South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s intervention to stop proposed regulations banning the manufacture and sale of food ...

Hemp protein powder (also called hemp flour) is a plant-based protein supplement made from raw ground hemp seeds, a part of ...

New regulations banning the production and sale of hemp and cannabis food products in South Africa will be withdrawn for the ...

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi will withdraw the gazetted regulations prohibiting the sale, importation, and manufacture of ...

Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has hit the pause button on the controversial ban on cannabis and hemp-based food ...

In the six-year lacuna between that Constitutional Court ruling legalising private use of dagga and the eventual Act that ...

The Department of Health has implemented a sweeping ban on the production, sale, and import of cannabis and hemp-derived ...

The Department of Health’s blanket ban on any cannabis or hemp in foodstuffs in South Africa has drawn criticism from ...

Following a new prohibition on cannabis edibles, South African businesses face uncertainty as they navigate the implications of this regulatory change.

Whilst previously raving about the economic benefits of the cannabis and hemp-based food industries, the Department of Health has now quietly banned the production and selling of cannabis and ...

Producers of cannabis and hemp food products challenged this ban and said this policy could see investors interested in the industry pulling out. Motsoaledi says the department was concerned by a ...