BIG OIL UNDER FIRE | Activists speak out against Shell's seismic Wild Coast survey

--:--

The news that Shell plans to conduct a large-scale offshore seismic survey for gas and oil deposits along the Eastern Cape's Wild Coast has drawn criticism from environmental groups and animal rights activists, with one group even threatening to chain naked 'Wild Women' to the ship in protest.
Daron Mann speaks to attorney Kim van Kets from Wild Women on the Run's, and Jason Simpson, a chief engineer for controversial international conservation group Sea Shepard.

11 Nov 2021 English South Africa News · Sports News

Other recent episodes

Foundation calls for individual rights

Government should not interfere with people's lives. That is a view of Free Market Foundation CEO David Ansara. The foundation recently launched is campaign for Home Rule which speaks of decentralization of governance, emphasizing individual rights, private property, and the role of local communities in decision-making. He chats to Daron…

15 Apr 16 min

Mabuyane visits East London harbour to witness loading, while NSPCA has serious concerns over welfare of livestock

Amid the heated discussion over the export of South African livestock, Wednesday was a bustling day at the harbor in East London. 56,000 sheep, 1,500 cattle, and 200 goats were put into the animal carrier Al Messilah. They are to be taken to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia for slaughter. Pieter…

15 Apr 19 min

NSPCA raises alarm over infectious disease outbreak as thousands of sheep are loaded onto livestock ship

The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) has raised the alarm over an infectious disease outbreak at a feedlot housing 56,000 sheep destined for live export by ship from East London to the Middle East. In this second segment, host Daron Mann chats to SPCA's Jacques Peacock about the latest discovery…

15 Apr 11 min

Long and desperate property value chain stuck in metro's dawdling backlogs

If BCM's town planning unit does not sharpen up, construction companies will migrate to municipalities that don’t take two years to process an application. This warning comes from Contour Projects MD Henk Massyn, one of East London’s top township and infrastructure development companies. He chats to Ted Keenan in this…

9 Apr 8 min

UDM growing stronger in Eastern Cape, says Holomisa

UDM leader Bantu Holomisa says he remains positive about his party’s future in the Eastern Cape and has issued a warning to those undermining former president Jacob Zuma’s popularity in the province in light of his new party uMkhonto weSizwe’s rise to prominence. He chats to DispatchLIVE's Mandilakhe Kwababana in…

8 Apr 16 min

All episodes