In the hillside Pondoland village of Manhlaneni, a small delegation from the Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform stepped into a dimly-lit rondavel where a group of women sat on upturned beer crates removing the leaves from dense bunches of cannabis.
One of the women passed a large handful of green buds to Sibusiso Nongwanya, the department's chief of staff, then howled with laughter as he posed with it awkwardly for photos.
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