Charl Botha: KZN SAPS Cannabis Circular Likely to ‘Create Immediate and Serious Conflicts of Law’
Cannabis legal strategist Charl Botha says the recent directive from KwaZulu’s police commissioner Nhanhla Mkhwanazi contradicts that of the National Police Commissioner’s August 2023 moratorium on cannabis arrests and that, despite its good intentions, is out of kilter with Government policy to decriminalize cannabis.
KZN SAPS Legal Opinion on the Sale of Cannabis and Foodstuff Containing Cannabis
This is the circular sent by Lt Gen Mkhwanazi to senior provincial SAPS officers on 9 September 2025, leaked to Cannabiz Africa
KZN SAPS Warns ‘Misunderstanding Public’ There Will Be a Clampdown on the Sale of Cannabis Products
KwaZulu Natal provincial SAPS commissioner, Lt Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi says the public seems to be misunderstanding the law by believing cannabis products can be legally bought and sold. He says that before there is any clampdown on illegal outlets, law abiding citizens need to know they are breaking the law in dealing with cannabis products.