These are the Main Issues the National Cannabis Dialogue Hopes to Thrash Out

The National Cannabis Dialogue is scheduled to take place at the Kempton Park City Hall today, where about 300 stakeholders are expected to interact with government officials in what could be a landmark summit in shaping cannabis reform going forward. John Makoni highlights the key issues on the table.

Mbombela Judge Slaps Down NPA Property Seizure Attempt as ‘Arbitrary, Offensive and Constitutionally Distasteful

A Mbombela judge has given the NPA a lashing in dismissing its application to seize an elderly couple’s property because their grandson grew cannabis there. Judge Malose Monene accused the NPA of ‘missing the point’ of forfeiture in its ‘offensive and constitutionally distasteful’ application.

EFF’s Quanita Booley: Who Owns the Cannabis Economy? Current Situation Just Extends Economic Injustice

EFF MP and cannabis advocate Quanita Booley says the future ‘ownership’ of the cannabis industry is central to its sustainability. She writes that the National Cannabis Dialogue needs to ensure the benefits of legalization are not just concentrated in the hands of the few.