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Route 420: Creating a Whole New World by Integrating Cannabis into the Broader South African Tourism Experience

Brett Hilton-Barber Q&A with Route 420 founder and Rolling Stoner publisher Cameron Bramley
July 15, 2026

Route 420 seeks to put South African cannabis culture on the tourism map by linking communities across the country. Founder Cameron Bramley (pictued here) says by integrating cannabis into regional tourism offerings, a whole new world of experiential travel is opening up to local and international travellers.

Nairobi Judge Dismisses Rasta Case But Calls for Kenya to Have a ‘National Conversation’ About Cannabis Policy.

Capitol FM, Nairobi
July 15, 2026

A Nairobi judge has dismissed a legal bid by the Kenyan Rastafarian community for religious exemption from cannabis laws, but has called for a ‘national conversation about cannabis. Judge Mwamuye said the country’s approach no longer reflected social reality and the status quo was untenable

Botswana Stakeholders Frustrated by Govt Delay in Promised Review of Exorbitant Licensing Fees

John Makoni, Africa Editor
July 15, 2026

Botswana’s high cannabis and hemp licensing fees, published in January this year, have provoked sharp criticism from local stakeholders who feel intentionally locked out of the market. Now, months after promising to review the licensing structure, the Government remains silent as to how it intends incorporating local farmers into the new cannabis sector.

Soft Secrets’ Publisher Fabrizio Dentini on Establishing SA Operation: Your Country is the Paradise of Paradoxes

Brett Hilton-Barber Q&A with Fabrizio Dentini, publisher Soft Secrets
July 15, 2026

Soft Secrets, a pioneer cannabis publication distributed in 27 countries, has extended its reach into South Africa. Italian publisher Fabrizio Dentini says he’s blown away by the local cannabis culture: “it is like opening a living book where every character is a protagonist and where every story can become a legend”.

DA: KZN Should Set up Set up Hemp Processing Hubs to Build the Value Chain

Cannabiz Africa
July 15, 2026

The DA has called for the KwaZulu Natal government to pull out all the stops in developing the hemp value chain. MPL Hannah Lidgett says the hemp sector had the potential to create thousands of jobs and that the province should establish dedicated processing hubs for manufacture and export.

Brian Jaftha: From Movement to Mainstream: The Way Forward for GUNP

Brian Jaftha, President Ganja Users of Namibia (GUN)
July 15, 2026

GUN President Brian Jaftha says that Namibia now stands at a cannabis crossroads. With the legal route to legalization closed, Jaftha, is now taking the fight into the political arena. Here he explains his vision in forming the Ganja Users of Namibia Party and how he intends mobilizing it into a credible political force.

‘No Green Washing’: German State Challenges Cannabis Flower Import Compliance

Ben Stevens, The Business of Cannabis
July 14, 2026

Authorities from the German state of Hesse have taken aim at the practice of ‘GMP washing’ in its thriving medical cannabis market, an intervention that could have significant implications for the industry at large.

Back to the Drawing Board as Govt’s Failure to Accommodate Mpondoland Breaks SA’s ‘Legally Absurd’ Cannabis Reform Plans

Brett Hilton-Barber, Cannabiz Africa
July 13, 2026

Mpondoland has brought South Africa’s current cannabis reform initiative to its knees. Failure to accommodate the thousands of legacy farmers in the Cannabis Act has resulted in a court challenge that will force Government back to square one in reformulating an inclusive cannabis policy. And that square is Mpondoland.

Nic Heinamann: The New Prince High Court Challenge is Forcing Government to Fix the Sins of the Past

Nicholas Heinamann, Afristar
July 11, 2026

South Africa initiated global prohibition way back in 1923. Now it’s being forced to pay for this original sin by veteran activist Gareth Prince. His Western Cape High Court Legal Challenge aims to dismantle the remaining vestiges of prohibition once and for all and rebuld cannabis policy on the foundations of constitutional justice.

Kenya’s Cannabis Economy is Thriving and Uplifting the Rural Poor – Pity it’s Illegal!

Steve Carrier and Gordon Omenya, University of Bristol
July 10, 2026

Kenya has a stable, thriving cannabis retail market that links cities and villages, builds rural economies and offers the poor a means of wealth creation. Yet it’s all illegal in the eyes of the Nairobi government officials, who remain blinded to the plant’s potential in helping its own citizens.

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