South Africa could be sitting on a tax revenue gold mine if it started taxing the sale of recreational cannabis, says Ettiene Retief, chairman of the National Tax Committee at the South African Institute of Professional Accountants…
CCMA ruling suggests you can if it doesn’t impair your performance At a recent hearing of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), commissioner Nomsa Mbileni ordered the reinstatement of a factory worker who had…
Port Elizabeth’s first cannabis festival is finally here after a six-month delay due to the Covid-19 lockdown. Chelsea Cannabis Collective 420 Festival organiser Carol Fensham said the focus of the festival was the medicinal aspect of…
‘Die Joint’ is a 420-friendly coffee shop and nursery in Hartebeespoort in the North West. The shop sells various seeds, oils and creams, while a separate restaurant area serves pizza. But one of their big draw cards is leasing a piece of…
Minister of justice and correctional services Ronald Lamola has published a draft law regulating legal dagga possession in SA, ahead of its submission to parliament. The Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill comes after a Constitutional…
Four people died in a horrific crash after their vehicles, one which was laden with cannabis and cigarettes, collided on the N2 in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday. The incident took place at about 8:30am near Mandeni, on the north coast. It is…
BIG HIGH: An East London woman was arrested in Port Alfred on Monday with almost 9kg of compressed marijuanaZIZOJIKA IZINTO A 43-year-old female who failed to meet her sentence obligations in East London was arrested by Port Alfred K9…
Reader Ernie Edwards suggested a story for us to pursue after reading the Port Alfred Community Policing Forum’s concerns about drug abuse and related crimes in last week’s edition. Last year the Constitutional Court of South Africa ruled…
The Constitutional Court has found that the ban on the private use and cultivation of dagga is unconstitutional. The unanimous judgment decriminalises adults smoking dagga at home and growing enough marijuana for personal consumption. But…
“Africa’s first medicinal cannabis dispensary” is expecting to see more patients following the Constitutional Court’s ruling on dagga. Holistic Relief Wellness and Pain Management Centre founder Krithi Thaver told TimesLIVE that…
