{"id":41348,"date":"2022-12-13T17:12:19","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T17:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mantashe-shell-allowed-to-challenge-blocked-wild-coast-seismic-survey-at-sca"},"modified":"2022-12-13T18:03:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T18:03:11","slug":"mantashe-shell-allowed-to-challenge-blocked-wild-coast-seismic-survey-at-sca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mantashe-shell-allowed-to-challenge-blocked-wild-coast-seismic-survey-at-sca","title":{"rendered":"Mantashe, Shell allowed to challenge blocked Wild Coast seismic survey at SCA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>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, at the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA).<\/p>\n<p>The judgment was delivered by the Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda, on Tuesday morning, following a hearing on 28 November.<\/p>\n<p>Wild Coast communities had launched the court application last year to stop a proposed seismic survey. The Makhanda High court had eventually set aside the minister&#8217;s decision to grant an exploration right to Impact Africa (which was later transferred to Shell) and its subsequent renewals.<\/p>\n<p>The court had noted procedural issues in the granting of the exploration right &#8211; especially regarding inadequate consultation processes with the affected communities from the Wild Coast. But Mantashe and Shell sought to challenge this.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Another key argument from Shell is that the Wild Coast communities did not exhaust all internal remedies &#8211; in other words, appeal the decision to grant the exploration right to the minister &#8211; before approaching the court for intervention.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Wild Coast communities, along with Sustaining the Wild Coast, All Rise, Natural Justice and Greenpeace Africa, applied for leave to cross-appeal an aspect of the court&#8217;s ruling.<\/p>\n<p>These parties had originally sought a declaratory order on whether Shell and Impact Africa required environmental authorisation to conduct the seismic survey.<\/p>\n<p>When the court originally set aside the exploration rights and the renewals, it concluded that the declarator as &#8220;unnecessary&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Both the leave to appeal (by Mantashe and Shell) and the leave to cross-appeal (by the Wild Coast communities and civil society groups) have been granted.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling stated that the applications for leave to appeal and cross-appeal &#8220;do not pass muster&#8221;. The court also said that the appeal sought has &#8220;no reasonable prospects of success.&#8221; But the matter is of public interest and should be aired in the Supreme Court of Appeal. &#8220;The parties agree that this matter is of significant importance and requires ventilation by the Supreme Court of Appeal. We also agree,&#8221; the judgment read.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. 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, at the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA). 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