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PRASA case postponed again

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Dagga prohibition needs to end

We need a rational approach, grounded in evidence, to growing, selling and consuming cannabis products

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Gordon’s Bay mosque approved after five-year wait

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Taxi associations accused of terrorising immigrants in Pretoria

Men beaten up, accused of drug dealing

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News | 14 October 2019

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“People feel betrayed”: small-scale dagga growers fear exclusion from legal trade

Part two in a series on the Pondoland dagga growers

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Feature | 14 October 2019

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Elections 2026

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Cape Flats murders are on the rise

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Whatever Trump says, whites are not doing badly in South Africa

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