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Zimbabwe mulls medicinal cannabis pilot programme

Government is planning to carry out a medicinal cannabis pilot programme following the legalisation for the production of the plant in April this year.The legalisation of the production of marijuana w...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 July 2018
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Zim to roll out cannabis medicinal products

ZIMBABWE will soon roll out its first cannabis medicinal products to treat various diseases and conditions.In an interview yesterday, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health and Child Care D...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 July 2018
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Cannabis/ mbanje licensing still on'

Government has not suspended licences for growing cannabis and prospective growers can continue submitting their applications, Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa has said. Responding...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 May 2018
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Zimbabwe suspends cannabis/ mbanje licensing

Government has suspended the licensing and growing of marijuana -— popularly known as mbanje.Last month, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration gazetted licence fees for those interested in g...

By Staff reporetr | Published: 20 May 2018
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Dutch firm joins Zimbabwe cannabis stampede

A Dutch firm has engaged the Zimbabwe government on intentions to set up a factory in Zimbabwe to value-add cannabis for medicinal purposes.There has been an overwhelming response from people and comp...

By Ngoni Shenjere | Published: 14 May 2018
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Canadian investors target 10 000ha for Zim cannabis/ mbanje farming

CANADIAN investors are scouting for business opportunities in Guruve in a bid to secure 10 000 hectares of land for marijuana farming due to the area's favourable climatic conditions.Discussions are a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 May 2018
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Zim MPs want cannabis/ mbanje fees reduced

LEGISLATORS yesterday lobbied the government to reduce the $50 000 licence fee charged on farmers, who want to take up the production of cannabis on a commercial scale.The MPs claimed the fees were pr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 May 2018
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Smoking cannabis/ mbanje remains illegal

The use of cannabis, also known as hemp or mbanje, for recreational purposes is still illegal in Zimbabwe and the thrust for legalising its production is specifically for medicinal and industrial purp...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 May 2018
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Mixed reactions over cannabis legalisation

Zimbabweans have expressed mixed feelings over government's move to legalise the production of cannabis (mbanje).Last Friday, government gazetted a $50 000 licence fee for those wishing to farm the dr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018
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Zimbabwe legalises production of cannabis

Government has legalised the production of cannabis (mbanje or dagga) for medicinal or scientific purposes.This was announced by Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa in a Government ga...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2018
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