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BREAKING: Big Change for Cannabis Use in South Africa

Post author:Matthew David
Post published:February 10, 2024
Post category:Africa

The health ministry has proposed amendments to the Medicines and Related Substances Act, which, if passed into law, would allow for cannabis plant material and products containing THC to be…

BREAKING: The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) has extended the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill to the public for comments and suggestions

Post author:Matthew David
Post published:January 20, 2024
Post category:Africa / Global

The promulgation of the private cannabis bill came after the Prince judgment by the Constitutional Court in 2018, which officially recognised that South Africans had the right to possess and…

BREAKING: More than 600 KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) cannabis and hemp farmers were granted permits to cultivate, store and transport the product with a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content of not more than 0,2%.

Post author:Matthew David
Post published:December 15, 2023
Post category:Africa

A total of 664 farmers were recipients of the hemp permits. Additionally, several local businesses who will be providing services to permit recipients received R300 000 each. The permits were…

BREAKING: KwaZulu-Natal provincial government will this weekend host a cannabis conference in Bergville

Post author:Matthew David
Post published:December 3, 2023
Post category:Africa

Government funding agencies, including the KZN Growth Fund, Ithala Bank and Trade & Investment KwaZulu-Natal will be part of the two-day conference, which starts at the Okhahlamba Sports Complex on…

Eastern Cape Dillemma

Post author:Matthew David
Post published:November 10, 2023
Post category:Africa

The cannabis industry in the Eastern Cape of South Africa is under scrutiny for allegedly excluding local cannabis growers. A video featuring interviews with these growers, who express their frustrations…