Andy Pienaar News Today

Fishers, environmental activists and ecojustice watchdogs have raised concerns over the exploratory drilling for oil and gas off the West Coast that is scheduled to begin this month.

Following submissions from small-scale fishers in Alexander Bay, Port Nolloth, Kleinsee, Hondeklip Bay and Komaggas, The Green Connection lodged an appeal against the authorisation granted to Tosaco Energy.

Small-scale fishers in the Northern Cape have appealed the environmental authorisation granted to Tosaco Energy for a planned seismic survey.

Just months after two separate High Courts granted interim urgent interdicts against two different seismic surveys off the East and West Coasts of South

Oceans Not Oil, a South African organisation fighting offshore oil and gas exploration, has called on NGOs to submit their appeals after the authorisation of a proposed seismic exploration by Tosaco Energy in the Northern Cape.

MEDIA RELEASE 10-YEARS AFTER FUKUSHIMA DISASTER, SOUTH AFRICANS SPEAK OUT AGAINST NUCLEAR “The ongoing issues from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, which happened ten-years ago this month (11 March), is a stark reminder of the many compelling arguments against any new nuclear for South Africa.” So says the  Earthlife Africa Johannesburg. Interested and affected communities also raised these arguments with the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) – at the Nersa hearin...

Last week, SAFCEI attended the virtual National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) public hearings on the Concurrence with the ministerial determination for the procurement of 2 500MW new generation capacity from nuclear. On the first day of the hearings, SAFCEI presented with Professor Steve Thomas (University of Greenwich), saying that we do not recommend that NERSA concur with the Ministerial determination on the procurement of  2500MW new nuclear. (Click here to download SAFCEI’s o...