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The highly anticipated judgment on Part B of the legal challenge to stop Shell’s planned seismic blasting off the Wild Coast of South Africa is set to be delivered at the Makhanda High Court on Thursday.
Lawyers at the Gqeberha High Court are fighting to have Shell’s exploration rights off the Wild Coast reviewed.
Finding gas or oil along SA’s coastline could solve its energy crisis and it was government’s job, not the judiciary’s, to strike the delicate balance between preserving the environment and promoting justifiable economic and social development.
Finding gas or oil along SA’s coastline could solve its energy crisis and it was government’s job, not the judiciary’s, to strike the delicate balance between preserving the environment and promoting justifiable economic and social development.
Shell and Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe's lawyers have both argued that environmental authorisation was in place to conduct a seismic survey off the Wild Coast.