Dagga Party
Dagga Party | |
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| isiXhosa name | Iqela Lentsango |
| Leader | Jeremy Acton |
| Founded | February 2009 |
| Ideology | Cannabis legalisation |
| Website | |
| daggaparty | |
Iqela Lentsango: The Dagga Party of South Africa (more commonly known as the Dagga Party) is a South African political party founded in February 2009 by Jeremy Acton, who remains the party's leader. "Dagga" is a South African colloquial term for cannabis, the legalisation of which forms the core of the party's platform.[1] The Dagga Party was established to allow voters who support the legalisation of dagga to have representation in elections.[2]
The party failed to register with the Independent Electoral Commission in order to contest the 2014[3] or 2019 South African general election because it could not raise the required R200,000 registration fee.[4][5] However, the party entered into an alliance with African Democratic Change for 2019.[6]
The party's position is that cannabis users should have the same rights as people who use tobacco and alcohol.[7]
Acton was one of the people responsible for bringing the case before a South African court which resulted in the partial decriminalisation of dagga in South Africa.[8]
References[]
- ^ Glynnis Underhill (10 May 2013). "Dagga Party: Eight joints a day for Cape politician". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ^ Mitchley, Alex. "Dagga Party's election hopes up in smoke". The Citizen. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ Sithole, Sthembiso (2014-03-26). "Many minor parties won't make it to Parliament: Analyst". SABC.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Davis, Gaye. "Dagga Party misses election deadline". Eyewitness News. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ Dagga Boer. "The Dagga Party of South Africa –. – IQELA LENTSANGO: The Dagga Party of South Africa". Retrieved 2019-04-12.
- ^ "Dagga Party joins forces with African Democratic Change in bid for 2019 election". CapeTalk. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ^ Collins, Farren. "People jailed for dagga should be released' court hears". Times LIVE. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
- ^ Hendricks, Ashraf (2017-05-06). "We want the right to carry cannabis in our pockets like a person can carry cigarettes". Ground Up. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
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