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Request For Proposals For Cannabis Businesses Requested By South African Government

Written by International Cannabis Chronicle on May 3, 2022. Posted in Archives, Business, Policy.

The Gauteng provincial government and the federal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development have requested interested parties to submit business partnership proposals As of April 29, the South African government has released an announcement that they are looking for proposals to “unlock...

South Africa Approves First Cannabis Pharmacy

Written by Marguerite Arnold on April 27, 2022. Posted in Business, Politics.

The pharmacy, located in Johannesburg, supplies card-carrying medical cannabis patients and is registered with federal authorities South Africa is powering forward with its cannabis reform plans. The country has now authorized its first legal cannabis-only pharmacy. Located in Johannesburg, THC Pharmacy...

South Africa’s Constitutional Court Tackles Youth Cannabis Possession And Use

Written by Johnny Green on March 6, 2022. Posted in Politics.

South Africa is one of at least three countries that had landmark cannabis court rulings issued in recent years that determined national cannabis prohibition to be unconstitutional. Mexico and Italy also had similar court decisions rendered by their top courts around the same time. For the decision...

South Africa’s President Promises Forward Cannabis Reform In State Of Union Speech

Written by Marguerite Arnold on February 16, 2022. Posted in Politics.

New, pro-business cannabis reform has been prioritized by President as a means of economic development and post-Covid rescue of the economy South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa said in his state of the union speech last week that cannabis reform in the country is now at the top of the...

South Africa Examines Hemp Production To Clean Up Gold Mining Areas

Written by Marguerite Arnold on November 16, 2021. Posted in Science.

As part of an overall plan of including cannabis in its economic development plan, the government is currently examining how (and if) cultivation of hemp can restore land blighted by gold extraction The University of the Witwatersrand is currently funding a study to determine if the cultivation of...

South African Producer To List On Johannesburg Stock Exchange

Written by Marguerite Arnold on October 19, 2021. Posted in Business.

In a first of its kind, a Gauteng based cannabis producer has listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Tuesday October 12 last week was a red-letter day of sorts for the South African cannabis industry (not to mention the regional discussion beyond that plus destination markets). Cilo Cybin...

South Africa Gets Its First Cannabis Pain Patient

Written by Marguerite Arnold on September 21, 2021. Posted in Medical.

Kwanda Mtetwa has become South Africa’s first legal cannabis patient – receiving the prescription to treat his chronic pain – he won’t be the last. The first South African patient has now been prescribed medical cannabis for chronic pain. The 32-year-old activist had to obtain...

‘Cannabis Master Plan’ To Be Presented In South Africa

Written by Johnny Green on May 18, 2021. Posted in Business.

Cannabis reform is spreading across the African continent slowly but surely. There’s still a tremendous amount of work left to be done, but the momentum for the cannabis movement in Africa is greater than ever. The country where that is most evident is probably South Africa. In 2018 South Africa’s...

South Africa Set To Legalize Recreational Use By 2023

Written by Marguerite Arnold on April 13, 2021. Posted in Politics.

The country is looking to the industry to help revitalize an economy wrecked by Covid. South Africa is lining up to join the list of recreational cannabis companies by 2023. The country is now considering a bill to legalize the possession, cultivation, and use of cannabis for recreational use with...

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