Benefits of Controlled Inhalation Technology is Turning Smoking into Such a Yesterday Experience
Cannabis consumption methods are being shaped by technology. Moroccan master-grower and plant breeder Ahmed Akafou has posted that smoking cannabis is increasingly being replaced by controlled inhalation across the wellness, medical and adult use markets as its benefits become clearer.
H3’s Charl Botha: First Fix the Design Defect to Get the Framework Right
The cannabis economy is happening. The issue is not the presence or absence of cannabis activity. The issue is alignment. H3 Solutions’ Charl Botha says that rights, regulation, economic potential, and existing practice are all there, but are not yet connected within a unified framework.
Hijab-Wearing Edibles Shoplifters Target Cape Town Store, Clip Goes Viral
SAPS says shoplifting is theft even if it’s from an unlicensed cannabis business and the goods theoretically were not for sale. This follows an incident in Cape Town where five people were caught on CCTV stealing edibles from Joy’s Medical Cannabis Store.
Narcos Live to Fight Another Day as R4,3 Billion Indian Drug Bust Case Collapses in SA
All those behind a multibillion consignment of hard drugs shipped from South Africa to India appear to have escaped arrest. One witness says that’s because politicians and police in both countries made sure the case ended cold. The police minister Firoz Cachalia says measures will be put in place to stop such practices.
Southern Africa’s Hemp Challenge: Turning Policy into Economic Value
The development of a viable industrial hemp industry in Southern Africa depends on closing critical gaps in funding, coordination, and implementation, experts said at the recent African Industrial Hemp Fibre Processing for Commercialisation Conference in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
Cannabis Emerging from the Sidelines to Become Integral Part of SA’s Pharmaceutical Industry
Cannabis has emerged from the peripheries and is now positioned at the heart of pharmaceutical healthcare. That’s the message from SANCAP founder Juan Fourie, speaking at Africa’s showcase pharmaceutical expo in Sandton, which features medical cannabis for the first time.
Growing Cannabis Business Confidence Reflected in High Demand for Expo 2026 Exhibitor Space
There is a renewed confidence in the South African cannabis industry following government indications that a regulated domestic adult-use market is on the horizon. Expo CEO Silas Howarth says this is reflected in the rapid uptake of exhibitor stands for the 2026 event as the mood swings from ‘survival to strategy’
Royal Queen Seeds SA Partners eThekwini Municipality to Fund Three Year Cannabis Development Pilot Project
The eThekwini Municipality has announced a three year cannabis and hemp pilot project with the South African subsidiary of Royal Queen Seeds. RQS, which has a cannabis seed store on the Bluff in Durban, will fund the project aimed at unlocking the province’s cannabis value chain.
Kenyan Rastas Challenge Cannabis Prohibition as a Violation of Religious Freedom
Kenya’s High Court has been hearing the Rastafarian community’s arguments that the country’s prohibitionist cannabis laws are a violation of their religious freedom. The Rastas are not arguing for an end to prohibition but rather that their use of cannabis for spiritual purposes is decriminalized.
SAPS Raid Four KZN Cannabis Shops in Renewed ‘Grey Zone’ Clampdown
KZN police have raided four cannabis outlets in the greater Durban area, seized R1,3 m of stock and arrested five people for dealing in drugs in what appears to be a new crackdown on the province’s ‘Grey Zone’ .