Mantashe, Shell allowed to challenge blocked Wild Coast seismic survey at SCA | Business

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A high court has granted Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe and oil and gas company Shell leave to appeal a ruling that blocked a seismic survey off the Wild Coast. | News24_Business

In his papers, Mantashe argued that leave to appeal should be granted because it raises novel issues of law and an appeal has reasonable prospects of success, News24 previously reported.

Another key argument from Shell is that the Wild Coast communities did not exhaust all internal remedies - in other words, appeal the decision to grant the exploration right to the minister - before approaching the court for intervention.An overview of the challenges and opportunities of the climate crisis, as it changes the world we know.

These parties had originally sought a declaratory order on whether Shell and Impact Africa required environmental authorisation to conduct the seismic survey. When the court originally set aside the exploration rights and the renewals, it concluded that the declarator as"unnecessary".The ruling stated that the applications for leave to appeal and cross-appeal"do not pass muster". The court also said that the appeal sought has"no reasonable prospects of success." But the matter is of public interest and should be aired in the Supreme Court of Appeal.

 

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