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The Makhanda high court last week put the final nail in the coffin of the aspirations of two powerful companies to seismically blast the diverse and ecologically sensitive Wild Coast in their hunt for oil and gas. It set aside the exploration licence, and subsequent renewals of that licence, which gave international oil and gas giant Shell and its local partner, Impact Africa, permission to conduct the potentially environmentally devastating hunt for fossil fuels along the Wild Coast.
The Makhanda High Court has dismissed Minister Gwede Mantashe and Shell’s application for a leave to appeal its December decision to grant an interim interdict against the company’s seismic survey in the Wild Coast.
Fossil fuel giant Shell hopes to do a seismic survey off South Africa's pristine Wild Coast. But activists are protesting it, saying it will harm the environment and wildlife.
3 January 2022 - In a wild judgment on the Wild Coast, the High Court granted an interim interdict blocking a seismic survey, inter alia because some local people believe it would disturb ancestors who reside in the sea.