A landmark ruling by the Constitutional Court made it legal to grow and consume cannabis for personal use in September 2018.
That’s when the highest court in the land decriminalised the private use of dagga. According to a Business Tech article, the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development released a cannabis master plan in 2021. This plan includes signing the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill into law by 2022/23 and aims to turn marijuana into a viable business sector.
The buying and selling of cannabis, cannabis oil and cannabis seeds is still illegal.
The draft bill also sets outs ‘prescribed quantities’ for both personal use and cultivation purposes.
The latest development is the first legal cannabis pharmacy approved in April 2022. The ‘THC Pharmacy’ obtained a licence after various quality checks by the regulator Sapra.
Some in the industry say it’s a tedious exercise to qualify as a legal distributor.
