Dagga Party
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Dagga Party | |
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| isiXhosa name | Iqela Lentsango |
| Leader | Jeremy Acton |
| Founded | February 2009 |
| Ideology | Cannabis legalisation |
| Website | |
| daggaparty | |
Dagga Party, formally known as Iqela Lentsango: The Dagga Party of South Africa, is a South African political party founded in 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. The Dagga Party was established to allow voters who support the legalisation of dagga to have representation in elections.
The party failed to register with the Independent Electoral Commission in order to contest the 2014 and the 2019 South African general election because it could not raise the required R200,000 registration fee. However, the party entered into an alliance with African Democratic Change for 2019.
The party's position is that cannabis users should have the same rights as people who use tobacco and alcohol.
Some members of the party were responsible for bringing the case before a South African court which resulted in the partial decriminalisation of dagga in South Africa in 2018.
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 (26 March 2014). "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 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Dagga Party joins forces with African Democratic Change in bid for 2019 election". CapeTalk. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ Collins, Farren. "People jailed for dagga should be released' court hears". Times LIVE. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ Hendricks, Ashraf (6 May 2017). "We want the right to carry cannabis in our pockets like a person can carry cigarettes". Ground Up. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
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