- Fresh from their landmark victory in the Teepsa 5/6/7 case, where the courts set aside authorisation for another deep-water drilling project, Green Connection and Natural Justice are warning of an even bigger threat to people, the ocean and the climate.
- This time, the organisations are challenging TotalEnergies’ proposal to drill what would be the world’s deepest offshore well in the Deep Western Orange Basin (DWOB South).
- The Green Connection’s Strategic Lead, Liziwe McDaid says that the scale of the project is staggering, “If approved, this would mean drilling at depths of nearly 3,900 metres, only 211 km off the coast of Saldanha, home to many indigenous small-scale fisher…
Mountains: The Drakensberg mountain range is the highest in Southern Africa,
with peaks reaching over 3,400 meters.

Mr. 44
Van der Merwe is approached by SANRAL one day who want to build a new highway through his donkey farm. Van is really concerned with how his donkeys can get from one side of the farm to the other without having to cross the highway and risk being injured or killed. He is promised that they will build bridges the highway so that his donkeys can cross under the highway. Van agrees and gives them the go-ahead.
The highway is built and a year later the same rep goes to the farm to go see how Van and his donkeys are. He eventually finds Van under one of these bridges chipping away at the roof of the tunnel with a hammer and chisel.
\”Mnr Van de Merwe, what are you doing damaging the highway bridge?\”
Mad Jack
Jamaica: You have two cows. They win 25 gold medals at the Bovine Olympics.