See Andre du Plessis report after the Google News results. Please forward widely. Some of the photos that were attached to his original message are in this forum thread:
http://www.cannabisculture.com/forums/showflat.php?Number=1079686

 

More photos will be found eventually in the MMM photo gallery:

 

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Cape Town march highlights benefits of cannabis SABC News, South Africa - 6 hours ago ... group of about fifty people marched in Cape Town today, joining ... aware of the anti-social stigma attached to cannabis. ... he says the objective of the march is to ...

'Cannabricks' could solve housing crisis, says hemp activist Cape Times (subscription), South Africa - May 3, 2005 ... He said a march, calling for an end to the prohibition of the industrial use of cannabis or hemp in housing and agriculture, would be staged in Cape Town on ...

'Cannabricks' could ease SA's housing problem Independent Online, South Africa - May 4, 2005 ... Du Plessis said Cape Town would join 180 cities across ... Dagga, a common name for cannabis, was banned in ... During Saturday's march a memorandum would be delivered ...

Hemp could be a fix for housing backlog The Mercury (subscription), South Africa - May 3, 2005 ... Du Plessis said Cape Town would join 180 cities across 37 countries on Saturday in a march that would ... Dagga, a common name for cannabis, was banned in South ...

How 'cannabricks' can ease housing problem Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa - May 3, 2005 ... Du Plessis said Cape Town will on Saturday join about 180 ... He said cannabis has a traditional history in Africa ... Du Plessis said Saturday's march will be for an ...

 

André du Plessis <africannabis@...> wrote:

Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 17:20:02 +0300
From: André du Plessis <africannabis@...>
Subject: Re: MMM Cape Town south Africa. 7 May 2005 report

7 May 2005
Cape town
Africa

Today was great, more slick than ever before, the plan simple –
HIGHlight the sustainable use of cannabis industriously in
construction and housing. The group gathered after the police did.
Pretty much numbered one for one at one point, but they're open minded
people that put their pants on one leg at a time, and they are doing
their job, very well; this year their presence swelled the size
considerably.

Cape Town Africa marched in solidarity with the globe to liberate
cannabis, from our perspective we have a housing crisis, a huge
shortage, a large cannabis annual crop (legal or not) and way to
legitimize it, in a non-harmful way.

By turning cannabis hurd into a brick you create a rural agricultural
economy and solution to poverty, abet the rural to urban migration and
deliver fire\water-proof houses in urban areas. A win-win situation!

Today we marched to the provincial department of housing, where we
were to hand over a memorandum. There was no official representative.
Their loss; I continue!

We held a cookery show, where I showed how easy it was to make a brick
from cannabis hurd. Those present were keen to learn the process,
media got the message blow-by-blow, and well the news is out there.
If you have fields of cannabis, look you could probably build your own
home-grown-home… watch the press for how.

Good luck to the rest of the cities still to put their show on.

Cannabis Can!

André – Cape Town South Africannabis