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Small-scale fishers from the West Coast picketed outside the Cape High Court on Monday. Photo: Liezl Human

Coal, Oil & Gas

TotalEnergies in court over offshore oil and gas drilling

Liezl Human 24 Mar 2026

About 200 activists marched to the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday to support Wild Coast communities opposing seismic surveys and oil exploration rights granted to Shell and Impact Africa. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Activists march against Shell’s oil exploration

Ihsaan Haffejee and Thamsanqa Mbovane 17 Sep 2025

Local community members and supporters of Sustaining the Wild Coast and Greenpeace celebrating an early court victory against Shell in Makhanda in September 2022. Archive photo: Lucas Nowicki

Coal, Oil & Gas

Shell’s Wild Coast seismic blasting case goes to the Concourt

Tania Broughton 12 Sep 2025

About 80 people gathered in Rosebank to protest against Standard Bank and TotalEnergies’ investment in fossil fuels. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro

Climate Change

Climate protesters demand reparations from Standard Bank for fossil fuel investments

Kimberly Mutandiro 20 Aug 2025

Local community members and supporters of Sustaining the Wild Coast and Greenpeace celebrated a court victory outside the Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda in September 2022. Archive photo: Lucas Nowicki / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Court asked to stop Shell’s seismic tests once and for all

Tania Broughton 2 Jul 2024

Environmental activists came together to picket outside Parliament to oppose TotalEnergies’ offshore drilling for oil and gas. Photo: Qaqamba Falintenjwa | GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Activists demand end to TotalEnergies offshore drilling

Qaqamba Falithenjwa 6 Nov 2023

Seismic judgment: Court overturns exploration rights granted to Shell

Sustainability

Seismic judgment: Court overturns exploration rights granted to Shell

Tania Broughton 1 Sep 2022

Source: Africa Energy Corp

Energy

Clearing the waters: The Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill

Peter Leon, Paul Morton, Ernst Muller & Lauren Paxton 12 Jul 2021

Lizel Oberholzer, energy head, Norton Rose Fulbright

Coal, Oil & Gas

Impact of new law on SA's oil and gas industry

Lizel Oberholzer 17 Jan 2020

'Getting to Canada' ... South Africa's mining exploration challenge

Mining

'Getting to Canada' ... South Africa's mining exploration challenge

David Christianson 4 Oct 2018

DMR restricts new licence applications

Mining

DMR restricts new licence applications

2 Jul 2018

Mineral Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe

Mining

Mantashe promises Mining Charter soon

15 May 2018

Fracking: A delicate balancing act

Science & Engineering

Fracking: A delicate balancing act

Justine Sweet 29 Jan 2018

$KZN farmers, landowners elated after another ruling against fracking$

Agriculture

KZN farmers, landowners elated after another ruling against fracking

25 May 2017

Agriculture

Ruling against fracking a victory for KZN farmers

5 May 2017

Mining

Model code provides benchmark for mineral exploitation

29 Jul 2016

Shell gets nod to drill wells in SA's Orange basin

Energy

Shell gets nod to drill wells in SA's Orange basin

Siseko Njobeni 20 Oct 2015

SA probes shale gas impacts, opportunities

Science & Engineering

SA probes shale gas impacts, opportunities

13 May 2015

Non-essential assets identified for Eskom

Infrastructure & Utilities

Non-essential assets identified for Eskom

21 Nov 2014

Government ready to monitor safe shale gas exploration

Infrastructure & Utilities

Government ready to monitor safe shale gas exploration

28 Aug 2014

$Golden guidelines around fracking$

Legal

Golden guidelines around fracking

Lizel Oberholzer and Clarissa Molteno 3 Jun 2013

Maritime

ExxonMobile set for east coast oil & gas deposits search

20 Dec 2012

Mining Services

AEMFC implements Barnstone mining solution

24 Jul 2012