Hemp dreams — young South African pioneers create a new industry against all odds
Daily Maverick | 26.08.2026 19:14
On a smallholding 40 minutes south of Johannesburg, near the town of Walkerville, the first indication of something exceptional unfolding beyond the high brick wall alongside a solitary rural road is the birds. Thousands of them, tending to their nests in a one-acre thicket of sturdy stalks.