In November last year, outside Parliament, South African eco-justice activists joined the global movement Power Up for Climate Solutions to kick off a month of environmental and climate action in the lead up to COP28. In a memorandum off demands, they called for an end to Total Energies’ fossil fuel aspirations in South Africa, and for government decision-makers, specifically the ministers Barbara Creecy and Gwede Mantashe, to acknowledge the negative impact of fossil fuels on people, on nature and on the climate. Photo credit Barry Christianson / 350Africa.org
The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has announced her decision on the eight appeals lodged against the Environmental Authorisation for Total Energies EP South Africa B.V. (TEEPSA’s) proposed well drilling in Block Deep Water Orange Basin (DWOB).
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The search and rescue operation for the 11 missing crew members of the MFV Lepanto has officially been called off. An investigation of the incident is now underway.
There is growing concern about the increase in incidents involving fishing vessels and ships. Fact is though that a lot of the fishing vessels, including the latest casualty, MFV Lepanto, are very old. The search for the missing 11 crew members has yielded no results so far other than some debris found.
Apart from debris found floating at sea by a fishing vessel assisting with a search and rescue operation in the Atlantic Ocean early this morning, there is still no sign of the 11 crew members of the sunken FV Lepanto, reports the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA). The search has now gone airborne.
