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Has Total abandoned its interests in South Africa?
Perhaps the most pessimistic, but most probable path, is that Total is merely strategising in their assault of Africa’s natural resources. A bit of greenwashing here, some Corporate Social Responsibility platitudes there and a dash of time will make the petroleum giant seem a darling again before long.
With each unfurling socio-economic crisis, the government will pay Total’s antics in the Agulhas less attention and the pay-off will be immense when their drillships slither back to the East Coast.
We know it is not over yet for the oily alliance, since Luiperd, the neighbour to Total’s Brulpadda rig, was lauded as having struck billions, in the gas sense of course.