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South Africa is known for having one of the most liberal constitutions in the world [23] and includes such clauses as the right to health and the right to self-medicate. The Dagga Couple are challenging these and other legal issues in their case at the country's highest court, The Constitutional Court.
Cannabis in South Africa is an indigenous plant with a rich historical, social, and cultural significance for various communities. South Africa’s cannabis policy evolution has been marked by significant shifts, particularly following decriminalisation by the Constitutional Court in 2018, and the passing of the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill in May 2024.
In S v Maki, an important case in South African criminal law, the accused had consciously broken into the home of the deceased, an 84-year-old woman, and thereafter, in a drunken state, strangled her. He had previous convictions for possession of dagga, assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, attempted rape and theft. He was sentenced ...
He therefore referred the constitutionality question to the Constitutional Court of South Africa, using the referral mechanism in section 102(1) of the Interim Constitution. Hearing Gwadiso's case, Judge Jeanette Traverso agreed with Marais's reasoning and found that Gwadiso's conviction was similarly reliant on the section 21(1)(a) presumption.
This is a list of newspapers in South Africa. In 2017, there were 22 daily and 25 weekly major urban newspapers in South Africa, mostly published in English or Afrikaans. [ 1 ] According to a survey of the South African Audience Research Foundation , about 50% of the South African adult population are newspaper readers and 48% are magazine ...
The Dagga Party was established to allow voters who support the legalisation of dagga to have representation in elections. [2] The party failed to register with the Independent Electoral Commission in order to contest the 2014 [3] and the 2019 South African general election because it could not raise the required R200,000 registration fee.
The Medical, Dental and Pharmacy Act, 1928 (Act No. 13 of 1928) was a South African law that prohibited the production, sale, and use of any "habit forming drugs." [1] One impact of this was to restrict the use of cannabis in South Africa. [2] [3] The 1928 act stated in Article 69:
Pages in category "Daily newspapers published in South Africa" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .