Research:2026-09-26/Journal article/cross-of-green-substance-and-value-in-south-africas-shifting-cannabis-policy

Research record26 September 2026Journal article

Cross of Green: Substance and Value in South Africa's Shifting Cannabis Policy

Thembisa Waetjen, Andy Gray

Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa · 2025

Examines the making of South Africa's Cannabis for Private Purposes Act (Act 7 of 2024) for what it shows about the changing "commodity candidacy" of cannabis, which has moved from a dangerous drug towards what officials call green gold. The authors argue that uneven official efforts to standardise the material and molecular elements of cannabis and to define the private sit awkwardly beside competing claims about cultural freedom, national development and private profit. They note that the Act regulates adult use narrowly and leaves the terms of commercial exchange unclear.

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Published26 Sep 2026

TypeJournal article

VenueTransformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa

Year2025

DOI10.1353/trn.2025.a1002040

CountrySouth Africa

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2026-09-26 2026-10-15 Cross of Green: Substance and Value in South Africa's Shifting Cannabis Policy Journal article Policy and law Thembisa Waetjen, Andy Gray Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa 2025 10.1353/trn.2025.a1002040 https://doi.org/10.1353/trn.2025.a1002040 Examines the making of South Africa's Cannabis for Private Purposes Act (Act 7 of 2024) for what it shows about the changing "commodity candidacy" of cannabis, which has moved from a dangerous drug towards what officials call green gold. The authors argue that uneven official efforts to standardise the material and molecular elements of cannabis and to define the private sit awkwardly beside competing claims about cultural freedom, national development and private profit. They note that the Act regulates adult use narrowly and leaves the terms of commercial exchange unclear. South Africa