Roots in Rebellion
CANNABIS CULTURE – Why Indigenous cannabis growers are camping outside South Africa’s presidential residence
Browsing: African Cannabis
Why South Africa’s ‘Trial of the Plant’ is Closely Watched
CANNABIS CULTURE – Craft cannabis growers demand a seat at the table. Observers say this trial will define their future, and the future of cannabis growth in the Global South.
Red Sun Rising
CANNABIS CULTURE – How Malawi Plans to Overtake Africa’s Cannabis Pace-Setters
Cautious Relief As South Africa Directs ‘Cannabis Kids’ Away From Prison
CANNABIS CULTURE – From now until 2024, there’s a tight window-period whereby no South African child may be arrested, prosecuted, or diverted from society for possessing cannabis, and cannabis records of kids must be expunged, the country’s highest court has ordered.
Malawi Protesters Demand End of “Cruel” Cannabis Laws
CANNABIS CULTURE – A growing chorus of equity movements are swaying courts, one case at a time.
Lesotho Grown Legal Cannabis Funneled to Black Market
CANNABIS CULTURE – “It’s increasingly now becoming quite a dangerous industry to be in right,” says Zizipho Manate, a bankrupted farmer. “Some shady characters are realizing that to steal ripe cannabis and cannabis processed products is a bigger quick gain than the pain-in-the-butt of waiting for licenses, growing, harvesting, inspections, paying taxes.”
German Legalization Could Spark Boom For South African Cannabis (If Government Gets Out of the Way)
CANNABIS CULTURE – ‘Germany’s lucrative market is the game-changer, but we are not our best friends here in South Africa. Expensive permits; long approval wait times are self-defeating’, says Dikeledi Matla, chairperson of the Soweto Cannabis Alliance Forum.
Kenya’s Cannabis Friendly Presidential Candidate Becomes Internet Sensation
CANNABIS CULTURE – George Wajackoyah is a former street kid who worked as a grave digger in England. Now he is a law professor and this week he could be voted in as the next President of Kenya, Africa’s 6th largest economy. Wajackoyah’s message has created a sensation thanks in part to eccentric bets on cannabis.
Government Is A Beast
CANNABIS CULTURE – How South Africa’s first members-only cannabis club fell to police violence (and what they plan to do about it.)
Swaziland’s Cannabis Grandmas Trampled Under Legalization
CANNABIS CULTURE – Rural grandmas in Swaziland risk arrest to grow, harvest, and trade cannabis because they have no other means with which to feed the orphans left behind by the raging HIV-Aids crisis.
