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 that cannot be ignored.

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…