The past week in South Africa’s cannabis conversation moved across several registers at once: roadside seizures and laboratory busts, the quiet growth of medical exports, a global call to centre children and young people in drug policy, the continued documentation of culture through Route 420 and Rolling Stoner, and a community appeal for scrutiny of […]
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Original SAPS post: Media from the post: • https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HR75V1xawAA_PtV.jpg • https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HR75WXrXIAYXFaL.jpg On Thursday 10 September 2026, members of the South African Police Service in Morgenzon, working with the Secunda Flying Squad, conducted a stop-and-search operation on the R39 road. Two men, aged 30 and 40, were arrested. Officers seized 180 kilograms of dagga with an […]
On Tuesday 8 September 2026, Gauteng police conducted an intelligence-driven operation in Hartzenbergfontein, De Deur, and discovered a hydroponic dagga laboratory. A 22-year-old Malawian man was arrested. Police estimate the street value of the setup at approximately R1.5 million. The suspect faces charges under Sections 3 and 5(b) of the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act […]
In early September 2026 a BusinessTech headline captured public attention: draft regulations under the Cannabis for Private Purposes Act could allow adults to possess up to 750 grams of cannabis — roughly 1,500 standard joints. The number is memorable. It is also only one piece of a much larger, still-unfinished picture. Eight years after the […]