Factsheet: Shell Case in the Constitutional Court

In June 2024, Wild Coast communities, Sustaining the Wild Coast, All Rise Attorneys, Natural Justice and Greenpeace Africa filed petitions with the Constitutional Court to appeal against an order of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) which allows Shell to conduct seismic testing on the Wild Coast of South Africa.

In the Constitutional Court papers, the communities and environmental justice organisations argue that the SCA’s order that allows the Minister to decide on Shell’s latest renewal application, is not “just and equitable”, is contrary to the law and should be set aside.

This factsheet is also available to download in isiXhosa.

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