South Africa's upstream oil and gas sector rarely intersects with its foreign policy. That changed this month, when environmental justice organisation The Green Connection wrote an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa questioning the optics of an Israeli firm becoming operator of a major offshore exploration block, precisely as Pretoria continues to press its genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.

South Africa's upstream oil and gas sector rarely intersects with its foreign policy. That changed this month, when environmental justice organisation The Green Connection wrote…

The proposed acquisition by Israeli energy company Navitas Petroleum of a major stake in offshore oil and gas exploration off South Africa's West Coast has exposed a contradiction…