Western Cape High Court Judge Lee Bozalek on Wednesday set aside with costs government's nuclear agreements signed with vendor countries, and declared them unlawful and unconstitutional.
The court case was first launched in October 2015, with Earthlife Africa Johannesburg and the Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute challenging the government’s decision to buy 9.6 GW of nuclear power without debating it first in Parliament, thus flouting democratic processes.
The two organisations said in a joint statement issued on Tuesday that if the court bid was successful, it would put "serious roadblocks" in the way of the government and Eskom's nuclear procurement process.