South Africa: Market and legal data analysis of the cannabis sector

Cannabinoid and vape brands’ joint affair sparks surprise interest from Middle East

Written by Freddie Dawson | 16th August 2024

Executives were taken aback by the enthusiasm vendors showed for a nicotine vape brand in Dubai with a US West Coast theme, even though it involves a product that the UAE only recently legalised ...

Not your usual partnership between cannabinoid brand and vaping company

Written by Freddie Dawson | 9th August 2024

Vaping company Ispire has signed a 30-year global licensing agreement with Hidden Hills Club, a cannabinoid operation with wider lifestyle ambitions that will lead to the creation of Hidden Hills branded nicotine vaping products ...

South Africa inches forward towards long-awaited clarification on cannabis

Written by CannIntelligence | 13th April 2023

The South African cannabis bill has finally moved forward with an invitation to “stakeholders and interested persons” to submit written submissions on proposed amendments ...

Developing countries could get economic boost from industrial hemp, says UN

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 25th January 2023

Government and industry representatives from around the world met in Geneva last week to hear about the “significant economic opportunities” offered by industrial hemp and the need for greater clarity on its legal status ...

African countries legalise cannabinoids to help revive flagging economies

Written by CannIntelligence | 17th December 2021

Many ailing African economies are turning to hemp and cannabis cultivation. In some cases this is to replace declining tobacco businesses. But many still face economic challenges as well as local opposition ...

South Africa's new national cannabis plan could spark regional change

Written by CannIntelligence | 30th April 2021

South Africa releases the National Cannabis Master Plan, which will not only boost and uplift the southern Africa cannabis industry, but will set a regional precedent for the growth of a legal cannabis market in the area ...

South Africa ends suspense at the last moment – legalisation is here to stay

Written by Marija Obradovic | 26th May 2020

The regulation of CBD, THC and cannabis has been liberalised in South Africa – at the very moment when a year-long trial period was due to end ...

Local hopes remain buoyant after Canopy Growth pulls out of Africa

Written by CannIntelligence | 11th May 2020

Operations of Canopy Growth’s African subsidiary have not been affected by the parent company’s decision to pull out and leave things in local hands – according to the man in charge of those local hands....

Quality, professionalism and trust the South African branding goals

Written by CannIntelligence | 30th January 2020

South Africans look for CBD brands with a packaging design and style that projects an image of professionalism and quality – while the use of specifically African themes is also popular ...

Wuhan launches out into South Africa with coffee, creams and mushrooms

Written by CannIntelligence | 16th December 2019

Wuhan General Group has announced that it is to launch CBD cosmetic creams, coffees and medicinal mushrooms in South Africa before a planned expansion across more of the region ...

CBD vending machines for Colorado c-stores: CBD business news in brief

Written by CannIntelligence | 12th November 2019

A Colorado company is to pilot the use of CBD vending machines in convenience stores. Other news items come from the UK, South Africa, and states across the US from California to Vermont ...

CBD-Intel regulatory news in brief, 27th August-2nd September

Written by CannIntelligence | 2nd September 2019

Americans for Safe Access has issued the Patient’s Guide to CBD, Ireland sees increase in hemping-growing licence applications, and over 6000 plants have been seized in Portugal ...

CBD-Intel business news in brief, 24th-31st August

Written by CannIntelligence | 2nd September 2019

Information from the US, the UK, Canada and Africa, including how more than half of the hemp crops planted in Hawaii have had to be destroyed due to THC content being over the permitted levels...

CBD-Intel business news in brief, 17th-21st June

Written by CannIntelligence | 24th June 2019

Catch up on the latest CBD business news with CBD-Intel’s weekly round-up, bringing updates from the US, Canada, Germany, South America and southern Africa ...

South Africa legalises lower doses of CBD – but only for a trial year

Written by CannIntelligence | 18th June 2019

A landmark decision by South Africa's now former health minister Aaron Motsoledi has legalised lower dosage CBD. But there's a catch – the ruling only applies until May 2020 ...

Private cannabis use legalised – but CBD has a way to go in South Africa

Written by CannIntelligence | 10th October 2018

A recent judgement by the Constitutional Court of South Africa which legalised the personal use of cannabis in private may not have a big impact on the CBD market in the country ...

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Cannabinoid and vape brands’ joint affair sparks surprise interest from Middle East

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South Africa inches forward towards long-awaited clarification on cannabis

Written by CannIntelligence | 13th April 2023

Developing countries could get economic boost from industrial hemp, says UN

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 25th January 2023

African countries legalise cannabinoids to help revive flagging economies

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South Africa's new national cannabis plan could spark regional change

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South Africa ends suspense at the last moment – legalisation is here to stay

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Local hopes remain buoyant after Canopy Growth pulls out of Africa

Written by CannIntelligence | 11th May 2020

Quality, professionalism and trust the South African branding goals

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Wuhan launches out into South Africa with coffee, creams and mushrooms

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CBD vending machines for Colorado c-stores: CBD business news in brief

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CBD-Intel business news in brief, 24th-31st August

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South Africa legalises lower doses of CBD – but only for a trial year

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Private cannabis use legalised – but CBD has a way to go in South Africa

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