West Coast communities successfully defend interdict to stop Searcher from seismic blasting activities

On 14 February 2021 West Coast small-scale fishing communities with the support of the Legal Resource Centre returned to the High Court to counter the application by Searcher for the judge to reconsider his interim court order handed down on 7 February 2022. This...

Saldanha Bay fishers turn down proposed Gas Bill

On Sunday 23 January, the public hearing for the Gas Amendment Bill took place in Saldanha Bay, West Coast. The portfolio committee on mineral resources began their nationwide public participation hearings on the Gas amendment Bill of 2001 early January in Peddie,...

Eastern Cape small-scale fisher reject public hearings for the Gas Amendment Bill

On 17 January 2022 the portfolio committee on mineral resources began their nationwide public participation hearings on the Gas amendment Bill of the 2001 in the Eastern Cape. The first leg of these public hearings took place in Ncumisa Khondlo hall in Peddie. ...

Fishing communities demand suspension of seismic blasting on the West Coast

The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) has issued a letter of demand to suspend the commencement of seismic blasting on the West Coast on behalf of a number of fishing communities from that region. This case comes after Shell was interdicted from their seismic survey in the...

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Small-scale fishing communities reject Shell

Shell announced it will start a seismic survey in search of oil or gas deposits from Morgan Bay to Port St Johns on 1 December. On 5 December, small-scale fishing communities from Kosi Bay to Saldanha Bay gathered to protest against the seismic survey undertaken by...
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