaming white environmentalists for wanting to ‘protect…

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
Protesters at the Waterfront waiting the arrival of the ship Amazon Warrior . They are against the planned Shell seismic survey for oil and gas in the ocean on November 21, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa. It is reported that Shell has announced that it will carry out a three-dimensional seismic survey in search of oil and gas deposits from Morgan Bay to Port St Johns off the Wild Coast. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ALL RISE ATTORNEYS FOR CLIMATE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Shell seismic ops: ‘Our ancestors’ blood was spilt protecting the land and sea’

Communities along the Wild Coast have approached the high court in Makhanda for an urgent interdict to stop Shell from initiating seismic survey operations

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
Shell’s recent announcement that it is leaving the country is likely to set off mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity as the oil and gas company sells its refinery and service stations during the divestiture. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)
ALL RISE ATTORNEYS FOR CLIMATE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Shell gets go-ahead to proceed with seismic blasting on the Wild Coast

The high court refuses to interdict seismic survey on the basis that ‘irreparable harm’ to marine species not proved

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read