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 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

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

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