African Connections: Druids Garden Mentors Nigeria’s Vie Lifestyle To Get Medical Cannabis License in Rwanda
Gauteng-based Druids Garden and Nigeria’s Vie Lifestyle are expected to be among the first licensed operators in Rwanda’s emerging cannabis sector. Druids Holdings Group CEO Cian McClelland visited Rwanda this month to formalize a partnership that’s emerging as a case study in African cannabis collaboration.
South African Cannabis Increases Australian Market Share as Exports Down Under Surge 264%
Although South Africa lags far behind Canada, which exported 62 000 kg to Australia in 2024, it has increased its market share relative to the competition. In 2024 South Africa exported 4 992 kg to Australia, significantly up on the previous year’s 1 861 kg. South Africa’s first exports to Australia in 2021 were a mere 60 kg by comparison.
Reframing the Cannabis Science and Policy Debate: THC is Not a Crime, Ignorance Is!
THC is the cannabis compound that frightens everyone because of its mind-altering capacity. But because the plant is a molecular ecosystem, it makes no sense to criminalize just one part of it. Regular columnist Charl Botha and Gavin Tonks argue that policymakers should reframe their whole approach and recognize cannabis as a mult-compound bio-resource, not a single molecule narcotic.
‘Be Bold and Depenalise Cannabis as a Way of Fighting the Scourge of Organized Transnational Crime’
The Mauritius Times has called for a review of Island nation’s approach to cannabis, saying legalization could be a way of fighting organized crime. Maritius has become an Indian Ocean hub in international narco-trafficking and the newspaper says the work of law enforcement could be made easier if cannabis was ‘depenalised’.
Namibia: Legal Woes Mount for Okahandja Ganja Case Accused
Farm owner David van der Linden (pictured on the right) is on trial for one of the biggest cannabis busts in Namibian history after being arrested during a police raid in Okahandja earlier this year. Now he’s facing additional charges relating to cattle going missing from his government feedlot contract.