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South Africa Is Studying Cannabis Business Development Opportunities

Written by Johnny Green on July 25, 2025. Posted in Business.

South Africa officially approved a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure in 2024, placing the African nation on an exciting and ambitious path towards taking its rightful place as a continental...

South African Authority Warns Against Fraudulent Service Providers

Written by Johnny Green on June 13, 2025. Posted in Business, Policy.

As South Africa’s emerging legal cannabis industry continues to increase in size and scope, the nation’s regulators are warning against fraudulent service providers. People and entities...

South African Province To Prioritize Cannabis Industry Job Creation

Written by Johnny Green on May 14, 2025. Posted in Business, Policy.

South Africa’s government released updated employment data yesterday, with the official unemployment rate increasing by 1.0 percentage point from 31.9% in the fourth quarter of 2024 to 32.9% in...

South Africa To Release New Cannabis Food Regulations After Backlash

Written by Johnny Green on May 9, 2025. Posted in Business, Policy.

South Africa is on a short list of countries that have adopted national adult-use cannabis legalization measures, along with Uruguay, Canada, Malta, Luxembourg, and Germany. Courts in other nations...

South Africa Department Of Health Bans Cannabis Edibles

Written by Hazel Norman on March 16, 2025. Posted in Business, Policy.

South Africa is on a short list of countries that have adopted national adult-use cannabis legalization measures. The African nation is joined by Uruguay, Canada, Malta, Luxembourg, and Germany. The...

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South African Human Rights Commission Urges Police To Halt Cannabis Arrests

Written by Hazel Norman on January 6, 2025. Posted in Policy.

Last year South Africa became the latest country to adopt a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure, codifying a prior landmark court decision which determined that prohibition policies against...

South Africa’s President Signs ‘Private Setting’ Cannabis Legalization Measure

Written by Hazel Norman on May 28, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Back in 2018, South Africa’s Constitutional Court issued a landmark ruling that deemed cannabis prohibition as it pertained to adult individuals to be unconstitutional. The 2018 decision stemmed...

Legalization Measure Moves Forward In South Africa

Written by Johnny Green on November 20, 2023. Posted in Policy.

In September 2018 South Africa’s Constitutional Court issued a landmark ruling in which it determined that cannabis prohibition as it pertains to individual rights was unconstitutional. The Court...

South Africa Is Seeking Public Input Regarding Cannabis Reform

Written by Hazel Norman on April 16, 2023. Posted in Policy.

In late 2018, South Africa’s Constitutional Court issued a historic ruling. In a case involving three cannabis consumers facing cannabis charges, South Africa’s top Court determined that...