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 […]
A Facebook post currently circulating (https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18WFAHxVSP/?mibextid=wwXIfr) has once again drawn attention to the steady rhythm of police operations targeting cannabis in South Africa. Whether the specific post highlights a particular seizure, an arrest, or community reaction to enforcement, it sits inside a much larger and still unresolved pattern: almost eight years after the Constitutional Court […]
A Facebook post currently circulating (https://www.facebook.com/share/1BWUntXqMG/?mibextid=wwXIfr) adds another voice to the ongoing discussion about South Africa’s emerging cannabis and hemp sector. In a landscape still shaped by constitutional rights recognised in 2018, incomplete commercial frameworks, national dialogues on SMMEs and red tape, persistent enforcement actions, and the practical work of pioneers trying to build actual […]
Mozambique has historically maintained a prohibitive stance, with cannabis controlled under older narcotic-drugs legislation. In recent years the country has featured in regional discussions about medical and industrial potential, particularly given its agricultural base and coastal access. Concrete, fully operational nationwide licensing frameworks for medicinal cannabis or industrial hemp have moved more slowly than in […]
A new share circulating on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/share/1BhmuzZyYT/?mibextid=wwXIfr) adds another layer to the ongoing public conversation about cannabis in South Africa. In a landscape still defined by incomplete implementation, court processes, national dialogues and community organising, posts like this one serve as living updates from the people most directly affected. South Africa’s cannabis story is no […]
Almost eight years after the Constitutional Court recognised the right of adults to cultivate and use cannabis in private, South African police continue to conduct regular raids on growers, small operations and suspected cultivation sites. These actions are routinely presented as successes in the fight against drugs. Yet when viewed through the lens of economic […]