It’s time to catch up with Brett & Marleen to see how the Mpondoland Plug Project is going a year + since we last spoke on the podcast.

They are connecting rural communities to the new South African cannabis club scene under the law as it now stands in South Africa.

There aren’t many projects like this in Africa or around the world for that matter so the model they are working on should be of interest to anyone looking to do things a little differently.

Yes not controlling the means of production but rather guiding and being guided is harder but it already sounds as though it is more rewarding.

If I’m in the US or Canada and Mpondoland sun grown cannabis was on offer at my local dispensary rather than fake Durban Poioson or blueberry this, bannana caramel that, I know what i’d be spending my hard earned cash on.


https://cannabislaw.report/karma-koala-podcast-337-brett-pollack-marleen-theunissen-mpondoland-plug-project-connecting-rural-communities-into-south-africas-nascent-cannabis-market-under-law/

New titles about cannabis keep on coming and when i found out about.. Ganja Matters: Empire & the Pursuits of Cannabis in British India. I knew i had to speak to Dr. Utathya Chattopadhyaya.

Learn More
https://cannabislaw.report/karma-koala-podcast-333-dr-utathya-chattopadhyaya-assistant-professor-of-history-at-uni-of-california-santa-barbara-author-of-ganja-matters-empire-the-pursuits-of-cannabis-in-british-india/

As the Curaleaf hostile gets ever more heated
I thought let's get Avis up in the tree with the Koalas as he has a better sense of feeling about these things than most of the rest of us.

First up, Avis alerted me to the fact that today Boris has invited all Aurora shareholders to this webcast to lay out his plans.

Aurora shareholders can register for the live webcast hosted by Curaleaf Chairman and CEO Boris Jordan at grow.curaleaf.

Webcast Details

• Date: Thursday, September 17, 2026 (Note: The user query mentioned September 18, but official releases specify September 17).
• Time: 10:30 a.m. ET
• Host: Boris Jordan, Chairman and CEO of Curaleaf
• Target Audience: Aurora Cannabis shareholders

Offer Context

The Bid: Curaleaf made an unsolicited offer to acquire Aurora Cannabis structured as 80% stock and 20% cash.
Tender Deadline: Aurora shareholders must tender their shares before December 1, 2026.
Action Required: Shareholders wishing to accept the offer should contact their broker or log in to their brokerage account to tender their shares.

We also touch on some of the other bigger known names in the game in the US. Trulieve, Cookies, Glasshouse and also how at Siva he is now working with private companies and capital to create and build businesses who are looking at the long term.

https://cannabislaw.report/karma-koala-podcast-333-avis-bulbulyan-siva-ca-the-curaleaf-aurora-hostile-takeover-it-is-a-smart-play-off-a-week-target-and-in-the-end-a-european-medical-market-play/