"On when an exploration right determination would be made, Mekwe said: “It will take the Minister of Mineral Resources approximately eight months from now to decide on the recommendations put before him pertaining to the said applications.”

Exploration work programmes, excluding fracking, could commence as soon as the exploration right was issued to a holder. Mekwe said that, if the right was granted, minimum exploration work programmes could begin towards the end of 2015."

http://www.miningweekly.com/article/petroleum-agency-moves-to-process-pending-shale-gas-applications-2014-10-27

Looks like there will be a lot more waiting.

So nothing much new, as far as that goes.

jmo