August 25, 2025 Eco-Justice Groups Warn: Oil Survey Violates Climate Law And Jeopardizes Just Transition #KickTotalOutofAfrica. According to The Green Connection and Natural Justice, two eco-justice organisations committed to protecting the climate and safeguarding coastal livelihoods, even with the recent legal victory halting TotalEnergies’ attempt to exploit Block 5/6/7, the fight to ensure South Africa […]

August 14, 2025 Offshore Drilling Project Halted In Landmark High Court Victory for Coastal Communities Against Shell, TotalEnergies In a landmark victory for civil society and coastal communities, the Western Cape High Court has set aside the South African government’s decision to grant environmental authorisation for offshore drilling in Block 5/6/7, along the South-West Coast.

August 6, 2025 Shell’s Deep-Sea Gamble: Civil Society Slams Approval of Ultra-Risky Oil Drilling Project Off SA Coast Civil society organisations and coastal communities have launched a formal appeal against the government’s controversial decision to green-light Shell’s Northern Cape Ultra Deep (NCUD) oil and gas project. Led by The Green Connection and Natural Justice, and

July 15, 2025 The Green Connection Comments on Shell NCUD EIA Authorisation The Green Connection notes with deep concern and surprise the recent approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for Shell’s proposed Northern Cape Ultra Deep (NCUD) oil and gas exploration project. This approval comes despite repeated objections raised by coastal communities and civil

July 2, 2025 CIVIL SOCIETY REJECTS GAS EXPANSION PLANS IN DRAFT – WARNS IT’S A COSTLY MISTAKE THE PUBLIC CANNOT AFFORD Civil society organisations are raising the alarm over the South African government’s renewed interest in gas-to-power projects in the draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). The Green Connection – along with the Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment

July 2, 2025 Civil Society Rejects Gas Expansion Plans In Draft IRP – Warns It’s A Costly Mistake The Public Cannot Afford. Civil society organisations are raising the alarm over the South African government’s renewed interest in gas-to-power projects in the draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). The Green Connection – along with the Southern African

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 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