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Gwede Mantashe: ‘Our commitment to low carbon emissions is unwavering.’ File photo.Image: GCIS
FRACKING

SA finds pockets of shale gas in Karoo while conducting drilling tests

The debate on fracking in the Karoo may be back on the cards after mineral resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe told parliament that his department found pockets of shale gas there during drilling. Mantashe was addressing a…

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The Central Karoo District Municipality has still not reported its first case of Covid-19.Image: 123rf/Duncan Noakes
KAROO

Open up the places with no Covid-19 cases‚ say food security experts

Vast areas of the country with hardly any Covid-19 cases should be considered for lockdown exemptions. The proposal comes from the Centre of Excellence in Food Security at the University of the Western Cape‚ which said on Thursday there…

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AFRIFORUM

Agriculture and civil society score a hit against fracking

Groups opposed to fracking in the Karoo have expressed jubilation in their victory against the Minister of Mineral Resources in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA). Agri SA released a statement saying it was “ecstatic” about the recent…

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