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The Green Connection's Who Stole Our Oceans campaign, aims to oppose oil and gas exploration of the South African coast. We want to protect the ocean for our future.
For More Information About Our Journey To Opposing Oil and Gas Exploration, Read Below.
For More Information About Our Journey To Opposing Oil and Gas Exploration, Read Below.
No To Karpowership!
From 2022 (current news), read below
Green Connection Takes Fight Against Karpowerships to Court
Ukugoba Emuva, i-DMRE Inikeza I-Karpowerships Elinye Ikhefu
I-Green Connection's Oceans Tribunal Idalula Umthelela Omubi Wezinqumo Zikahulumeni Eziyimfihlo
“Nersa Karpowership Decision Unacceptable!”
Green Connection Calls on Minister Gwede Mantashe to Dump RMIPPPP
Nersa’s Electricity Generation Application Process Flawed
Imiphakathi Edobayo Isabela Ezikhalweni Eziphikisana Nesinqumo Se-Karpowership SA EIA
The Green Connection Saldanha Appeals Form Responses 02082021
The Green Connection Welcomes DFFE Decision to Reject Karpowerships
Civil Society Calls on Parliament to Hold Public Hearings on Karpowerships
The Green Connection Responds to 10 June 2021 President Announcement on More Renewable Energy
Karpowerships Should Not Be Part of South Africa’s Future. The Green Connection Responds to Minister Mantashe’s Budget Speech
Please find our complaint, the letter we received from triplo4 on 11 June 2021 and the official response letter we received from the DFFE on 14 June 2021
On Monday 31st May, The Green Connection lodged a formal complaint with the Department of Forestry and Fisheries and Environmental Affairs regarding the karpowership project at Saldanha Bay.
Karpowerships are No Turkish Delight
The Green Connection Believes the Karpowerships Project Environmental Impact Assessment is Flawed
Karpowerships Should Not be Part of South African Solution
From 2021 (old news) read above
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Join the call to stop offshore oil and gas exploration in the ocean and call for sustainable, renewable energy solutions. #OurOceanOurFuture for those who depend on it.
Who Stole Our Oceans?
Umlando wokumbiwa kukawoyela e-Afrika ungowokuhaha, ukubamba iqhaza, ukucekelwa phansi kwezindawo zokuziphilisa nezindawo zemvelo, kanye nokuphulwa kwamalungelo abantu. Lokhu kuboniswa kahle nguhulumeni wezempi waseNigeria lapho eqondise khona abantu base-Ogoni, ababebhikishela ukucekelwa phansi kwemvelo okubangelwa ukungcoliswa kukawoyela kweShell Petroleum Company.
Kuyadingeka ukuthi abantu baseNingizimu Afrika bathathe isinyathelo ngokushesha, njengoba kukhona ithuba elincane lokuvimbela ukuqhuma kokusetshenziswa kukaphethiloli olwandle lwethu. Ngokunweba ukulwela kwethu ubulungiswa besimo sezulu ekuphikisaneni nokuxhashazwa kukawoyela negesi ekujuleni kolwandle, sizosebenzela izwe, kanye nezwekazi lase-Afrika wonkana, kuyilapho sivuma ukulwa ngesibindi kwabantu base-Ogoni futhi sakhela phezu kwefa lika-Ken Saro-Wiwa.
Kungaphakathi kwalo mongo lapho iphrojekthi ihlose ukunika amandla imiphakathi yendawo encike olwandle, ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izimpilo zabadobi, kanye namathuluzi abo nolwazi kuyagcinwa, futhi imiphakathi iyakwazi ukuxoxisana nabathatha izinqumo ukuze kuvikelwe izilwandle zethu kubo bonke, kuze kube phakade. .
This campaign will build on existing networks of small scale fishers and other coastal and ocean communities, as well as engaging with those civil society organizations working on climate change and the energy sector.
Who Stole Our Oceans Campaign Story
The Who Stole Our Oceans campaign is an environmental and social justice campaign launched by The Green Connection in 2020, in a bid to protect our oceans for future generations, with a particular emphasis on opposing offshore oil and gas exploration, is currently underway.
