Retailers can put their edible cannabis and hemp products back on the shelves. This follows the Presidency’s announcement on Tuesday that the contested ban on the manufacturing, sale and importation of such products will be withdrawn. This follows backlash on the sudden ban gazetted earlier this month. According to the Presidency, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi highlighted concerns regarding an influx of unregulated imported cannabis and hemp products on the South
As criminals continue to wage war against the country’s men and women and blue, National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola is backing police officers “who respond with authority and power vested upon them in the fight against crime.” An alarming 21 police officials have been killed in the line of duty since 1 April 2024. Police top brass say the modus operandi is encouraged following numerous events where heavily armed and dangerous
South African consumer confidence took a major knock in early 2025, with the FNB/BER Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) plunging from -6 to -20 points in the first quarter. This sharp decline reflects growing concerns over potential tax hikes and economic uncertainty. The confidence drop came shortly after the Finance Minister’s proposed two-percentage-point VAT increase surfaced in February, sparking concerns about higher taxes. Although the final budget softened the VAT hike to
The Western Cape Education Department has announced that the province’s best primary school athletes have won the inter-provincial SASA Primary School Athletics Championships for the second year in a row. The Championships were held in Germiston in Gauteng last week, from 20 to 22 March, and, according to the department, the province’s primary school athletes excelled in all of their events. Western Cape learners received a total of 88 medals: 41 gold,
Rasool on strained US diplomacy: “We were forced to discuss seriously how Afrikaners could be refugees”
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Former South African Ambassador to the United States, Ebrahim Rasool, has detailed the challenges he faced in Washington, as cracks started to appear in the diplomatic relationship between the two countries. In a statement released hours after his return to South Africa, on Sunday 23 March, Rasool highlighted the struggles South Africa faced in the international arena. READ: US ‘persona non grata’ Rasool has ‘no regrets’ as he touches down in CT
