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Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill

Green light for cannabis as Cyril Ramaphosa signs new bill into law
National
/ 29 May 2024

Green light for cannabis as Cyril Ramaphosa signs new bill into law

The new legislation finally removes cannabis from the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act

By Paddy Harper
Banks can’t finance the cannabis industry
Business
/ 20 April 2024

Banks can’t finance the cannabis industry

Once the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill (tabled five years ago)
is passed, marijuana can be removed from the Drugs Act

By Anathi Madubela
Holy herb is a non-issue for most political parties
Politics
/ 20 April 2024

Holy herb is a non-issue for most political parties

Only ActionSA, Rise Mzansi and the Inkatha Freedom Party have shared their thoughts on the holy herb with voters

By Paddy Harper
Durban entrepreneur blazes through legal uncertainty in South Africa’s cannabis industry
National
/ 20 April 2024

Durban entrepreneur blazes through legal uncertainty in South Africa’s cannabis industry

The father of two owns five cannabis stores in eThekwini and will soon open a sixth in the upmarket Durban North area

By Des Erasmus
Cannabis smokers say police have ‘weaponised’ arrests
National
/ 19 April 2024

Cannabis smokers say police have ‘weaponised’ arrests

The decriminalisation of adult use in private was a relief to users who allege arrests are low-hanging fruit for police

By Khaya Koko
Our cannabis needle has shifted
Thought Leader
/ 19 April 2024

Our cannabis needle has shifted

The bill isn’t perfect but should be enacted without delay, given the reformative snowball it will set into motion

By Paul Michael Keichel
Grass ain’t greener for South Africa’s underground cannabis industry
National
/ 19 April 2024

Grass ain’t greener for South Africa’s underground cannabis industry

The boom in dispensaries and bud shops has seen traditional growers and sellers driven out of business while the government drags its feet

By Paddy Harper
Activist calls on president not to sign ‘malicious’ Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill
National
/ 18 March 2024

Activist calls on president not to sign ‘malicious’ Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill

Jeremy Acton says the bill violates the 2018 constitutional court privacy judgment

By Paddy Harper
Police agree to stop cannabis arrests
National
/ 11 July 2023

Police agree to stop cannabis arrests

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

By Paddy Harper
New move to get cannabis master plan back on track
National
/ 13 June 2023

New move to get cannabis master plan back on track

Business and unions are set to participate in an Operation Phakisa meeting from Monday next week

By Paddy Harper
Develop enabling legislation to fuel the cannabis sector to new highs and boost the economy
Opinion
/ 30 January 2023

Develop enabling legislation to fuel the cannabis sector to new highs and boost the economy

Its favourable climate, loosening laws, arable land and pre-existing experience in farming and hemp production makes it a formidable force to reckon with

By Herschel Maasdorp
Massive breakthrough in cannabis bill
National
/ 8 March 2022

Massive breakthrough in cannabis bill

Proposed amendments to the Cannabis for Private Purposes bill allow for the creation of a commercial recreational cannabis industry

By Paddy Harper
Homegrown vs Big Pharma: Who stands to benefit from the legal market for medical marijuana?
Friday
/ 15 September 2020

Homegrown vs Big Pharma: Who stands to benefit from the legal market for medical marijuana?

Cannabis is scheduled for its South African parole on September 18. Kelly McQue’s handy medical marijuana producers’ guide is an opening salvo against corporate medicine’s demand for exclusive rights to the plant’s healing powers

By Guy Oliver

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