In 2018 the Constitutional Court handed down a unanimous judgment that changed the legal status of cannabis in South Africa. Adults could cultivate and use the plant in private without fear of criminal sanction. The name attached to that victory was Gareth Prince — the Rastafari lawyer and activist who had spent decades challenging the […]
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In 2010, Myrtle Clarke and Julian “Jules” Stobbs were raided at their home on the outskirts of Johannesburg and arrested for possession and dealing in dagga. They could have paid a fine, pleaded, or gone quiet. Instead they did something rarer. They turned the case around and sued the state. What followed became known as […]
There’s something quietly powerful about a courtroom moment that doesn’t end in a dramatic ruling or a press scrum. On Friday 31 July, the parties in the ongoing Ganja case — applicant Gareth Prince and the respondents — simply agreed to use the next 30 court days to work towards a way forward together. For […]