Sustaining the Wild Coast NPC and others v. Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy and others

A variety of environmental organisations, local residents and fishers won a major case against two South African Ministers and companies directly invested in the search for, and extraction of, hydrocarbons, in the Eastern Cape Coast area.

The plaintiffs argued that the right to Shell and Impact Africa to carry out seismic surveys for oil and gas off of South Africa's Wild Coast had been granted unlawfully. The judgement ruled in favour of the plaintiffs and is a significant victory against hydrocarbon extraction.