Eastern Cape's first cannabis agricultural college in pipeline
It’s official — the Eastern Cape is to get its first cannabis agricultural college, and the first students are expected to register in January 2025.
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It’s official — the Eastern Cape is to get its first cannabis agricultural college, and the first students are expected to register in January 2025.
It’s official — the Eastern Cape is to get its first cannabis agricultural college, and the first students are expected to register in January 2025.
“Get cracking, please. We are starving.” That is essentially the plea from desperate indigenous cannabis growers in the vast Mpondoland area of the former Transkei region to the SA government to fast-track legislation and policies to regulate the cannabis industry. It has previously been speculated that a thriving cannabis industry in the area could create about 300,000 jobs.
After years of teetering on the brink of collapse, the Eastern Cape government believes it has the solution to save Magwa Tea Estates — cannabis.
Eastern Cape is perfectly positioned to be a major hemp and cannabis exporter.