We have a long history of working with fishing communities to help them recognize and fight for their rights, we have worked with partner organizations on various projects, the Masifundise to ensure fisheries are ecologically sensitive in their activities, and WWF project for responsible fisheries.
Map showing Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration in South Africa (map stems from Petroleum Agency South Africa)
We as The Green Connection, have been active over time in a number of ecojustice struggles. A crucial consideration in South Africa’s just energy transition must be to ascertain what benefits new renewable energy projects have to address the legacies of the injustice of the past. We have engaged with communities on the ground to see how they were experiencing the benefits of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement (REIPPP). Sadly, the story is not a happy one.
Integrated Energy Plan
The Green Connection and the Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute (SAFCEI) have initiated a legal challenge against President Cyril Ramaphosa to force him to bring Section 6......
Seismic
Surveys
Since the announcement of Shell seismic surveys on the Wild Coast in the Eastern Cape last year.....
Karpowership
With legal action in progress against the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa), Karpowerships SA and the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, The Green Connection says.....
Legacy Programme
The Green Connection has a Legacy programme that was created to equip activists with advocacy skills to enable them to fight for their environmental and socio-economic rights....
Parliament
In the Western Cape, the Langebaan fishing communities and the Saldanha along with Eastern Cape Environmental Network were part of a group that wrote to the Energy and Minerals Committee in Parliament....
AZINAM
26 September 2022, small-scale fishers held a picket demonstration at Pepper Bay Saldanha. The group of about 50 fishers and supporting eco-justice and community-based organisations are opposing the (imminent) arrival of the Azinam oil rig...
International Oceans Tribunal
The Green Connection held its first-ever international Oceans Tribunal on the 21 – 22 of September 2021...
SA’s Gas Plan is Bad News for Climate Response
The government has also embarked on a number of steps to force South Africa into a gas-dependent energy sector...
Coastal Communities Advocating For Change
WEST COAST
No To Karpowership!
- Communities Opposing Oil and Gas: Port Nolloth, Hondeklipbaai, Kleinsee, Saldanha.
- Coastal Community Members of Graaff-Reinet and Langebaan Share Their Thoughts About Calling on banks to NOT fund Karpowerships.
- Communities attended and represented their communities in the Oceans Tribunal.
- Green Connection Legacy participants of Port Nolloth, Langebaan and Saldanha Bay complete Legacy Advocacy Programme.
SOUTH COAST
No To Karpowership!
- Communities Oppose Offshore Oil and Gas: Mossel Bay, Kleinbrak, Knysna, Plettenberg
- Call for Ocean Protection.
- Coastal Community Members of Knysna Share Their Thoughts About Calling on banks to NOT fund Karpowerships
- Communities attended and represented their communities in the Oceans Tribunal.
- Green Connection Legacy participants of Kynsna complete Legacy Advocacy Programme
EAST COAST
No To Karpowership!
- World Oceans Day was celebrated by conducting a beach clean up.
- Opposition to Oil and Gas: Communities Reject Off Shore Oil and Gas.
- Community Action Against Oil and Gas.
- Communities attended and represented their communities in the Oceans Tribunal.
- Green Connection Legacy participants of Port Nolloth, Langebaan and Saldanha Bay complete Legacy Advocacy Programme
- Green Connection Legacy participants of Port St Johns and Gqeberha complete Legacy Advocacy Programme
- Port St Johns community members and activists protest against Shell’s seismic surveys.
Vessel Sailed Around West Coast
We Want Our Oceans Back!
What you can see on GOGEL:
– How much oil and gas companies are producing
– How much unconventional oil and gas they are producing (i.e. fracking, tar sands, coalbed methane, extra heavy oil, ultra deepwater and Arctic)
– How big oil and gas companies’ expansion plans are
– How big their unconventional expansion plans are
– How much they’re spending on exploration
– What their fossil fuel share of revenue is
– How many pipeline kilometers they’re developing
– How much LNG terminal capacity they’re developing
– In which Reputational Risk Projects the companies are involved.
For more information.