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Seismic skirmishes: Murky permitting and scientific debate while Big Oil eyes South African waters

Ed Stoddard
8 hours ago

Buckle up for a Bumpy Drive: The pressing issues of social injustice in 2022

Mark Heywood
11 Jan

Shell judgment adds to growing body of decisions that companies must take rights of communities seriously

Peter Leon, Ernst Muller and Mandy Hattingh
10 Jan

The Ozzies are coming: Activists gear up for the next seismic survey battle – in Western Cape waters

Ed Stoddard
06 Jan

The Shell interdict judgment is a step towards ‘The People Shall Rule’ and a lesson for the government

Amadiba Crisis Committee
30 Dec

Take that, Shell! Locals hail victory over ‘bullies’ after court halts Wild Coast blasting

Georgina Crouth and Tembile Sgqolana
28 Dec

Shell stopped! A community’s generational defence of their land, the sea and their environment must be protected by the Constitution

Johan Lorenzen
28 Dec

Winner: Gwede Mantashe; Runners-up: UPL & Shell

Ethan van Diemen
24 Dec

See you in court: Activists take second stab at Shell interdict application

Tembile Sgqolana
21 Dec

Under Our Sea

Stephen Francis & Rico
17 Dec

Planned seismic survey by Shell has kicked up a storm in South Africa. Here’s an explainer

Mia Wege, Barend Erasmus, Christel Dorothee Hansen, Els Vermeulen, James Roberts, Jean Purdon and Michael John Somers
17 Dec

Shell says blasts won’t cause harm so new court application is not urgent

Tembile Sgqolana
16 Dec

Shell’s controversial seismic survey threatens to diminish a whole way of life

Nomfundo Xolo
16 Dec

Eastern Cape Cabinet supports Shell’s Wild Coast seismic survey

Tembile Sgqolana
14 Dec

Capitalism’s recalibration: From globalisation to deglobalisation to onshoring

Patrick Bond
13 Dec

Marine science experts prepare for new court hearing over Shell seismic survey

Tania Broughton
13 Dec

Durban environmental activists have vowed to continue the fight against oil giant Shell over its Wild Coast seismic survey

Lungi Langa
12 Dec

Mantashe calls environmental activism ‘colonialism and apartheid of a special type’ amid opposition to Shell Wild Coast survey

Tembile Sgqolana
10 Dec

Environment minister Barbara Creecy must get involved in impact assessments involving the energy sector

Tony Carnie
07 Dec

Shelling out: It’s vital for government to focus on green energy now before its dependence on gas and coal makes fossils of us all

Geoff Davies
03 Dec

Blow for environmental activists as they fail to convince court to stop Shell’s planned seismic survey on the Wild Coast

Tembile Sgqolana
03 Dec