Agtergrond: Jare van opposisie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nDie saak verteenwoordig die hoogtepunt van jare se besware van kusgemeenskappe, kleinskaalse vissers, burgerlike samelewingsorganisasies en omgewingskundiges wat kommer uitgespreek het oor klimaatsimpakte, oliestortingsrisiko’s, grensoorskrydende skade en onvoldoende openbare deelname. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Augustus 2025 het die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof ‘n beslissende uitspraak gelewer wat die omgewingsmagtiging vir boorbedrywighede ter see in Blok 5\/6\/7 tersyde gestel het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die Hooggeregshof het bevind dat die besluitnemingsproses wetlik gebrekkig was op verskeie gronde. Die hof het mislukkings ge\u00efdentifiseer om sosio-ekonomiese impakte behoorlik te assesseer, veral die gevolge van ‘n potensi\u00eble boorgatuitbarsting en oliestorting op visserye en kleinskaalse vissersgemeenskappe, wat moontlik tot 2 031 vissers wat in 68 gemeenskapsko\u00f6perasies tussen Saldanha en Kaap Agulhas georganiseer is, kan be\u00efnvloed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die uitspraak het ook die mislukkings uitgelig om klimaatsveranderingsimpakte van kweekhuisgasse en vlugtige uitlatings in ag te neem, om grensoorskrydende omgewingskade aan buitelandse waters en kuslyne te bepaal, en om aan die Ge\u00efntegreerde Kusbestuurswet te voldoen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
App\u00e8lproses vernou<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nIn November 2025 het die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof bevestig dat die omgewingsmagtiging onwettig bly en tersyde gestel word, terwyl die Staat en Shell beperkte verlof tot app\u00e8l op slegs twee kwessies toegestaan \u200b\u200bis: die oorweging van die volle lewensiklus-klimaatsimpakte en grensoorskrydende omgewingskade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die hof het toestemming geweier om op ander gronde te appelleer, insluitend mislukkings wat verband hou met openbare deelname, sosio-ekonomiese impakte en nakoming van kuswetgewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ontevrede met hierdie beperkte omvang, het die Staat en Shell die Hooggeregshof van App\u00e8l versoek om die app\u00e8l uit te brei om die bykomende gronde in te sluit wat aanvanklik geweier is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Februarie 2026 het The Green Connection en Natural Justice hul antwoordende be\u00ebdigde verklaring ingedien wat hierdie verbreding teenstaan, met die argument dat die Hooggeregshof reeds ernstige gebreke in die omgewingsmagtigingsproses ge\u00efdentifiseer het wat nie heropen moet word nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bestuur en grondwetlike regte op die spel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nVan Rooy beklemtoon dat die saak fundamenteel oor goeie bestuur en wettige besluitneming onder Suid-Afrikaanse wetgewing gaan. “Hierdie saak gaan nie oor regters wat oor klimaatsverandering besluit nie. Dit gaan daaroor of Suid-Afrikaanse wetgewing gevolg is, spesifiek of relevante klimaat-, omgewings- en sosio-ekonomiese risiko’s wettiglik en behoorlik in ag geneem is, soos vereis,” s\u00ea hy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die regsvrae fokus op of die Minister voldoende en betroubare inligting gehad het toe hy die omgewingsmagtiging toegestaan \u200b\u200bhet, of gemeenskappe betekenisvolle geleenthede ontvang het om deel te neem gebaseer op volledige en akkurate inligting, en of Suid-Afrika se kus- en omgewingswette behoorlik gevolg is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die saak sal ‘n bindende regspresedent skep oor of regeringsbesluite wat die land se omgewing, klimaatstoekoms en lewensonderhoud raak, hierdie faktore ten volle moet oorweeg om aan grondwetlike standaarde van wettigheid en verantwoordbaarheid te voldoen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Van Rooy meen dit is belangrik dat die omgewingsmagtiging vir Blok 5\/6\/7 tersyde gestel bly. “Geen boorwerk op see mag wettiglik voortgaan tensy en totdat ‘n geldige magtiging toegestaan \u200b\u200bword na ‘n wettige proses wat voldoen aan grondwetlike en omgewingsvereistes nie.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die verhoordatum word deur die Hoogste Hof van App\u00e8l bepaal, gewoonlik geskeduleer vir etlike maande na die uitruil van skriftelike argumente. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beide partye is gelas om aan alle oorblywende app\u00e8lre\u00ebls te voldoen en voorsorgmaatre\u00ebls in te stel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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