Protests in KZN, EC oppose Shell's seismic survey
Environmentalists are trying to keep the pressure on Shell, despite losing an urgent court bid last week, to halt its seismic survey off the Wild Coast.
Activists and concerned community members held peaceful protests and marches in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape on Sunday.
They are calling on the company to stop its ocean blasting project.
They say plans to search for oil and gas deposits could have a detrimental impact on marine life, as well as the economy.
"We have a number of fisher-folk, who are sustained by the fish in these migratory channels and those fish are going to move away," says Janet Solomon who is with coalition group, Oceans Not Oil.
"People believe that this ocean is sacred, so South Africans en masse have been coming out to protest and to just say to oil and gas corporations and to government, enough."
Shell plans to spend four to five months exploring in the region over an area of 6,000 square kilometres.
It says it will take great care to prevent or minimise the impact on fish, marine mammals and other wildlife.
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