Ghana’s Dr Torvor: ‘Legalization Should Come With a Public Awareness Campaign to Break the Social Stigmas’
Ghanaian traditional healer Dr Christiana Torvor has called for a public awareness campaign around the benefits of medical cannabis and industrial hemp. She made the call during the launch of her new book in Accra, saying that the benefits of cannabis could only be unlocked if the social stigma was broken.
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.
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.
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.
So, What Caused the Deadly Oklahoma Cannabis Extraction Facility Explosion?
The massive blast at Solos Extracts at Sand Springs claimed the lives of two workers and damaged 25 buildings, and was likely triggered by an ‘active, unsafe, and unauthorized manufacturing event’ involving volatile solvents like liquid propane and butane. The facility owner is facing murder charges because it was allegedly operating illegally.
Cannabis Extractions Danger Alert: ‘Oklahoma is What Happens When You Don’t Treat Solvents With Respect’
Solvents used in the cannabis extraction process are highly flammable and demand to be treated with respect. That’s what went wrong in Oklahoma says Choctaw CEO Justin Wood. He says the key to preventative safety in processing facilities is controlling ignition sources and preventing gases from reaching high concentrations.
Malawi has Issued 55 Cannabis Licenses This Year, Hopes to Double That by December
Malawi is on a drive to issue cannabis and hemp licenses in a bid to boost investment in the sector. Regulatory chief Chris Banda says 55 such licenses were issued in the first quarter of 2026 and the CRA hopes to issue a further 130 licenses before the end of the year.
Cilo Cybin Hit With Accounting Adjustment, Posts Shock R241 m loss for Year Ending March 2026
Cilo Cybin Ltd has posted its results for the year ending March 2026 with a surprise loss from operating activities of R241,1 million, due mostly to an accounting provision related to the reverse take over of Cilo Cybin Pharmaceuticals ahead of its JSE main board listing last year.
Four years on, SAHPRA Remains in Breach of Supreme Court Over Herbal Remedies
Four years ago, the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that SAHPRA had overstepped its powers in regulating vitamins, minerals and herbal remedies as though they were pharmaceutical drugs. Little has changed. This BizNews investigation, by Marika Sboros, digs into what’s going on behind the scenes.
Cannabis Act Will Undermine the DTIC and Criminalize The Communities Govt Intended to Help
SA’s first dedicated cannabis law is to set to come into force with final regulations due before year-end. However, the Cannabis Act is a policy setback for government, criminalizing the intended beneficiaries of the Master Plan and complicating the DTIC’s reform strategy by expressly outlawing all commercial cannabis trade.