Over the past six years, three oil spills have occurred as a direct result of fuel ship-to-ship bunkering
The acid mine drainage happened at Khwezela Colliery’s south shaft, which had been sealed, but the volume of water exceeded the maximum capacity for treatment at the dosing site
The case isn’t only about environmental lawyers and activists being slapped by ‘rapacious’ miners with a series of defamation lawsuits, but about the rule of law
The South African United Fishing Front wants discussions between those ‘for and against’ oil and gas exploration in South Africa’s seas
Earthlife Africa and groundWork say the ‘legal quagmire’ Eskom finds itself in ‘is almost entirely self-inflicted’
‘The government is being taught a lesson,’ says Wild Coast activist of the latest ruling against multinational oil giant Shell
In South African waters, these collisions may be a growing menace, but are not yet a major threat to populations
For the first time a study has identified 56 heritage sites on the continent’s coast that are exposed to a one-in-100 year coastal extreme event, flooding and erosion
The Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds and other organisations have warned that the harmful effect of oil pollution on marine life must not be underestimated.
Searcher Seismic says it will suffer ‘catastrophic’ financial prejudice from the interdict, but small scale fishers say they will suffer significant irreversible harm to their livelihoods if the survey proceeds