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Historic Win for Wild Coast Community v Shell and Minister

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The Grahamstown High Court in Makhanda delivered judgement today after an urgent interdict against Shell’s seismic survey along South Africa’s Wild Coast was brought by The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) and Richard Spoor Attorneys – supported by Cullinan & Associates and Natural Justice on behalf of the Amadiba, Cwebe, Hobeni, Port Saint Johns and Kei Mouth communities on 17 December 2021.

In the result, it is ordered that:

The third, fourth and fifth respondents be and are hereby interdicted from undertaking seismic survey operations under Exploration Right 12/3/252 pending the finalisation of Part B of the notice of motion.

The first and fifth respondents shall pay the costs of the application for an interim interdict, jointly and severally the one paying the other to be absolved, such costs to include the costs attendant upon the employment of three counsel, where so employed.

The application is postponed sine die for the determination of the relief sought under Part B of the notice of motion.

In the High Court of South Africa, Eastern Cape Division, Grahamstown.

In the matter Between:

Sustaining the Wild Coast NPC – First Applicant
Mashona Went Dlamini – Second Applicant
Dwesa-Cwebe Communal Property Association – Third Applicant
Ntsindiso Nongcavu – Fourth Applicant
Sazise Maxwell Pekayo – Fifth Applicant
Cameron Thorpe – Sixth Applicant
All Rise Attorneys for Climate and the Environment NPC – Seventh Applicant

and

Minsiter of Mineral Resources and Energy – First Respondent
Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries – Second Respondent
Shell Exploration and Production South Africa BV – Third Respondent
Impact Africa Limited – Fourth Respondent
BG International Limited – Fifth Respondent

Link to the full judgement PDF: SUSTAINING THE WILD COAST JUDGMENT

 

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