Plans to set up a vibrant cannabis industry in the Eastern Cape are starting to take shape, with the provincial government announcing the establishment of at least two incubator centres for cannabis and hemp production.
“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.
The Eastern Cape government’s inaugural development convention, held at the Regent Hotel in East London on Tuesday, resolved to commit to anti-poverty programmes to mitigate extreme poverty levels in the province.