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Want to Get a Cannabis License in Botswana? Take a Deep Breath, Here’s What You Need to Know
Botswana has deliberately designed its cannabis licensing regime to favour multinationals with deep pockets rather than empower local farmers, who will remain trapped at the bottom of the value chain. It has also raised barriers to entry by making its industry one of the most tightly regulated in the world.
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KZN Appoints CSIR as Implementing Agent for Okhahlamba Insangu Project, Allocates R5 million Funding
The Okhlahlamba Muncipality has not been able to get its multi-million rand cannabis hub off the ground and financial control of the project has been handed over to the CSIR. This is according to the KZN Treasury in a budget appropriation vote which approved R5 million for the project in the Bergville area of the Drakensberg.
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Youngsters Most Vulnerable to Cannabis Use Disorder as SA Clinic Admissions Rise Steadily
The increasing availability of cannabis and the consequences of the Covid pandemic, have seen the number of people seeking treatment for cannabis rising. That's according to Prof Nadine Harker (pictured here), who's recently-published study found that demand for cannabis treatment shot up by 23% between 2020 and 2023.
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Four Mpumalanga Cops Nailed for Trying to Hijack Cannabis Seizure
Four Mpumalanga police officers have been charged after trying to sell cannabis seized in a vehicle at a guest house in Carolina. They were arrested by their SAPS colleagues after trying to exchange part of the haul for cash at a second-hand car dealership.
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‘Prove They’re Not Being Funded by Drug Lords’: DA Calls for SAPS Probe into Gayton McKenzie and Patriotic Alliance
  • JP Smith, DA Cape Town Metro Chair and Safety and Security MEC, Western Cape
The Democratic Alliance has called on SAPS and SARS to investigate whether Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie and his PA party are being bankrolled by the underworld. The DA says this follows the disturbing allegations during the Madlanga Commission linking the PA to organized crime and drug trafficking, allegations which the PA has denied.
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UK Expert: It’s Madness Prescribing Cannabis for Mental Health Issues Under the Current System
  • Dr Max Pemberton, Psychologist, National Health Services, UK
NHS psychologist Dr Max Permberton writes that it is madness using cannabis to treat mental health issues under current UK regulations. He says a handful of doctors who are not specialists in either mental health or cannabis have turned the system into ‘retail with a prescription pad’ without concern over grave consequences.
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Increased SAPS Action Against Illegal Cannabis Operators Nationwide
SAPS appears to be intensifying its clampdown on illicit cannabis distributors and narcotics traffickers with a noticeable uptick in arrests and seizures across the country during the course of March 2026.
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Cannabis Expo’s Howarth: ‘The Mood Has Shifted From Survival to Strategy’
  • Brett Hilton-Barber Q&A with Silas Howarth, CEO of The Cannabis Expo
Cannabis Expo CEO Silas Howarth says the cannabis industry has gained significant momentum in the past 12 months. He says that last year’s frustration and uncertainty has given way to a new optimism now that government is actively tackling the regulatory bottlenecks to growth.
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SACCA Launches National Cannabis Survey Ahead of Presenting DTIC With Data-Driven Recommendation on New Legislation
SACCA has launched a national cannabis survey to determine the state of play in the sector. The Project Ndlela outreach is to collate structured information about the cannabis industry in order to provide government with a data driven submission aimed at including private clubs and other stakeholders in new legislation.
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Zambian Regulator Happy to Help Ghana Devise a More Farmer-Friendly Cannabis Licensing Regime
A senior Zambian regulator has offered to engage with his Ghanaian counterparts on adapting the West African country’s existing cannabis regulations to make the hemp sector more accessible to local farmers. Dr Prosper Sievu made the offer on a Cheeba Africa webinar in response to a plea from Ghana’s hemp sector for pan-African support.
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