Remember the conversation around the ban of bait-carrying drones, bait carrying remote-controlled boats and other remote operated devices? Well, recently the Pretoria High Court upheld the ban imposed by the Department of Forestry Fisheries and the Environment, in the challenge by Gannet Works (Pty) Ltd and Others v Middleton N.O and Another (14880/2022) [2022] ZAGPPHC 250 (12 April 2022).
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