Eight cannabis farming companies have lost their Section 22 cultivation licenses. This has been confirmed by SAHPRA, which says two were due to permanent facility closures, three were revoked and four were cancelled.
4 April 2025 at 08:45:00
Cannabiz Africa
According to the South African Health Product Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) website posting on 28 February 2025, two cannabis cultvators have permanently ceased operations:
Eastern Cape-based Africannabis Holdings (Pty) and
Thusanong Enabling Support Services (Pty) Ltd in KwaZulu Natal.
Their licenses, which were issued in 2020, thus fall away.
SAHPRA says two Western Cape licenses were revoked – those of:
Aurora Natural Medicines (Pty) Ltd and
Neo Pharm (Pty) Ltd.
No reasons were given but they are listed online as having no responsible pharmacist on board.
Four licenses were cancelled, with no reasons given. They are:
First Growth Holdings (Pty) Ltd (Western Cape)
Silverleaf Cultivation SA (Pty) Ltd (Free State)
Origo International Holdings (Pty) Ltd (Gauteng)
Executive Corp Security Solutions (Pty) Ltd t/a 46 Woborn (Gauteng).
For more details, check out the SAHPRA link here.
According to the SAHPRA website there are 94 registered cannabis cultivators on its books. Details here.
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