{"id":58200,"date":"2023-02-13T10:50:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T09:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=58200"},"modified":"2024-06-13T12:06:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T10:06:34","slug":"people-power-stopped-shell-in-south-africa-nonhle-mbuthuma-activist-protesting-shell-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/58200\/people-power-stopped-shell-in-south-africa-nonhle-mbuthuma-activist-protesting-shell-at-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"‘People power stopped Shell in South Africa’ \u2014 Nonhle Mbuthuma, activist protesting Shell at sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Community activist Nonhle Mbuthuma shows support as two more Greenpeace climbers board the Shell oil platform that is being transported to an oilfield north of the Shetland Islands.
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My name is Nonhle, I am an activist born and raised in Xolobeni, in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. I was on a boat in the English channel, supporting people who are occupying one of Shell\u2019s oil platforms<\/a> on its way to the North Sea so Shell can pump out up to 45,000 barrels of oil a day, for over 20 years.<\/p>\n\n

We are demanding that fossil fuel companies like Shell stop drilling, shift to renewable energy and start paying for the damage they\u2019ve done.<\/p>\n\n

Two more climbers from Germany and France joined the four activists occupying Shell\u2019s 34,000 tonne oil platform. I boarded the vessel Merida, along with climate advocates from Africa, the Middle East and Europe, to challenge Shell even further. <\/p>\n\n

The oil giant has hit Greenpeace International with an injunction<\/a>, threatening up to TWO YEARS jail time for a peaceful protest. If they feel inconvenienced by this, imagine what it feels like to be on the frontlines of the climate breakdown they\u2019re causing.<\/p>\n\n

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