July 14, 2026 OPEN LETTER: GREEN CONNECTION QUESTIONS ISRAELI OIL COMPANY’S BID FOR SOUTH AFRICAN OFFSHORE BLOCK AMID ICJ CASE Environmental justice organisation The Green Connection has written an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa about reports that Israeli-owned Navitas Petroleum LP is set to become operator of offshore oil and gas exploration Block 1 […]
June 30, 2026 (Op-Ed) Ska Fela Moya: Don’t Give Up, Just Breathe The Fumes When a corporation wraps itself in the language of human endurance while polluting the air that athletes breathe, we should name it for what it is. A lost opportunity. Gerda Steyn crossed the Comrades Marathon finishing line in Pietermaritzburg in 5
June 4, 2026 JUDGMENT RESERVED: HIGH COURT CONSIDERS ARGUMENTS CHALLENGING WEST COAST SEISMIC SURVEY APPROVAL Civil Society Organizations and Community Members Held a Demonstration Outside Western Cape High Court and Attended Court Hearing Against TGS Geophysical Seismic Surveys Off the West Coast On Tuesday afternoon, the Western Cape High Court concluded a two-day hearing in
May 26, 2026 WEST COAST SEISMIC SURVEY CASE MOVES CLOSER TO HEARING This Energy Month, the legal challenge between Aukotowa Fisheries Primary Co-operative, The Green Connection, and Natural Justice (the Applicants), and the government together with TGS Geophysical Company UK Ltd (the Respondents), concerning authorisation for offshore seismic surveys along South Africa’s West Coast and
April 17, 2026 SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL CONSOLIDATES APPEAL PROCESS IN OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS CASE The Green Connection and Natural Justice have welcomed the decision by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) to defer a decision whether to grant leave to appeal and direct that a further leave to appeal application by Shell and
April 1, 2026 FINALLY, ENERGY DECISIONS THAT PUT THE PEOPLE AT THE CENTRE – APRIL FOOL’S In a surprising but much welcomed announcement yesterday, government confirmed it will immediately halt all new oil and gas projects, focusing on climate change and redirecting investment into a bold and fully funded just transition which places household energy
