🇿🇦 Cannabis status in South Africa
Constitutional Court ruled in 2018 that personal use + private cultivation is legal. Commercial sale not yet regulated. Cannabis for Private Purposes Act passed 2024 codifies the framework.
Legal status (4 axes)
- Recreational
- legal-private-use
- Medical
- legal
- CBD / hemp
- legal
- THC limit
- 0.001% THC for OTC CBD
Cross-border carriage
Cross-border carriage of cannabis is illegal under the UN Single Convention 1961 in every signatory country regardless of domestic legal status. Even where domestic possession is legal, taking cannabis across the border is a separate prosecutable offence.
Last verified 2026-04-28.