BLUNT TRUTH Cannabis Expo shows how private sector is rolling in face of hazy government policy 4 min 2 By Ed Stoddard
BUSINESS REFLECTION Loaded for Bear: It’s a fiscal sin that Treasury has no sin tax on cannabis products 3 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
ISS TODAY OP-ED Women, illicit activities and terrorism — what are the risks for west Africa? 4 min 0 By William Assanvo and Jeannine Ella Abatan
LOOKING UP South Africa has very real challenges, but everything is going to be okay 4 min 5 By Marc Ashton
BUSINESS REFLECTION Loaded for Bear: SA’s cannabis policy remains shrouded in a purple haze of cadre confusion 4 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
THE CONVERSATION From hempseed gruel to CBD: the curious history of cannabis as a health product 4 min 1 By Lauren Alex O'Hagan
UP IN SMOKE Motsoaledi’s abrupt cannabis products ban is like ‘cutting the legs off people’ 3 min 3 By Lisakanya Venna and Suné Payne
PROHIBITION PUZZLE Confusion surrounds government’s sudden ‘ban’ on cannabis edibles 4 min 12 By Rebecca Davis and Lisakanya Venna
NEW OPPORTUNITIES A sweet and green future — beekeeping and cannabis education set to up upskill students 9 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
RURAL LAND DEVELOPMENT OP-ED Farming for the future — successfully negotiating tradition, hierarchy and ritual in Pondoland 9 min 5 By Liz McGregor
THE CONVERSATION Young SA teens are struggling — Western Cape study shows 33% have symptoms of depression 3 min 0 By Mirriam Mkhize, Claire van der Westhuizen and Katherine Sorsdahl
WELLNESS Scientist focuses on harm cannabis use causes in some people in Africa 4 min 1 By Musa Aminu
In Pictures The first sitting of the National Assembly, and more from around the world 7 min 0 By Maverick Life Editors
BUSINESS REFLECTION Loaded For Bear: Cannabis prohibition was Calvinistic, classist and racist, so good riddance 3 min 11 By Ed Stoddard
FIELDS OF GREEN Cannabis sector on a high as new weed law for private use finally enacted 4 min 7 By Georgina Crouth
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS High in court — lawyers in bid to have psilocybin decriminalised 7 min 5 By Leonie Joubert
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: The Canadian investment case for cannabis stocks has gone up in smoke 4 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 20 – 25 FEBRUARY This week — 2023 Budget Speech, World Day of Social Justice and launch of ‘The Cannabis Paper’ 9 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
CANNABIS CONUNDRUMS OP-ED Navigating the complexities of policing weed in the workplace 4 min 3 By Amy Pawson
UP IN SMOKE OP-ED Interpreting smoke signals — while it may be legal to use cannabis, you could still be fired for testing positive at work 4 min 0 By Siphamandla Dube and Siphile Hlwatika
