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
Three weeks into the New Year and South Africa’s energy crisis – the recent announcement of yet
another above-inflation electricity price increase amid increased and persistent loadshedding – has plunged the country into chaos. And while there is a strong call to sue the government and Eskom for loadshedding, two civil society organisations are instead going straight to the source of one of the essential problems with energy planning in South Africa – that a critical piece of legislation has not been brought into operation by the President.
A week ago, on 28 April 2023, the President finally published, in the Government Gazette, his decision
to bring Section 6 of the National Energy Act (NEA), into operation. A couple of days before that The
Green Connection and the Southern African Faith Communities Environment Institute (SAFCEI)
received correspondence from the State Attorney on behalf of the President and the Minister in the
Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), that the President had decided to bring Section
6 into operation with effect from 1 April 2024.
