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Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe.(Rodger Bosch/AFP)

Courts temporarily halted Shell’s exploration but fracking in Karoo gets Mantashe’s nod

The mineral and petroleum resources minister has commissioned a seismic survey for oil and gas in the Karoo Basin

Sanele Khakhu

Supporters of environmental non-governmental organizations gathered in front of the Shell station in Cape Town’s Newlands district protest against seismic survey activities planned by the oil company Shell between Cape Town’s beaches in Morgans Bay and Port St Johns in Cape Town, South Africa on December 04, 2021. (Photo by Xabiso Mkhabela/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Shell, Mantashe, Impact Africa granted leave to appeal Wild Coast seismic survey ruling

The Eastern Cape high court finds the matter requires ventilation at the supreme court of appeal

Sheree Bega

Mantashe, the court found, was “duty-bound” to take into account the considerations of the ICMA. “As a matter of fact, he did not do so. This, in and by itself, renders the impugned decision reviewable.”

High court sets aside Shell seismic survey greenlit by Gwede Mantashe

Meaningful consultation is not the ticking of a checklist, court says

Sheree Bega

The high court in the Western Cape has set aside the government’s approval of the environmental authorisation for TotalEnergies EP South Africa to drill for oil and gas in offshore areas known as Block 5/6/7 along the country’s south-west coast.

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Court hears challenge by Wild Coast residents fighting Shell’s seismic survey

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has slammed those opposing the survey as ‘dishonest and duplicitous’

Sheree Bega