SEISMIC SURVEYS Wild Coast fishing communities take battle against Shell to ConCourt 10 min 3 By Julia Evans
GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION Minister Mantashe’s seismic quest to explore the Karoo Basin for oil and gas reserves 8 min 25 By Julia Evans
GROUNDUP ConCourt says no to Shell appeal bid over Wild Coast seismic survey permit 3 min 0 By Tania Broughton
PHOTO ESSAY Coastal communities on the frontline of the climate crisis — Dwesa-Cwebe in Hobeni, Eastern Cape 5 min 5 By Barry Christianson
OFFSHORE EXPLORATION Cape Town paddlers protest against imminent arrival of seismic survey ship 7 min 7 By Kristin Engel
TILL DEATH DO US PART ‘Environment minister’ ties the knot with her ‘one true love, Big Oil’ 4 min 6 By Kristin Engel
BATTLEGROUND ANARCTICA In pictures: Russian Antarctic ‘prospecting’ ship’s twin rolls into Cape Town 3 min 1 By Tiara Walters
OFFSHORE EXPLORATION Oil and gas exploration company Searcher Geodata given thumbs-up for West Coast seismic survey 5 min 4 By Georgina Crouth and Ed Stoddard
OFFSHORE EXPLORATION Shell, Impact Africa and Gwede Mantashe granted leave to appeal against judgment barring Wild Coast seismic survey 7 min 0 By Tembile Sgqolana
DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR ‘Everything is linked to money’ – lawyers discuss Mantashe’s upcoming appeal against Shell oil and gas exploration ruling 3 min 0 By Julia Evans
OFFSHORE EXPLORATION Fishers and environmental activists express concern over proposed drilling off SA’s West Coast 4 min 0 By Tembile Sgqolana
SEISMIC SURVEYS Shell, Impact Africa and Mantashe fight order to halt Wild Coast oil and gas exploration 5 min 3 By Tembile Sgqolana
OFFSHORE EXPLORATION Searcher Geodata returns to South Africa to pursue seismic surveys off the West Coast 4 min 0 By Onke Ngcuka
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING New moves to update fracking regulations alarm environmental activists 3 min 0 By Onke Ngcuka
GROUNDUP OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION Seismic judgment — Eastern Cape high court sinks Shell’s Wild Coast exploration rights 3 min 3 By Tania Broughton
GROUNDUP OFFSHORE EXPLORATION Court bid to stop Shell Wild Coast seismic survey begins 3 min 2 By Tania Broughton
CONFLICT OF INTEREST? Mantashe says ANC had ‘foresight’ to invest in Shell-affiliated Batho-Batho Trust to get R15-million payout 4 min 14 By Julia Evans
OFFSHORE EXPLORATION This fight isn’t over, activists warn as court hears case against Shell’s quest for Wild Coast gas 5 min 1 By Tembile Sgqolana
AMABHUNGANE An evaporating case for gas: why does SA keep investing in it? 17 min 4 By Susan Comrie for amaBhungane
GAS KAPITAL? Traditional leaders give Wild Coast seismic survey (and Mantashe) a king-size boost 4 min 5 By Estelle Ellis and Hoseya Jubase
