Deep Western Orange Basin drilling plans hinge on court ruling

FILE : An oil and gas drilling platform. The Western Cape High Court is expected to hear an appeal by various environmental conservation organisations on Monday. They are challenging Government’s Environmental Authorisation decision granted to an international energy company for oil and gas exploration in the Deep Western Orange Basin. The basin is situated offshore…

Read More

Bellarmine Mugabe, co-accused to back in court

Bellarmine Mugabe and co-accused Tobias Matonhodze. Bellarmine Mugabe, son of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, and his co-accused, Tobias Matonhodze, are back in the Alexandra Regional Court on Monday morning. They are accused of shooting a 23-year-old gardener at the Mugabe residence in Hyde Park in February. They face charges of attempted murder, defeating the…

Read More