A small group of protesters gathered at Brighton Beach on Saturday to voice their outrage over the authorisation of an application to undertake an offshore seismic survey between Plettenberg Bay and Algoa Bay.
Members of the public have until the end of Friday to register their comments in terms of the scoping assessment of Total’s application to mine a block of seabed offshore between Mossel Bay and Cape St Francis for gas.
Faeces, sanitary towels and toilet paper are floating in the Port Elizabeth Harbour, causing serious problems for fishermen and an oyster farm.The sewage has been pouring into the harbour and the Baakens River at different points since Wednesday last week.
The Coega Development Corporation has been awarded a key permit from the department of forestry, fisheries and the environment which will allow it to push forward with three projects centred on energy, aquaculture and water.
In a low-key meeting, members of environmental and community organisations gathered on the Donkin Reserve in Gqeberha on Wednesday to discuss “what’s next” after two bruising days in the high court in Gqeberha battling to stop Shell’s Wild Coast seismic survey application.