CLIMATE JUSTICE OP-ED Environmental protections affirmed as high court ruling on offshore drilling sets important precedent 6 min 0 By Shahil Singh and Liziwe McDaid
TROUBLED WATERS Small-scale fishers stage nationwide protests against ‘unfair’ policies 6 min 0 By Don Pinnock
HOOKED ON SUSTAINABILITY SA fisher-led nonprofit Abalobi hopes to reel in huge global prize with tech-powered approach 7 min 1 By Adèle Sulcas
GROUNDUP Commercial fishers red-flag looming conflict with small-scale sector amid abalone quota uncertainty, dwindling catches 4 min 0 By Liezl Human for GroundUp
SEA CHANGE SA cracks down on ship pollution amid suspected shipwreck oil spill off the West Coast 6 min 2 By Kristin Engel
CAPE OF STORMS West Coast oil spill — inside the emergency response effort and salvage operation 6 min 1 By Kristin Engel
PORT’S CALLING Tales from Saldanha — can the town find its green future? (Part 1) 6 min 1 By Marcela Guerrero Casas and Dustin Kramer
GROUNDUP Western Cape small-scale fishers finally net their long-awaited fishing permits 2 min 1 By Liezl Human for GroundUp
ECO-JUSTICE Greens see red over ‘blue apartheid’ – activists call on state to ditch fossil fuels and develop a proper energy plan 6 min 0 By Tembile Sgqolana
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 26 — 30 SEPTEMBER This week — Pan-African conference, International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and talk on sustainable economies 7 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
OFFSHORE EXPLORATION Searcher Geodata returns to South Africa to pursue seismic surveys off the West Coast 4 min 0 By Onke Ngcuka
OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION Wild Coast seismic blasting – ruling on bid to block Shell expected on Thursday 3 min 0 By Tembile Sgqolana
MUKURUKURU MEDIA Lake St Lucia fishers - ‘We just want to fish. Why are they killing us?’ 8 min 1 By Lucas Ledwaba
OFFSHORE EXPLORATION Victory for small-scale fishers after high court interdicts Searcher Geodata’s West Coast seismic survey 3 min 1 By Onke Ngcuka
COASTAL COMMUNITIES Local small-scale fishers suffer due to the extractivism of big corporates 4 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
OFFSHORE EXPLORATION West Coast fishing communities say they were excluded from seismic survey consultations 3 min 0 By Onke Ngcuka
OFFSHORE EXPLORATION Searcher to leave South Africa immediately after court prohibits seismic survey 2 min 2 By Onke Ngcuka
OFFSHORE EXPLORATION Court rejects Searcher Geodata’s application to resume West Coast seismic survey 3 min 5 By Onke Ngcuka
OFFSHORE EXPLORATION Court bid to halt West Coast seismic survey: Company asks for more time to draft responding affidavit 2 min 0 By Onke Ngcuka
OFFSHORE EXPLORATIONS Fishers and civic organisations take legal action against West Coast seismic surveying 3 min 2 By Onke Ngcuka
SMALL-SCALE FISHERS OP-ED South African fishing policy bait is not landing a catch 3 min 0 By Maia Nangle and Carmen Mannarino