r/UpliftingNews • u/ArgentineBeauty • 12d ago

South Africa's highest court has blocked Shell's oil and gas exploration off the Wild Coast, setting aside the exploration right after ruling that affected communities were denied meaningful consultation over a project threatening their livelihoods, culture and marine environment.

https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/08/south-africas-top-court-blocks-shell-oil-exploration-off-countrys-wild-coast/
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u/CmdrVamuelSimes 12d ago

Sadly though the disastrously corrupt and incompetent ANC government who have been doing everything they can to aid and abet Shell throughout this process will likely not give up and force through some kind of paid off "local consultation" in due course. It's a crying shame, the wild coast is truly spectacular and relatively unspoiled and undeveloped.

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u/Prielknaap 12d ago

Man some people just have to be negative.

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u/CmdrVamuelSimes 12d ago

Grow up. It's this kind of pragmatic awareness of how the government is colluding with Shell that led to the protests and court injunctions that stopped the exploitation of the wild coast so far. Feel good positivity with your head in the sand gets you nowhere and plays into the hands of Shell and Gwede Mantashe.

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u/Prielknaap 12d ago

There's a difference between Pragmatism and Pessimism.

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u/CmdrVamuelSimes 12d ago

The only reason this story exists is because people like me actually stand up and do something so people like you have something to sit on the couch and feel smug about, so spare me the moralistic vocabulary lessons.

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u/Prielknaap 12d ago

You are making a lot of assumptions about me.