SA finance minister calls for cannabis to be legalised

South African Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has called for the legalisation of the cannabis trade in order to collect more tax revenue.

In 2019 South Africa's Constitutional Court decriminalised the private possession, use and cultivation of cannabis.

Selling cannabis at any scale remains illegal.

He made the announcement on Twitter that he would put the idea to cabinet:

On this one, the majority says: LEGALIZE IT!! I will put the proposal to legalize it at the Cabinet Lekgotla this January. The People have demanded it. But those medical doctors????????. ???????? pic.twitter.com/WGC78wsByC

— Tito Mboweni (@tito_mboweni) January 9, 2020

I found this growing at the Farm! Cut it down or allow it to grow? How did it get here? Should we just legalize this thing once and for all? I can see the responses!! Say it!! pic.twitter.com/voTFg67sXB

— Tito Mboweni (@tito_mboweni) January 9, 2020