Dagga
Court sets aside conviction in dagga case
The magistrate had relied on a section of the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act that was declared unconstitutional almost 30 years ago
Law | 19 September 2024
Mpondoland dagga growers left out to dry
Six years after the Constitutional Court judgment, small-scale dagga growers are sliding deeper into poverty while businesses profit in South Africa’s “cowboy” cannabis industry
Feature | 29 July 2024
Rastas march against new cannabis bill
“It is unfair, inhumane and unconstitutional for the authorities to suggest jail for any citizen for the possession of cannabis”
Brief | 27 November 2020
Dagga prohibition needs to end
We need a rational approach, grounded in evidence, to growing, selling and consuming cannabis products
GroundView | 15 October 2019
“People feel betrayed”: small-scale dagga growers fear exclusion from legal trade
Part two in a series on the Pondoland dagga growers
Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Feature | 14 October 2019
Legalisation is killing our market, say small-scale dagga growers
Part one in a two-part series on the Pondoland dagga growers
Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Feature | 4 October 2019
Dagga business in the open in Eastern Cape
For members of the Rastafarian community it’s an economic opportunity, but some want it shut down
News | 31 July 2019
“We want the right to carry cannabis in our pockets like a person can carry cigarettes”
Across the world, people march for decriminalisation of weed
Photo Essay | 6 May 2017
Understanding Judge Davis’s dope judgment
While a step towards decriminalisation, there’s a way to go before you can light up a joint without fear of arrest
News | 2 April 2017