Court Orders Lesotho Mounted Police to Return Half Ton Consignment of Seized Thai Cannabis to Banel

A dispute between Lesotho cannabis processor Banel (Pty) Ltd and the police over a half-ton consignment of confiscated Thai cannabis has been resolved by the High Court – the cannabis was legally imported by Banel and must be handed back.
Cannabis Act Will Undermine the DTIC and Criminalize The Communities Govt Intended to Help

SA’s first dedicated cannabis law is to set to come into force with final regulations due before year-end. However, the Cannabis Act is a policy setback for government, criminalizing the intended beneficiaries of the Master Plan and complicating the DTIC’s reform strategy by expressly outlawing all commercial cannabis trade.
National Dialogue Reflection: No Wonder There’s No Framework: Nobody’s in Charge & Govt Depts Don’t Speak to Each Other

The National Cannabis Dialogue brought government, communities and industry into the same room. What it exposed was not a shortage of policy, but a system in which commercialisation, enforcement and inclusion still do not meet in one coherent framework.