BATTLE FOR THE OCEAN ‘Our last hope’ — only judge can save this ‘healing place’ from Shell, says Port St Johns fisher (Part 2) 7 min 0 By Barry Christianson
BATTLE FOR THE OCEAN Lives on a line — the fishers fighting Shell’s Wild Coast seismic survey ambitions (Part 1) 7 min 2 By Barry Christianson
BUSINESS ANALYSIS Loaded for Bear — the scientific jury remains out on the effects of seismic surveys 5 min 3 By Ed Stoddard
SEISMIC SURVEYS Countrywide protests support Wild Coast community’s case against Shell in Supreme Court of Appeal 6 min 3 By Estelle Ellis
COASTAL SHOCK ‘The timing felt strategic’ – activists scramble to submit appeal after government approves seismic survey in Algoa Basin 8 min 6 By Julia Evans and Kristin Engel
MARINE BLASTERS Oil and gas hunters target the last refuge of east Africa’s vanishing dugongs 6 min 1 By Tony Carnie
BATTLEGROUND ANTARCTICA ‘Hands OFF Antarctica!’ Activists condemn SA arrival of Russia’s noisy oil and gas ship 12 min 1 By Unknown Author
SEISMIC SURVEYS SA ‘must stop exploring for more offshore oil and gas’, say eco-activists 5 min 0 By Tembile Sgqolana
OFFSHORE EXPLORATION Wild Coast seismic survey halt — judgment reserved in minister and Shell’s bid for leave to appeal 3 min 0 By Tembile Sgqolana
SHELL-SHOCKED Activists celebrate big win for Wild Coast against Mantashe and Shell 6 min 4 By Tembile Sgqolana
OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION Wild Coast seismic blasting – ruling on bid to block Shell expected on Thursday 3 min 0 By Tembile Sgqolana
OFFSHORE EXPLORATION Environmental bodies fight to stop exploratory drilling off SA’s southwest coast 3 min 0 By Tembile Sgqolana
OFFSHORE EXPLORATION Judgment reserved in case against Shell’s seismic survey along the Wild Coast 4 min 0 By Tembile Sgqolana
OFFSHORE EXPLORATION Oceans Not Oil calls for appeals against Northern Cape seismic survey authorisation 4 min 1 By Tembile Sgqolana
OFFSHORE EXPLORATION Victory for small-scale fishers after high court interdicts Searcher Geodata’s West Coast seismic survey 3 min 1 By Onke Ngcuka
BUDGET VOTE Environment Minister Creecy defends weather warnings issued during KZN floods 3 min 0 By Julia Evans
OFFSHORE EXPLORATION Civil society braces for battle after another seismic blasting survey authorised off West Coast 4 min 1 By Tembile Sgqolana
FOSSIL FOOLS Stop oil and gas exploration madness, SA scientists urge government 8 min 3 By Tony Carnie
ANALYSIS Gwede Mantashe vs academia and activism (and the media, and the world) 4 min 21 By Rebecca Davis
LETTER TO EDITOR Seismic surveys: South Africa cannot afford the luxury of refusing to develop valuable resources on which it sits 7 min 9 By the board of HCI
SEISMIC SURVEYS An open letter to Hosken Consolidated Investments and Minister Gwede Mantashe: A beginner’s guide to poppycock 12 min 5 By Janet Solomon and Vishwas Satgar