# Wild Coast communities in the Eastern Cape told the Constitutional Court yesterday that Shell’s planned offshore seismic exploration threatens their cultural rights and ancestral connections to the sea. The communities and environmental groups are challenging a Supreme Court of Appeal’s ruling that allows Shell to bring an application for seismic exploration. In their arguments, the communities flagged the lack of consultation and the potential contamination of the sea during seismic blasting. Judgment in the matter has been reserved.
Eastern Cape Wild Coast communities strongly oppose Shell’s offshore oil exploration