About 300 Durban Climate Activists Picket Against Oil and Gas Exploration GroundUp_News: SouthAfrica AfricaClimateCrisis ClimateChange Climate
Hundreds of people from several organisations picket along the beach front in Durban on Friday morning against oil and gas exploration along the east coastline."We are not going to do oil mining to exacerbate our climate change" says environmental activist
The picket was led by members of the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance who wore yellow t-shirts which read:"Africa will fry" and"Don't Gas Africa" while singing in front of the entertainment spot. Some people travelled from as far as Ulundi, Richards Bay and Empangeni to join Friday's action.
Desmond D'Sa, SDCEA coordinator, called out the group that owns Suncoast Casino, which also holds shares in fossil fuel companies. "We are not going to allow them to drill for oil. We are not going to allow them to take our land. We are not going to do oil mining to exacerbate our climate change," D'Sa shouted to the crowd.
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