Rise in Medical Cannabis Patients Poses New Challenges for Employers
Cannabis in the workplace will increasingly become an issue with the rising number of medical cannabis patients in South Africa. One of the potential dilemmas is the balancing the rights of an employee to privacy around their ailments and medication against the obligations of the employer to provide a safe working environment for all workers.
SAHPRA Refining Cannabis Regulations in Light of Evolving Landscape
SAHPRA says its refining its regulatory framework as the South African cannabis landscape evolves. That’s according to its 2025/26 Performance Plan (undated) in which it wants to improve its systems and technology, address patient access issues and regulate product standardization..
Scrap the National Cannabis Master Plan: Reality Has Made it Redundant
Four years on, the National Cannabis Master Plan remains dead in the water and no sight of success in getting an integrated cannabis economy off the ground. It should be scrapped and replaced by a consumer-driven health and safety framework that allows commercial trade.
Mike Tyson Hits South Africa…Well, His Fake Products Are on Grey Zone Shelves
Heavyweight Boxing legend Mike Tyson has created a US$50 million cannabis empire that has made a huge impact on the US industry. Now his product is appearing on the shelves of South Africa’s cannabis retail ‘Grey Zone’. Obviously it’s a rip off, but it’s reportedly selling like hot-cakes.
Namibian Survey Finds Significant Support for Legalization, Especially in the North
Namibia’s Government has long maintained that the ban on cannabis reflects the will of the people, but a recent Afrobarometer survey shows the opposite is true – Nambians broadly support full-adult use legalization, especially in Caprivi and the north.
Juicy Feeling: The Bigger Net is Closing on Dr Green Following Disastrous SA Launch
Dr Green attempted to launch its medical cannabis service and ‘token’ investment scheme in South Africa earlier this year, but that fell apart when the company’s CFO, Ricardo Capone (pictured here), fled the country under mysterious circumstances. Now it seems Dr Green’s international operations are coming under scrutiny from several quarters, and it could all unravel further.
Charl Botha: Policy Train Smash Coming as Cannabis Master Plan and SA Drug Plan Contradict Each Other
South Africa is heading for a policy collision in trying to balance the Cannabis Master Plan against the country’s Drug Master Plan, each of which view cannabis from very different perspectives. Unless the policy contradictions within these two plans is resolved,, cannabis reform will be fundamentally undermined.
Johann Slabber: Developing a Compliance Model for the Grey Zone is the Way to Mainstream the Marginalized
Most participants in the cannabis industry don’t have the capital to mainstream themselves according to current rules and regulations which favour those with deep pockets. Nexus CEO Johan Slabber says he’s developing a compliance model to integrate smaller growers, informal operators, and emerging dispensaries into a formal, sustainable value chain that leaves no one behind.
SAPS Leadership Crisis: Senior Security Ranks Rocked by Allegations of Corruption and Cocaine Cartel Cover Ups
President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived back from his travels abroad to confront the most serious crisis in the police force since the then Police Commissioner Jacky Selebi’s conviction on corruption charges two decades ago. Among the allegations he must resolve is the accusation that senior officials are involved in transfrontier drug smuggling.
Justice Minister: Regulations for Cannabis Act Only to be Finalized by End-Feb 2026
The Justice Ministry has finalized the regulations for the Cannabis Act, but still needs feedback from six other departments – and the Presidency – before they can be published for public comment. This emerged in a written response to a Parliamentary question in which the Justice Minister said the regulations would be finalized within seven months but did not specify when the Act would come into force.