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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
Influence: Several political parties have voiced concern about overreach and lack of accountability in the judiciary. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G
COMPENSATION FOR EXPROPRIATION

The Expropriation Act is necessarily unconstitutional

Expropriation law is not a tool of punishment or reparation, it is a tool of social improvement that can only be used under exceptional circumstances

  • Martin van Staden
7 min read