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Phumza Vitshima: Is it Phumza Vitshima: Then the 200 farmers
possible for the Green can also have an access and work on it to
Consortium to apply for process their own products without
one Licence and work with everyone make their application so as
the 200 farmers of indigenous farmers that can not afford
cannabis in order to have a R24 000 can also be accommodated in
their areas of fields.
manufacturing plant and Ras Gideon Sipho
maintain that branding Mantula: The bill is Jacqui Ramage: It is
flawed and unjust still in draft and not
Ras Gideon Sipho Mantula: Zenlife International: finalised - this is why
Cannabis is not a drug no matter Traditional Healers we need these
what Apartheid laws have said have got centuries of comments and
experience in growing platforms to make it
Ras Gideon Sipho and using Cannabis. truly just for all, not
Mantula: All government Government can just some.
departments implicated in benefit from
the cannabis industry collaboration with
have betrayed our Traditional Healers.
struggle since 1994 and
they are now colluding
with western investors Jacqui Ramage: This plant makes it truly
and drafting unjust laws possible for everyone to benefit with the
further - time will tell.. correct intent and energy, that is the baseline
challenge. If it is the disruptor that will
Zenlife International: I change the world, it's going to have to bring
think when it comes to all people together, not just some.
politics, we are not Ras Gideon Sipho
politicians. It is up to us Ras Gideon Sipho Mantula:
to work WITH the System Mantula: The new
and change the narrative bill is drafted Lack of intergovernmental
from a blaming to a through western cooperation and now they
inclusive one. No one lens and ink collude to suppress and
likes to be told they are oppress their own through a
wrong - even if they are. bill
Let us put the FOCUS on
the Benefits to Brenda: The
government, rather than recreational Pumza Vitshima: Thank you so
much Gareth for your effort in
the blaming. I understand market is so much
it is a sensitive issue, but bigger than the trying to pave way for Cannabis
Industry in the RSA to benefit the
swimming against the medicinal market.
stream is not helping However, without economic melt down especially
during and post Covid.
anyone. We need to learn necessarily being
the language of aware of it, Ras Gideon Sipho Mantula: The
Governments and "recreational" Cannabis Private Purpose Bill is also
Businesses. And that cannabis is also criminalises the growers and users-
language is Profit. What medicinal. you we need to remove the powers of the
can they Profit out of can't take that law enforcement agencies - we are
Cannabis whilst still liberated political for now and
empowering the people. away from the
plant. culturally we are on moving towards
Ralph Higgo: Price of cbd is falling through the
floor.
