Mail and Guardian: The strategic environmental assessment (SEA) of shale gas development has to be completed in two years before exploration for the energy source begins in earnest, assessment leader Professor Bob Scholes said this week.
The government`s shale gas interdepartmental task team on Tuesday launched the SEA, calling it a "science-based assessment to improve our understanding of the risks and opportunities of shale gas development".
In his budget speech in February, the minister of finance, Nhlanhla...