The Eastern Cape town of Matatiele was recently the site for revolutionary change, as the community joined together in its resistance against corporate giants planning to frack in this area and over 6Â 000 000 km2 across the rest of South Africa....
The community of Howick in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands is up in arms. They’re fighting to stop proposed fracking in the area. Rhino Gas and Exploration wants to extract natural gas and is targeting more than 1200 farms across KwaZulu-Natal....
Anyone who wants to attempt fracking in South Africa will now have to get permission from the water affairs minister. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, was added to the list of controlled activities in the National Water Act, according to a notice...
New developments are emerging in South Africa’s national conversation on using hydraulic fracturing (fracking) technology to release shale gas in the Karoo. These include the publication of the updated Regulations for Petroleum Exploration and...
Limited availability of freshwater could become a stumbling block for rapid development of shale resources through hydraulic fracturing. Using information from the Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas, the World Resources Institute (WRI) has provided the...
Government says it is ready to regulate and monitor companies that have expressed an interest in exploring shale gas in the country. Thibedi Ramontja, the Director-General of the Mineral Resources Department, said the draft regulations will, once...
Treasure Karoo Action Group (TKAG) recently met with a high-level delegation from the Department of Minerals (DMR) to discuss issues relating to shale gas mining. TKAG CEO Jonathan Deal, accompanied by Advocate Paul Hoffman from the Institute for...
An anti-fracking group has warned that it will take legal steps to bring an end to hydraulic fracturing in the Karoo and has called for a new moratorium on fracking. In February this year, then Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu proposed a...
Mineral Resources Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi said that, because of the close proximity of the location of shale gas exploration and the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), a balance needs to be ensured. The Department of Mineral Resources announced in...
