Few things are as frustrating as needing to repeat oneself on matters that could be easily resolved, should the necessary attention be paid. It would also help if we are heard in full and not sidelined for the misinformed ramblings of prohibitionists! Yet, here we are. Below is our full presentation to the Portfolio
Speaking Truth to Power - by Leela Bear Fields of Green for ALL pitched bright and early at 10 Darling Street, Cape Town on 6 May to join the Global Cannabis March 2023. A warm and sunny morning welcomed people from every Cannabis Walk of Life, coming from far and wide. We gathered, several
Written by Guy Oliver. Guy is a Johannesburg-based photojournalist. He is a qualified Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration operator. Since the 2018 Constitutional Court supposedly decriminalised dagga police have made an estimated 340,000 arrests for alleged Cannabis offences. Welcome to the twilight zone. A Gansbaai tenant discovered six Western Cape Overstrand municipal cops
It's 2023, almost 5 years since the 2018 Privacy Judgment. At Fields of Green for ALL we still get reports of arrests almost daily. We have statistics gathered from pleas for help via our webform, phone calls to our 24hr Arrest Helpline, and emails. The stats below are from the webform submissions following the
Fields of Green for ALL, industry and community leaders, FGA Affiliates and members of The Green Network invite you to join our Mass Action in Cape Town, Pretoria and all over the country on Saturday 17 September at 10am. You can download the PDF of the Memorandum which will be delivered to the government
The following is a bullet point summary of the do’s and don’ts in case of cops and what to know in advance if you have a relationship with Cannabis. Please share this far and wide. If you or somebody you know have had an arrest situation with the police, no matter when it occurred,
This 20 minute read and photos were submitted to us on request by the author, Tijmen Grooten who is doing his masters degree in International Development Sociology (using Cannabis in South Africa as a case study) at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Let’s start with some context Since the end of the twentieth
We had a look at our arrests reported since the 2018 privacy judgment up and until March 2022. Keep in mind that we also get arrests reported via phone and social media and email, and even though we encourage everyone to fill in the webform, these stats are only from the webform submissions. Read
We report on true stories of abuse by the South African Police “Service”. Unedited. Published on request and with permission. It is once again clear that the SAPS do not respect the constitution or the government, they do not follow the law, let alone their own directives or circulars, and they
On a warm spring day in October I went to Soweto with Myrtle and my colleagues from the #Hotboxshow to interview some local Cannabis enthusiasts about their Cannabis use and cultivation in the township. Our day started at Credo Mutwa Cultural Village where we met with some enthusiastic young men who
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