Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.HENNOPS, South Africa -- Stacks of bright green cannabis plants, freshly harvested from nearby hothouses, are expertly sorted on a lab table by workers wearing hygienic gloves and caps who snip the leaves and buds and put them in bins for further processing.
McClelland knows that rural black farmers, who have grown marijuana traditionally but illegally, are now fighting to benefit from the country's relaxation of cannabis laws. The stringent requirements include getting police clearances, registering a specified plot size, erecting high-tech security fencing, getting irrigation systems and setting up agreements with overseas buyers, among others. The cost of establishing a legal marijuana farm is estimated to be $200,000 to $350,000, according to a South African agricultural publication, Landbouweekblad.
Moleboheng Semela, a cannabis activist and general secretary of the Cannabis Development Council, is among those fighting to get licenses for those who had previously grown and sold cannabis illegally.
It’s South Africa there. They just call them farmers
Those plants look like crap. They’re not even a foot tall and leaves are already yellowing. Stop using MiracleGrow!
african weed sucks
Any news on South Africa's white farmers and ranchers? The ANC has illegally seized white farmers properties without any compensation to the owners.
'fight to enter marijuana market.' Now there's a noble goal 🤦♂️
Why you must said south africa black farmer instead of farmers
Why they gotta be black RuPaul lol
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They shouldn't have to fight for anything in their own country. Jeez.