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The Constitutional Court has upheld a landmark ruling on decision-making regarding genetically modified organisms, marking the end of a decade-long legal battle mounted by the African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) against the government and multinational seed giant Monsanto. (Wikimedia Commons)
AFRICAN CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY

Constitutional Court upholds landmark ruling on GMO decision-making

The decision ends a decade-long legal battle by the African Centre for Biodiversity and cements new legal standards for environmental oversight of GMOs in South Africa

  • Sheree Bega
3 min read
Bill Gates with farmer Mary in Kenya. (Photo by Gates Notes)
AFRICA

Bill Gates plays God in Africa’s agriculture and gets it wrong

Agra’s drive for a ‘green revolution’ has reduced crop diversity, created a dependency on commercial seeds and fertiliser and increased vulnerability to drought

  • Simon Allison
8 min read
, on February 8 – Soybean fields in Argentina are often fumigated with glyphosate, a herbicide which is probably carcinogenic according to the World Health Organization (WHO), but which is needed to maintain crops of transgenic seeds. The first trial for the possible effects of Round Up -Monsanto’s polemic herbicide containing gliphosate- starts on July […]
BANS

EU ships banned bee-killing pesticides to South Africa and other countries

Neonicotinoid, manufactured by Syngenta and Beyer, is banned in the European Union because it kills pollinators and causes other environmental harms

  • Sheree Bega
12 min read
(John McCann/M&G)
BANNED

EU-banned pesticides are harming farmworkers in SA

The department does not even have a list of registered pesticides, a damning report finds

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
(John McCann/M&G)
AFRICAN CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT

Pesticide lobby in sly bid to self-licence

NGOs warn that letting a lobbyist for pesticide firms regulate the scientists who conduct safety tests is putting a ‘fox in charge of the henhouse’

  • Sheree Bega
9 min read
ADVERTISING STANDARDS AUTHORITY

ASA dismisses generic drug complaint

The Advertising Standards Authority rejected a complaint that Bayer has been trying to disparage generic drugs and create doubts about their safety.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
AHMED BARUSSO

Bayern lead German quartet into UEFA Cup last 16

Bayern Munich led a quartet of German clubs into the last 16 of the UEFA Cup when the competition favourites thumped Aberdeen 5-1 on Thursday. Bundesliga leaders Bayern, who next…

  • Justin Palmer
3 min read
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE

Bayern, Bolton seal Uefa Cup berths

Italian striker Luca Toni inspired Bayern Munich to a 6-0 rout of Greek side Aris to book their berth in the Uefa Cup knockout round on Wednesday as English side Bolton advanced…

  • Emmeline Moore
3 min read