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For Immediate Release 28 December 2021 Major victory for Wild Coast communities: Shell interdicted from conducting seismic operations with immediate effect MAKHANDA — Today the Grahamstown High Court in Makhanda ordered Shell to immediately cease its seismic blasting along South Africa’s Wild Coast, while ordering Shell and the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy to […]

For Immediate Release 14 December 2021 Will the courts stop Shell in the Wild Coast? Second urgent hearing to take place this week MAKHANDA — On Friday, 17 December, the Grahamstown High Court in Makhanda will hear arguments in application of an urgent interdict against Shell’s seismic survey along South Africa’s Wild Coast. The Legal […]

For Immediate Release 2 December 2021 Wild Coast communities apply for interdict to stop Shell exploration MAKHANDA — Residents from communities located along the Wild Coast have filed an application for an urgent interdict against Shell in the Makhanda High Court today to stop the petroleum company from initiating seismic survey operations for the exploration […]

For Immediate Release 15 November 2021 Supreme Court hears appeal against interim interdict in Cape Town eviction case BLOEMFONTEIN — The Legal Resources Centre will be in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in the matter of the City of Cape Town v The South African Human Rights Comission and Others today. More than a […]