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The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development will begin issuing and monitoring licences for hemp production in October.
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Thoko Didiza announced this on Thursday in her budget vote speech.
She also urged Parliament to remove hemp from drug trafficking legislation.
About high time, some will say, but the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development will begin issuing and monitoring permits for the production of hemp in South Africa.
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Thoko Didiza made this announcement on Thursday when she presented her department s budget vote to a virtual sitting of a mini-plenary of the National Assembly.
“Cabinet calls on Israel to stop the barbaric attacks on Palestinians and commit itself to international efforts aimed at reviving a political process, leading to the establishment of a viable Palestinian state, existing side by side in peace with Israel within internationally recognised borders, based on those existing on June 4 1967, with East Jerusalem as the capital Palestine.”
Meanwhile, the cabinet also said it was “monitoring developments” in Mozambique after recent attacks by insurgents there.
“Cabinet remains concerned about the situation in Mozambique and continues to monitor developments. Accordingly, cabinet expressed its full support to efforts of the Southern African Development Community to bring about lasting peace and security, as well as reconciliation and development in Mozambique,” a statement read.
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Draft PAIA Regulations have been published, setting out the transition of functions from the South African Human Rights Commission to the Information Regulator, and some additional obligations of information officers.
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has released draft Regulations relating to the Promotion of Access to Information, 2021 (Draft PAIA Regulations). This release follows various amendments to bring the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (PAIA) in line with the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (POPIA). Accordingly, the purp