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Over 1 000 signatures were rounded up in 10 days by the Cannabis Crisis Committee for its ‘Letter to the President’ calling for his urgent intervention to resolve the unfolding crisis in cannabis. The letter, which has the support 193 companies and 69 organizations, will be delivered to the President’s office this weekend.
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The lack of a coherent regulatory framework around cannabis edibles, their ease of access and ambivalent packaging all spell danger for children. Development analyst Lael Bethlehem says gummies in particular are an issue, as they are not regulated either as a foodstuff or as a medicine.
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Limpopo has launched a new hemp pilot project focused on producing fibre. The Province’s agriculture department handed out seeds donated by ARC and promised technical support to 12 farmers selected for the programme which was unveiled recently near Polokwane.
Mthatha-based Township Cannabis Incubator (TCI) is currently assisting 100 cannabis growers, processors and traders with technical and training support to value-add produce and start viable and sustainable businesses post-incubation.
GUN President Brian Jaftha warns that cannabis users will be worse off under a proposed new drugs law than they are now. He has called on the Namibian cannabis community to use the public comment window to drive home the message that cannabis cannot continue to be treated as a narcotic if there is to be any serious reform.
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International drug policies are out of date, inappropriate and unenforceable. Policies shoud evolve beyond punitive control towards a framework grounded in human rights, harm reduction, policy reform and economic justice. That’s the essence of a submission made by FGFA to an expert UN panel charged with reviewing world drug conventions.
Two Rastafarian bio-tech researchers have partnered with the Vaal University of Technology to offer scientific support services to cannabis and hemp farmers in southern Gauteng. Their company, Kannelix, seeks to incorporate modern scientific resources to unlock commercial opportunities for indigenous growers.
The Cannabis Crisis Coalition has put forward seven key steps that Government needs to urgently take to stop cannabis reform from spiralling into further criminality and confusion. The key demand in an open letter to the Presidency, is to align government departments around a coherent policy.
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Public Invited to Comment on Namibia’s New Draft Drug Law Which Still Defines Cannabis as a Narcotic
Cannabis will continue to be regulated as a narcotic in terms of a draft drugs bill approved recently by the Namibian cabinet. The Combating of Narcotic, Psychoactive Drugs and Substances Bill is now to be put out for public input before coming into law.
Scientists have found the earliest evidence of people consuming cannabis for psychoactive purposes in a tomb dating back almost 3,000 years. CNN reports that a ‘drug test’ carried out on preserved human hair at the tomb showed traces of THC.
US cannabis reform advocates say the Democratic Party sweep of the US midterm elections bodes well for federal marijuana legalization. With Republicans losing control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, an overhaul of cannabis laws at a federal level could take place next year.
Leading cannabis lawyer Ricky Stone says doctors should continue applying to SAHPRA for Section 21 medical cannabis access and should consider legal steps if they are rejected. Stone has warned that the regulator’s blanket rejection of all Section 21 applications could be seen as a breach of the law.
South African cannabis exporters are facing an international market where wholesale prices are declining in key export destinations, like Germany, and the demand for high THC flower is stronger than ever.
Lesotho Mounted Police are accused of defying a court order to return 337 plants seized from a legally registered grower, Arcana Seeds. The order was granted after police initially charged Arcana owner, Tom Srugo for illegal cultivation but then dropped the charges without returning the plants.
Sign up here to an Open Letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa and the Ministers responsible for Justice, Health, Police, Trade, Industry and Competition, Small Business, Social Development and Agriculture as initiated by the Cannabis Crisis Coalition.
Cannabiz Africa’s new webinar brand, CannaWeb Africa, will host a crisis summit for cannabis stakeholders on Monday 2 November 2026. This is a platform for the recently-formed Cannabis Crisis Committee, formed in response to the apparent collapse of all regulatory pathways of accessing the plant.
This is the directive issued by SAPS Gauteng, and leaked anonymously to media.
The South African cannabis sector has been shaken by the publication of a leaked document from the Gauteng SAPS commissioner ordering a mass clampdown on illegal cannabis retailers. FGFA’s Myrtle Clarke advises operators not to over-react and ‘wait and see’ as the directive is riddled with legal inconsistencies.
Silverleaf Investments' Darryl Weisz says it’s easy to blame government for failing to regulate cannabis, but adds the private sector also needs to scrutinize its own behaviour. He says cannabis operators owe it to their investors to ensure their businesses are above board.
Paarl-based Afriplex has repositioned itself as an Afrobotanical extraction specialist and is launching its new flagship product, KannaSpectrum, in Las Vegas this week. KannaSpectrum is Afriplex’s standardized extract from the indigenous kanna plant and is aimed at processors of products that promote calmness and wellbeing.
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