South Africa occupies a unique position in the rapidly developing legal cannabis market. With a government that seeks to legalize and develop the cannabis and hemp sectors as a sunshine industry and a private and community sector desperately willing to engage, this should be a match made in heaven. Yet the country finds itself in a regulatory quagmire with market forces, both legal and illegal, now in control. Cannabiz Africa is your front row on the torturous journey towards a regulated adult-use commercial market.
Harambe Solutions’ Brett Pollack and Marleen Theunissen have taken the private social cannabis club model to Mpondoland with a pilot project in the Mngcibe area. The aim is to make a difference to legacy growers’ lives by legally connecting them into the local market through the Mpondoland Plug Project..
SAPS Western Cape has issued a legal directive to all police stations to gather information on cannabis outlets in their areas in a ‘good faith’ exercise to collect data for Government’s cannabis reform programme. The directive stands in stark contrast to KZN SAPS which is planning a major clampdown on ‘illegal’ cannabis outlets.
President Cyril Ramaphosa (pictured here) has officially proclaimed the start date for the amended Plant Improvement Act as to be effective 1 December 2025. The Act defines cannabis as an agricultural crop and is foundational for the development of the South African hemp industry.
With the festive season almost upon us and anticipated increase in holiday traffic, Autotrader has put out a set of guidelines on travelling by road and cannabis. Although the private consumption of cannabis is legal, motorists need to be aware that the law remains tough on public use, trafficking, exposure to minors, and drug-impaired driving, each with strict penalties.
Veteran cannabis investor JP Doran’s venture capital company, Crucial Innovations Corp. has extended its footprint into South Africa with a potentially lucrative deal with Gauteng-based CannaBudGrow (CBG). The comprehensive management contract sees CIC pocket almost all revenue in return for stabilizing CBG and leveraging its product internationally.
Project Indlela is to host an online stakeholder discussion on how legacy and marginalized communities should be recognized in future cannabis laws. The ‘Restoring the Roots’ webinar, organized by SACCA and open to all, will bring together representitives of government, civil society and traditional authorities on Tuesday 2 December 2025.
Cannabiz Africa has launched Kuma Living as an online B2C magazine focussing on the health, wellness and beauty. Kuma Living is edited by Noxolo Mhlongo (pictured here), one of the country’s leading cannabis influencers and public speakers.
One of the issues South African cannabis exporters are struggling most with is securing offtake agreements for their crops. SACHIDA has stepped in to help fill this gap by offering qualifying members exclusive offtakes for key international markets.
Strange behaviour by pupils writing exams at a White River school has led to the bust of an outlet in the Mpumulanga town suspected of supplying under-age kids with cannabis vapes. Two people have been arrested and R2,3 million of stock was seized, as the incident highlights the unregulated availability of cannabis and the danger this poses to kids.
After months of speculation it’s now been confirmed that Labat’s former CEO Brian van Rooyen (pictured here) is behind the party buying the group’s cannabis assets. Labat signed the deal with van Rooyen on Friday 14 November in which his company All Trading Propriety, will take over CannAfrica, Sweetwaters and all other Labat cannabis interests in a ‘soft’ deal.
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