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Brazil Becoming a Medical Cannabis Powerhouse
With over 670,000 registered patients and approximately 50,000 doctors prescribing cannabis for medicinal purposes, Brazil is poised to become one of the largest producers of medicinal cannabis worldwide. However, the main obstacle to expansion is the ban on flowers and THC.
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Labat Blames Auditors for Late Financials, Gives Them the Boot as it Faces JSE Suspension
Labat has abruptly shown its external auditors the door, blaming them for its failure to submit the group’s latest financials to the JSE on time. Labat has appointed a new company to bring its books up to date as the threat of share trading suspension looms.
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Let’s Talk Biofuels, Baby: Petro SA’s Green Ambitions Could Super-Charge the Industrial Cannabis Landscape
The Department of Energy and Mineral Resources is set to become a major player in the industrial cannabis sector as Petro SA incorporates hemp into its biofuels strategy. The state-owned fuel company is looking to procure huge volumes and is developing an offtake model for hemp farmers with plans to be in business by 2028.
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Cilo Cybin Sets Expansion Sights Abroad, Sees No Point in Playing in SA Market Until There’s Regulatory Clarity
Cilo Cybin founder Gabriel Theron (pictured here) says he’s looking to export value added cannabis products into the Europe the UK and Israel now that the group is listed on the main bourse of the JSE. He says Cilo Cybin will sit on the local market sidelines until there’s policy clarity.
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Five Sane Steps That Could Get SA Cannabis Reform Back on Track
South Africa’s cannabis regulatory tangle get worse by the day as Government dithers and the ‘Grey Zone’ expands with no mechanisms for standardization or consumer protection on the cards. Charl Botha of H3 Legal Solutions (pictured here) has written to the President and other key ministers suggesting five steps that would bring the coherence that’s so urgently needed for cannabis reform to proceed as the Presidency intended.
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Recognizing Bheki Cele: SA Cannabis Inc’s ‘Aloota Continua’ Lifetime Achievement Award
One of South Africa’s unsung heroes is Bhekokwakhe ‘Bheki’ Hamlton Cele, the former Police Minister who pioneered the capture of the country’s cannabis industry. The Cat in the Hat ensured the sector’s remarkable growth through two presidencies, kept the threat of legalization at bay, and established a flourishing empire that will survive the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into Corruption and beyond.
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Sectional Title Rules Changed to Allow Owners to Use and Grow Cannabis
Updated rules for townhouse complexes now specifically allow one to grow one’s own cannabis at home and consume as much as one wants in private. Complexes that had their own rules forbidding cannabis consumption, now have to comply with the new order.
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Agribiz Chief Economist: The Mood is Downbeat on Cannabis But ‘There Are Cycles in These Things’
Wandile Sihlobo says it’s time for more action and less talk in the cannabis industry. The chief economist for the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agribiz) has welcomed the news that ARC is putting up a cannabis research mega-facility in Pretoria, but says the snail’s pace of legislative reform is troubling.
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Private Cannabis Clubs: Compliance Will be the Key to Legal Acceptance
The major private cannabis club stakeholders have thrown their weight behind the South African Cannabis Club Alliance initiative to unify cannabis clubs. SACCA spokesperson says there is a growing awareness that urgent action is needed to ensure cannabis clubs are recognized in future law, and the key to doing this is through self-compliance.
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International Organized Crime is Trying to Turn SA into a Drug Factory
International cartels are opening up industrial-scale drug manufacturing facilities in South Africa in what appears to be a new trend in transfrontier organized crime. This is the view of former Interpol ambassador Andy Mashaile in reaction to news that five Mexicans were arrested during the recent bust of a R350 crystal meth lab in Mpumulanga.
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