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Pharmaceutical Society of SA: Section 21 is ‘Unsustainable’ as SAHPRA Chaos Spreads Beyond Medical Cannabis Access

SAHPRA’s Section 21 application process appears to have collapsed and the impact of the bureaucratic breakdown is having a knock on effect beyond medical cannabis access. The Pharmaceutical Society says the sector as a whole is experiencing severe supply chain disruptions requiring alternatives to registered medicine and Section 21 is not the answer.

September 24, 2026

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Making Sense of Cannabis Licensing, Permits and Pathways in South Africa

Cannabis regulations are confusing everyone and are due for an overhaul at some future point. But in the meantime, if you looking for regulated access to cannabis, FGFA’s Ami Heystek spells out your options

September 23, 2026

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Cannabis Sector Must Stop Blaming Govt For Everything and Overcome Our Own Factionalism

Heritage Day should mean something particular to South Africa’s cannabis sector. We cannot demand inclusion, investment and regulatory reform from government while allowing division, territorialism and competing interests within the industry to weaken the case we make together.

September 23, 2026

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Verulam Warning: Kids Are Being Targeted by Drug Dealers Posing as ‘Sweet Vendors’

KwaZulu Nata’s Verulam Community Police Forum has warned that drug dealers posing as ‘sweet vendors’ are selling cannabis to schoolkids in full view of the public. This comes after a man was arrested after dispensing cannabis flower to kids from biscuit buckets hidden among the sweets at his stall.

September 22, 2026

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SAHPRA Quietly Halts New Section 21 Medical Cannabis Approvals, Leaving Compliant Patients Without a Pathway

SAHPRA appears to have halted authorising all Section 21 medical cannabis applications for the past two months. This has created an uproar amongst genuine medical cannabis patients and service providers, who accuse SAHPRA of removing the only pathway to accessing medical cannabis without providing any alternative.

September 16, 2026

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Kannelix Facilitates Farmer Training in Vaal Triangle Cannabis Commercialization Initiative

Cannabis mentoring company Kannelix has signed an MoU with the Vaal University of Technology to train 60 cannabis farmers in agro-processing and provide offtakes for their biomass. This is part of an MBOSA drive to mainstream traditional growers from the underground into the economic mainstream.

September 16, 2026

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Cian McClelland: Growing High Quality Medical Cannabis isn’t the Problem: The Real Issue is How it Gets to the Patient

SACHIDA deputy chair Cian McClelland says South Africa needs a clear, reliable, licensed and standardized route to market for medical cannabis. He says licensed cultivators are capable to growing high quality product for South African medical cannabis patients but there is no clearly-regulated pathway to make this happen.

September 15, 2026

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‘State Cannabis Summit’ Convened in Response to Prince Application: W Cape High Court Wants Feedback by 1 Oct

All key departments involved in cannabis reform are meeting in Pretoria on 15 and 16 September to develop a co-ordinated government approach to the problems facing the sector. They are doing so under a Western Cape High Court directive in response to the Gareth Prince urgent application to halt cannabis arrests.

September 12, 2026

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Kobus Schoeman: The Cannabis Industry That Ate Its Own—and the System Still Standing

Grow One Africa helped shape SA’s private cannabis-club model, shared its work openly and consulted hundreds of clubs—only to watch collaboration give way to copying, commercialisation & public infighting. GOA is now fighting for survival, but the digital infrastructure created through that experiment remains.

September 11, 2026

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SA Steadily Growing its Medical Cannabis Market Share as it Sorts Out Quality and Control Issues

Canadian companies still dominate global cannabis exports, but MJ Biz Daily reports that South Africa has the potential to emerge as a new challenger. Ray Mariya writes that local exporters are increasingly confident they can compete on quality and standards and not just price.

September 9, 2026

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Pharmaceutical Society of SA: Section 21 is ‘Unsustainable’ as SAHPRA Chaos Spreads Beyond Medical Cannabis Access

Making Sense of Cannabis Licensing, Permits and Pathways in South Africa

Cannabis Sector Must Stop Blaming Govt For Everything and Overcome Our Own Factionalism

Verulam Warning: Kids Are Being Targeted by Drug Dealers Posing as ‘Sweet Vendors’

SAHPRA Quietly Halts New Section 21 Medical Cannabis Approvals, Leaving Compliant Patients Without a Pathway

Kannelix Facilitates Farmer Training in Vaal Triangle Cannabis Commercialization Initiative

Cian McClelland: Growing High Quality Medical Cannabis isn’t the Problem: The Real Issue is How it Gets to the Patient

‘State Cannabis Summit’ Convened in Response to Prince Application: W Cape High Court Wants Feedback by 1 Oct

Kobus Schoeman: The Cannabis Industry That Ate Its Own—and the System Still Standing

SA Steadily Growing its Medical Cannabis Market Share as it Sorts Out Quality and Control Issues

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