Kannelix Partners with VUT to Offer Biotech Support to Southern Gauteng’s Indigenous Cannabis Growers
Two Rastafarian bio-tech researchers have partnered with the Vaal University of Technology to offer scientific support services to cannabis and hemp farmers in southern Gauteng. Their company, Kannelix, seeks to incorporate modern scientific resources to unlock commercial opportunities for indigenous growers.
Cannabis Crisis Coalition: 7 Urgent Steps Govt Must take to Fix the Mess
The Cannabis Crisis Coalition has put forward seven key steps that Government needs to urgently take to stop cannabis reform from spiralling into further criminality and confusion. The key demand in an open letter to the Presidency, is to align government departments around a coherent policy.
South Africa’s Cannabis Crisis: An Urgent Call for Government Action
Sign up here to an Open Letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa and the Ministers responsible for Justice, Health, Police, Trade, Industry and Competition, Small Business, Social Development and Agriculture as initiated by the Cannabis Crisis Coalition.
The Crisis in Cannabis: Stakeholder Webinar on Monday, 2 November at 12h00
Cannabiz Africa’s new webinar brand, CannaWeb Africa, will host a crisis summit for cannabis stakeholders on Monday 2 November 2026. This is a platform for the recently-formed Cannabis Crisis Committee, formed in response to the apparent collapse of all regulatory pathways of accessing the plant.
Here’s the Leaked Directive from SAPS Commissioner’s Office, Gauteng
This is the directive issued by SAPS Gauteng, and leaked anonymously to media.
Gauteng Provincial Commissioner Issues Confusing ‘Grey Zone’ Crackdown Directive
The South African cannabis sector has been shaken by the publication of a leaked document from the Gauteng SAPS commissioner ordering a mass clampdown on illegal cannabis retailers. FGFA’s Myrtle Clarke advises operators not to over-react and ‘wait and see’ as the directive is riddled with legal inconsistencies.
Investor’s Perspective: Too Easy to Blame Govt for Industry Woes, But Private Sector Also Needs to be More Accountable
Silverleaf Investments’ Darryl Weisz says it’s easy to blame government for failing to regulate cannabis, but adds the private sector also needs to scrutinize its own behaviour. He says cannabis operators owe it to their investors to ensure their businesses are above board.
Afriplex Takes Afrobotanical Plant Power to the World Stage with the Las Vegas Launch of KannaSpectrum
Paarl-based Afriplex has repositioned itself as an Afrobotanical extraction specialist and is launching its new flagship product, KannaSpectrum, in Las Vegas this week. KannaSpectrum is Afriplex’s standardized extract from the indigenous kanna plant and is aimed at processors of products that promote calmness and wellbeing.
Cultivation Starts at Polish Cannabis Entrepreneur Kim Praizovic’s Cape Facility , CannaGrit
Tenacity, teamwork and time is what it’s taken Polish cannabis veteran Kim Praizovic to get her South African operation, CannaGrit going. After years of planning, cultivation has begun at her Cape Town-based GMP cannabis facility focused on EU-aligned pharmaceutical production.
Ghana: HAG’s Presidential Appeal for US$20 mil to Kickstart Programme for 2 000 Hemp Farmers
Hempire Agric Ghana (HAG) has appealed to the President to pay the US$20 million cultivation and license fees for an ambitious hemp processing project that would involve 2 000 farmers. This is HAG CEO Nana Kwaku Agyemang’s letter to Ghana’s President John Mahama.