An Australian company received approval to conduct a seismic survey off the West Coast of South Africa. This comes shortly after a court ordered Shell to suspend its seismic survey off the Wild Coast. Judge Gerald Bloem said that evidence presented showed there is a "real threat that the marine life would be irreparably harmed by the seismic survey." In a separate written reply to a question about Shell's seismic survey, Mantashe said the project has been in the pipeline since 2013. The environment management programme permits the licensees to undertake exploration activities including the seismic survey."

Source: News 24 January 13, 2022 13:04 UTC