SA ready to expunge dagga criminal records

This comes in the wake of last year’s Constitutional Court ruling, in which the court found that the ban on the use and possession of dagga in private was unconstitutional.

Everyone who has been convicted for the possession of dagga but is not serving a prison sentence could apply to the department of justice to have their criminal records expungedThe 1 041 people serving prison sentences would have to apply to President Cyril Ramaphosa for pardons. “Somebody who applies to have their criminal record expunged will have to indicate whether the conviction occurred before September 18 last year or thereafter,” Lamola said.

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