Just How Many Kilos of Contraband Cannabis can a Quantum Carry?

If we’re going for the record books here, just how much cannabis can be transported in a Toyota Quantum? It would be hard to beat the challenge from Mpumulanga this week, in which a minibus taxi stopped by police near Graskop was found to be carrying 1 025,36 kg of bagged weed.

Africa’s So-Called Cannabis-Friendly Nations Aren’t That Friendly to Their Own People

Africa has been largely left behind by the international cannabis boom and that’s the fault of the continent’s policy-makers. Africa Editor John Makoni writes that there will be no change as long as government’s persevere with hodgepodge regulations that exclude local citizens from participating in a domestic cannabis economies.

‘Communities Benefited from Rooibos, Adapt this Model for Cannabis to Protect Landraces’

South Africa’s cannabis landraces have been touted as a heritage asset but they exist in a legal vacuum. The Rooibos industry developed a community-benefit model for the people harvesting the tea. Could this model be adapted to the cannabis industry to protect landraces?