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Small-scale fishers cheer Total’s postponement of gas drilling Share Cape Town - Small-scale subsistence fishers and their civil society organisation partners Green Connection are celebrating the decision by French oil giant Total E&P South Africa (Tepsa) to postpone their application for additional drilling and associated activities offshore of Mossel Bay. Green Connection spokesperson Liziwe McDaid said: “Tepsa’s announcement of withdrawal can be seen as a victory for the communities and environment around the area. As interested and affected parties, we have always been agai...

Stop the Karpower project, eco-activists demand Eastern Cape Environmental Network picketers say flawed affect assessment must halt until Covid restrictions are lifted and proper engagement with community can be undertaken PREMIUM By Guy Rogers - 12 April 2021 Eco-activists staged a picket on the N2 at the off-ramp to the Coega Development Corporation headquarters, calling for the Karpower affect assessment to be halted until proper public consultation is possible. The group from the Eastern Cape Environmental Network and Green Connection danced, sang and waved banners sayi...

05 April 2021 06:07 Small-scale fishing communities say they have no reason to celebrate Human Rights Month because they feel their rights have been violated and cast aside by government over the years – a situation made worse by government’s proposed oil and gas priorities The Green Connection, an NGO working with marginalised communities believes that though Human Rights Month may be over, the fight to be treated with dignity in South Africa continues. As part of Human Rights Month, small-scale fishing communities gathered all the way from KwaZ...

Saldanha Bay community concerned over proposed project By Staff Reporter Share Cape Town - Concerns are being expressed by a sustainability organisation about the lack of public participation from the Saldanha Bay community when it comes to approving projects. The non-profit organisation known as Green Connection made its submission into the Draft Scoping Report for the Assegai (Pty) Ltd Proposed Gas-to-Power Project in Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape last week. The intended purpose of developing a gas-to-power facility for the generation of 150MW of electricity would serve as the required f...