The race is on to create a uniquely African cannabis industry

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Newsletter| The introduction of a new cannabis bill by Parliament presents an opportunity to create a uniquely African cannabis industry: “There is already an existing cannabis economy in SA, we don’t have to create something, we just need to enable it”

A panel from civil society, academia and the legal fraternity told a recent Gibs forum South Africa is uniquely positioned to create a cannabis production model which includes small farmers and growers and leverages their existing expertise.

“We are presently in a state of limbo, a weird hybrid state. The focus is on personal and private use, but the industry is not yet formalised,” Keichel explained. Managing director of cannabis legalisation non-profit company Fields of Green for All, Myrtle Clarke, said her organisation was in favour of the legal regulation of cannabis and a “more sane drug policy as a whole”.

“We are vehemently oppose to the licensing system, but that doesn’t mean that we are open to a free for all,” she added.Lecturer in rural development and agribusiness at the Department of Agricultural Economics at Stellenbosch University Hein Gerwel said the local cannabis industry presented the country with a unique opportunity for inclusive growth and widespread job creation in agriculture.

 

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