May 30, 2025 Draft Petroleum Regulations Threaten Transparency, Eco-justice, and Climate Accountability Cape Town, South Africa – The Green Connection is sounding the alarm about the Draft Regulations in the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Act (UPRDA) – currently under review by the Department of Mineral & Petroleum Resources, following the Act’s passage by Parliament in […]
May 15, 2025 Civil Society Calls Out Another Flawed Environmental Authorisation – In The Midst of Africa Month, and South Africa’s Energy Month CAPE TOWN: In a scathing supplementary affidavit, filed as part of an ongoing legal challenge, civil society organisations – the Aukotowa Fisheries Primary Co-Operative, The Green Connection, and Natural Justice (the Applicants)
May 8, 2025 “African Coastal Livelihoods Deserve To Be Protected!” – Communities Challenge Offshore Oil Project Amid Legal Storm Over Environmental Authorisation Cape Town – Court hearings unfold this week in the Western Cape High Court, small-scale fishers and coastal communities from across the Northern and Western Cape have united with civil society organisations The
April 10, 2025 Environmental Justice Organisations Question Viability Of Mossel Bay Oil And Gas Plans As Earth Month unfolds, The Green Connection and Natural Justice are speaking out against yet another push to expand fossil fuel development — despite mounting evidence that such projects accelerate climate change and destroy ecosystems. On 4 April 2025, the
April 2, 2025 Systemic Corruption, The Real Human Rights Violation As South Africa looks forward to Freedom Day, it would be an injustice to neglect to confront the glaring systemic corruption which continues to erode the nation’s economic freedom and undermine fundamental human rights of its citizens. With the current pressure on day-to-day affordability threatening
April 1, 2025 HOW CORRUPTION IS UNDERMINING SMALL-SCALE FISHERS IN SOUTH AFRICA On the back of Human Rights Month, it would be an injustice to neglect to confront the glaring systemic corruption which continues to erode the nation’s economy and undermine fundamental human rights of its citizens. With the current pressure on day-to-day affordability threatening
March 31, 2025 A Just Energy Transition Must Prioritize People Over Profits, A Bottom-Up Approach South Africa’s Just Energy Transition (JET) has been riddled with top-down decision making while grassroots communities suffer from weak energy infrastructure and are in dire need of a stable energy supply and yet have no meaningful voice. Led by the
March 19, 2025 The Green Connection Welcomes Settlement to Protect African Penguin And Small-Scale Fisher Livelihoods. Small scale fishers and activists (Gansbaai) With South Africa stressing its commitment to social justice and human rights this month, The Green Connection says it welcomes the recent historic settlement in the legal challenge brought by the Southern African
March 19, 2025 THE GREEN CONNECTION WELCOMES SETTLEMENT TO PROTECT AFRICAN PENGUIN AND SMALL SCALE FISHER LIVELIHOODS With South Africa stressing its commitment to social justice and human rights this month, The Green Connection says it welcomes the recent historic settlement in the legal challenge brought by the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of
March 7, 2025 TOTALENERGIES PULLS OUT – BUT THE THREAT TO OUR OCEANS REMAINS. The Green Connection welcomes TotalEnergies EP South Africa’s (TotalEnergies) withdrawal of its environmental authorisation (EA) application for Block 11B/12B but warns that the fight to protect South Africa’s oceans is far from over. While this may seem like a victory, the
