SASOL TO ABANDON SEARCH FOR HYDROCARBONS IN BLOCKS 16 AND 19

Maputo, 11 Jul (AIM) – The South African petro-chemical giant Sasol is on the verge of abandoning the search for petroleum and gas in offshore blocks 16 and 19 in the Mozambique sedimentary basin, reports the daily newspaper “Noticias”. According to the chairperson of the publicly owned Mozambican Hydrocarbon Company (ENH), Nelson Ocuane, data from … Read more

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Jamie Edwards Scuba Report: Tofo

Jamie Edwards posted for DIVERSITY SCUBA So another great dive at Oasis this morning and the Manta’s are back!!! We were visited by 4 Reef Manta’s and also 1 Giant Manta! Also spent a bit of time with a Whitetip Reef Shark. During the trip out there we managed to spend some time with 6 … Read more

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Sardines? Where?

Oh well, no sardines to speak of. Many other variants of baitfish up and down the lower south coast – but no sards. The water finally cooled with the last few days of easterly winds and swell, but has gone an evil colour brown with the upswelling the east brings. So now we have a … Read more

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Type 1A dinner in Tofo

Grant Gilmore looking stoked at the prospect of dinner. The snapper looks to be an Emperor Snapper, great to catch…great to eat. There have been many different species in the market this winter…Rock Salmon (Mangrove Jack, River Snapper), Speckled Snapper, Twinspot Snapper…and some we can’t identify. Cobia have been aplenty now that the whales are … Read more

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Busy times between Durban and Mozambique…

I’s just like the old days…queues of cars and people loaded with boats, quad bikes and jet skis, headed north, en masse. Winter holidays have begun. Halfway stops between Maputo and Xai Xai are full. Markets are a buzz. Fuel stops are busy as. Border posts are chaos. And the roads very busy. But we … Read more

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