/ 11 July 2023

Police agree to stop cannabis arrests

Cannabis
The South African Police Service (SAPS) legal department is drafting new standing orders to bring cannabis growers and dealers to court without locking them up

Parties in the cannabis Phakisa event agree to a 30 June moratorium while regulations are put in place

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