February 28, 2025 ECO-JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS REJECT DRAFT SCOPING REPORT FOR OFFSHORE DRILLING ON SA’S WEST COAST (TEEPSA DWOB SOUTH) Just more than a month into the new year and eco-justice organisations, The Green Connection, Natural Justice, and Masifundise are sounding alarm bells about yet another fossil fuel project application underway, warning of potentially severe environmental risks to marine

February 28, 2025 Eco-Justice Organizations Reject Draft Scoping Report For Offshore Drilling On SA’S West Coast (TEEPSA DWOB South). Just more than a month into the new year and eco-justice organisations, The Green Connection, Natural Justice, and Masifundise are sounding alarm bells about yet another fossil fuel project application underway, warning of potentially severe environmental

January 24, 2025 Eskom’s Proposed Retail Tariff Plan: The Green Connection Joins Calls For Energy Justice And Stakeholder Engagement Photo Credit: Trav Wade Part of National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa) public hearings (on Friday, 24 January), regarding Eskom’s proposed Retail Tariff Plan (RTP), The Green Connection’s Strategic Lead, Liz McDaid says, “Affordable, reliable

In a letter to President Ramaphosa, the country’s five (5) Goldman Environmental Prize winners – Liziwe McDaid and Makoma Lekalakala (2018), Desmond D’Sa (2014), Jonathan Deal (2013), and Bobby Peek (1998) call on government to immediately withdraw the National Petroleum Company Bill, in addition to stopping all oil and gas exploration off South Africa’s coastline.

November 17, 2024 WITH CLIMATE TALKS UNDERWAY, WHY MUST CIVIL SOCIETY STILL FIGHT TOTALENERGIES’ FOSSIL FUEL DRILLING IN COURT? As COP29 sparks urgent global dialogues on phasing out fossil fuels, civil society in South Africa is taking a stand to ensure action meets ambition. In a fresh push, The Green Connection and Natural Justice have

November 6, 2024 TO PROTECT OCEANS AND LIVELIHOODS, WESTERN CAPE HIGH COURT SET TO HEAR ANOTHER CASE AGAINST TOTALENERGIES DRILLING PLANS IN SOUTH AFRICAN WATERS In another landmark case that highlights the voices of communities facing the frontline impacts of climate change, Aukotowa Fisheries Primary Co-Operative, The Green Connection, and Natural Justice (the applicants) have taken their

October 30, 2024 COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND ECO-JUSTICE GROUPS’ OFFSHORE DRILLING APPEAL HIGHLIGHTS THREATS TO LIVELIHOODS, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, AND CLIMATE GOALS With COP29 just a few weeks away, The Green Connection, Natural Justice, and Masifundise Development Trust are drawing attention to the widespread opposition of the environmental authorisation granted for offshore oil and gas exploration in Block 3B/4B,

September 4, 2024 THE GREEN CONNECTION AND NATURAL JUSTICE NOW HAVE THE RECORD OF DECISION TO PROGRESS LEGAL CHALLENGE AGAINST TOTALENERGIES The Green Connection and Natural Justice confirm that the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) finally provided the record of the decision to grant TEEPSA (TotalEnergies EP South Africa) environmental authorization for exploratory

This Women’s Month, small-scale fisherwomen on South Africa’s West Coast, supported by The Green Connection and Natural Justice, are raising their voices against Searcher – an Australian company, now notorious for its contentious attempts to conduct seismic surveys in this region. They are now back for round three, even though a previous court judgment sent them packing. Small-scale fishers argue that its operations could harm the ocean, which would then affect fisher livelihoods and the coastal way of life, and the eco-justice NGOs agree.