For a whole host of reasons the Democratic Alliance (DA) has been calling for a moratorium on the granting of gas exploration rights. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which is the process...
The process and timing surrounding the current round of applications for gas exploration rights have exposed a number of material issues that reinforce the DA’s call in February for a...
Yesterday the Democratic Alliance (DA) released a discussion document reviewing Jacob Zuma’s 50 broken promises to the nation. We did so to illustrate that the President has, in the...
The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, believes more research is needed on the use of the hydraulic fracturing process during gas exploration. This emerged in reply to a...