Breaking news: Court declares nuclear agreements unconstitutional

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The validity of the deal - proported to be worth trillions of rand - was challenged by Earthlife Africa and the Southern African Faith Communities Environment Institute (Safcei) on the grounds that the processes and the Section 34 Determination to procure nuclear power were illegal and not in line with constitutionally sound adminstrative decision-making.

Safcei spokesman, Liz McDade, told EWN that the legal action was not about the safety of nuclear power, but that the agreement had gone ahead without the necessary public consultation or other safeguards in place for such agreements.

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