Big oil foiled. Words by Danny Chivers.
A series of huge oil extraction projects have been blocked by campaigners in South Africa. How did they do it and what comes next?
Over the last five years, $1.6 billion worth of oil and gas projects in South Africa have been halted by legal challenges from campaigners, according to government figures.1
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