Portfolio committee respects Constitutional Court decision blocking offshore drilling but warns prolonged legal uncertainty threatens South Africa’s economic development and investment opportunities.
South Africa’s Constitutional Court overturned Shell’s oil exploration rights, favoring coastal communities and environmental groups in a landmark ruling.
Shell and Impact Africa must begin a new application process for oil exploration off the Wild Coast following Constitutional Court ruling favouring coastal communities.
Mkambati Nature Reserve in the Eastern Cape has been designated as South Africa’s newest Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention.
The Constitutional Court heard arguments in a historic case that could set the tone for future battles between corporate energy interests and environmental and community rights.