Biowatch South Africa was established in 1997 as a national non-governmental organisation to publicise, monitor and research issues of genetic modification and promote biological diversity and sustainable livelihoods.
We have a head office in Cape Town in the Western Cape and rural offices in Limpopo Province and KwaZulu Natal.
Both rural offices work with small scale farmers on sustainable agriculture, food and seed security and farmers’ rights.
Biowatch to lodge application for leave to appeal to Constitutional Court over costs order
19 May 2008
Biowatch will be lodging an application for leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court against the order that it pay the costs of Monsanto South Africa (Pty) Ltd, local component of the world’s largest genetically modified (GM) seed company.
The option of appealing to the Constitutional Court has been opened by a dissenting judgement from one of the three judges who heard Biowatch’s appeal in April 2007. Read more...
SEEDS OF CHOICE
Seeds of Choice is a 15 minute documentary about the work which Biowatch has been doing with small-scale and household food gardeners in KwaZulu Natal. Several community projects that have switched to inexpensive, chemical-free planting are featured and demonstrate the methods they have adopted with assistance from Biowatch's Lawrence Mkhalipi. Community members talk about their experiences and why they have chosen the low-cost chemical free option. This DVD is available from Biowatch at R100. FREE to NGOs. Please contact Nicci at
for a copy.
Seeds of Choice is a 15 minute documentary about the work which Biowatch has been doing with small-scale and household food gardeners in KwaZulu Natal. Several community projects that have switched to inexpensive, chemical-free planting are featured and demonstrate the methods they have adopted with assistance from Biowatch's Lawrence Mkhalipi. Community members talk about their experiences and why they have chosen the low-cost chemical free option. This DVD is available from Biowatch at R100. FREE to NGOs. Please contact Nicci at
for a copy.
