Last week the South African cannabis and hemp conversation moved on two tracks at once. On one track, police operations generated fresh headlines and widely shared posts — hydroponic laboratories dismantled, multi-million-rand consignments seized, foreign nationals arrested. On the other, the slower work of building something different continued: young teams developing local hemp seed and […]
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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 […]
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 […]