South Africa: African Coastal Livelihoods Deserve To Be Protected!

South Africa: African Coastal Livelihoods Deserve To Be Protected!

As court hearings unfold this week in the Western Cape High Court, small-scale fishers and coastal communities from across the Northern and Western Cape have united with civil society organisations The Green Connection and Natural Justice (the applicants) to resist oil and gas exploration in Block 5/6/7 - a marine region critical to their survival. Through the legal challenge, the applicants seek a judicial review of the Environmental Authorisat…