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Oil and Gas Appeals to be Considered, EIA Reforms on the Way

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12 March 2026

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Oil and gas protesters Nov 23 — 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

Up until now the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process has been a thorn in the side of South Africa’s Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe. Frustrated at the ongoing blockades to oil and gas exploration applications and seismic surveys, he has lashed out at civil society and environmental detractors on several occasions. He now has seemingly a new “friend” in the form of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister, Willie Aucamp, who is on record commenting that it’s not fair to hold back on appeal decisions.

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