The applicants are challenging a government decision that could pave the way for oil exploration in the Deep-Water Orange Basin off the west coast
The Legal Resources Centre hails court order as stunning victory for indigenous communities along the coast
Fourteen applicants, including small-scale fishers, have filed an urgent application in the Western Cape high court to interdict the Australian-based Searcher Seismic, Searcher Geodata and its seismic vessel BGP Pioneer
KwaNibela residents rely on the fish and reeds they harvest within the protected iSimangaliso Wetland Park. But authorities consider this poaching, threatening the community’s lives and livelihoods.
Groups opposed to multinational’s offshore search for oil and gas say that the energy minister shows his ignorance by blaming white environmentalists for wanting to ‘protect butterflies’
Department of forestry, fisheries and the environment says there could be criminal charges