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Fields of Green for ALL • Collectively Reforming South African Cannabis Laws

Stokvel Club
The Stokvel Club is aimed at
the traditional market typically
found in informal settlements
in South Africa. The socio-
economic conditions found
here do not allow for intricate
paperwork and great amounts
of input in terms of resources,
therefore it should be
approached differently based
on the stokvel initiative that the
community is already familiar
with.

5.1.1.2.2 Governing Body
The Governing Body is the
management structure of the
DPC. They are accountable to
members to ensure that their needs are met, that The transportation of Cannabis on behalf of the
the DPC operates in an appropriate manner, that Club and its members should be completed
the supply of Cannabis takes place within the DPC with a Transportation Manifesto, authorising the
and that no distribution takes place outside of the individual to transport the Cannabis between the
DPC. They are responsible for: DPC and its members / growers.

• ensuring that the DPC operates in accordance
with the Standard; 5.1.1.2.4 Membership Experience
• ensuring that the Club meets all its compliance To be part of a DPC, an individual needs to register
obligations; as a member and sign a formal agreement
• ensuring quality of employment and the where he/she cedes their private right to cultivate
appointment of competent people; Cannabis over to the collective of the DPC. After
• efficient management and maintenance of a member has been registered, they must be
oriented on the rules and regulations of the
personal information; DPC; their human rights as it relates to Cannabis
• efficient monitoring and capturing of cultivation and consumption; their required
information related to the Club’s applicable life involvement in contributing to a charitable cause;
cycle processes of the Cannabis plant; information on harm reduction and responsible
• efficient and competent growing and handling usage and other information as it relates to
of Cannabis. Cannabis and its consumption.

Members must state their needs and requirements
5.1.1.2.3 Planning as it relates to their Cannabis usage, so that the

To ensure the DPC can supply the needs of its DPC may adjust its planning for the cultivation of
members, it needs to plan various processes. the member’s Cannabis.
These include risk identification and mitigation; Membership should be based on an existing habit
design of operational processes; the life cycle of Cannabis consumption and DPCs should limit
of the Cannabis plant; supply and demand; the number of members in its DPC, in order to
communication; community involvement and respect the privacy requirement of the model.
the recording of information. All of these sections Membership subscriptions should be based on
prove that the DPC is supplying the needs of its a costing model that accounts for all related
members and that no sale of Cannabis is taking expenses to growing the member’s allocated
place. Cannabis.

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