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Meet the Team – Mosele Tsemane
July 29, 2022 | Company News

Meet Mosele, our Production Manager! Mosele is a qualified Engineer with Masters in Chemical Engineering. She is an extrovert who thrives off of working with people from different backgrounds. In 2019, Mosele started working at MG Health as a Product...

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Our Facility
June 21, 2022 | Company News

MG Health started with Research and Development in 2018 and has proudly been producing world-class Medical Cannabis since 2020! Our flagship facility is nestled in the stunning hilltops of the Marakabei region that forms part of the breathtaking Malu...

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CBD Strain: Basotho Choice (M-5806)
June 9, 2022 | Company News Industry News

Get ready for the next MG Health product launch, introducing Basotho Choice, known internally as M-5806. M-5806 is a flexible strain with lower psychoactive properties, it comprises of about 80% indica and 20% Sativa. It has a high Beta-Myrcene conte...

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Qualifications and Validations
April 30, 2022 | Company News

The three pillars of GMP are efficacy, safety and quality. At MG Health the focus is on Quality by Design which begins with the inception of a potential new process or equipment piece and is followed through the entire life cycle. The User Requiremen...

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Staff Training
April 11, 2022 | Company News

At MG Health all newly appointed employees undergo training on Health and Safety, Human Resource policies and Security rules as part of their induction training for the whole site. An introduction in the form of basic cGMP (current Good Manufacturing...

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Research and Development
April 4, 2022 | Company News

MG Health has an R&D Department mandated to develop up-scalable Cannabis processing methods in line with current GMP guidelines. Part of this is to establish final product standards and specifications. R&D comprises of a Flower Division and a...

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Meet the Team – Mabasotho Leuta
April 3, 2022 | Company News

Meet Mabasotho, our Chief Financial Officer! Mabasotho has 13 years of experience in Financial Management, 9 of which have been in a senior management position where she has demonstrated her experience in strategic planning, organizational change man...

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Packaging
March 25, 2022 | Company News

Once our dense Cannabis flower has cured and been released for packaging after extensive testing, it is packed into sealed foil pouches (different pack sizes based on customer requirements) before shipping to customers in Europe and beyond. This is d...

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Drapalin Pharmaceuticals
March 7, 2022 | Company News

Introducing Drapalin Pharmaceuticals GmbH – a german pharmaceutical company which is specialises in medical cannabis. DRAPALIN is a globally oriented company with a vertically integrated structure that controls the entire life cycle of the cannabis...

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The Cannabis Forum Strain Review
March 1, 2022 | Company News Industry News

A strain review of our Bafokeng Choice (White Lemon x Marakabei Local) by The Cannabis Forum. “Produced in the landlocked South African country of Lesotho, the non-irradiated buds are a cross between the California strain White Lemon and a local la...

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Bafokeng Choice Strain Review
February 21, 2022 | Company News Industry News

Nothing makes us happier than making our patients happy! A review from @cannabiologe (on Instagram) “After a few days, the current batch makes me almost speechless…  The mixture of terpenes with an incredibly unique interaction of cannabiger...

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Quality Assurance
January 3, 2022 | Company News

MG Health’s vision is to improve the quality of life for ordinary people around the world by providing medicines that are effective, affordable and of a high quality. This is achieved by having a Quality Assurance Department that serves as the gove...

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In-Process Quality Control
December 20, 2021 | Company News

At MG Health Manufacturing, we have in place strict quality controls to make sure that we produce Cannabis flower of the highest quality. We do not wait until after the batch is finished to test the quality of our product. At every step of our proces...

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Cloning
November 25, 2021 | Company News

After we have taken strong cuts from our mothers our clones get transported to our clone propagation centre where a dedicated team is ready to give these cuts the optimum environment for them to root in. As a clone needs time to develop its root syst...

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Mother Plant Production
November 23, 2021 | Company News

A sturdy house needs to be built on a strong foundation – Our Mother plants form a vital part of our foundation as we run a well-regimented cloning program. It is essential that we cut strong healthy clones off our Mother plants to ensure healthy c...

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Cultivating a future in Lesotho
November 22, 2021 | Company News

MG Health has started with Research and Development in 2018 and has proudly been producing world-class Cannabis since 2020! Our flagship facility is nestled in the stunning hilltops of the Marakabei region that forms part of the breathtaking Maluti M...

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Cultivation
November 4, 2021 | Company News

MG Health’s Cultivation Facility is designed to ensure a consistent supply of high-quality raw material to the Manufacturing Facility. The Cultivation Facility’s quality system is designed in accordance with Good Agricultural and Collection Pract...

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Testing with LuCan Labs
October 28, 2021 | Company News

All analysis as per pre-approved specifications of MG Health products are conducted by LuCan Laboratories (Pty) Ltd (‘LuCan Labs’). LuCan Labs is an independent testing facility leading the way in Africa through extensive quality control, conduct...

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Quality and Standards
October 19, 2021 | Company News

MG Health’s Manufacturing Facility has been designed and is managed in line with GMP Guidelines. The company makes use of quality by design methodologies to ensure hygienic design, logical process flow and an HVAC system to ensure we have a control...

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Strain Profile – Bafokeng Choice 20 l 1
September 27, 2021 | Company News

The story behind Bafokeng Choice 20 l 1  The seeds used to create the strain were procured from a company in the Netherlands. The strain was known as White Lemon and it was crossed with a local landrace grown in Marakabei, Lesotho (White Lemon C...

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Hydropower – How we Reduce our Environmental Impact
September 2, 2021 | Company News

Lesotho’s Muela hydropower plant has been generating 72 megawatts of electricity daily since it was opened in 1999. It’s part of the multi-million Rand Lesotho Highlands Water Project which carries water to South Africa. To put this into perspect...

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Why Lesotho?
August 26, 2021 | Company News

Why Lesotho? A question we often get. Lesotho introduced legislation to legalise the cultivation and use of medical Cannabis in 2008 under the Lesotho Drugs of Abuse Act – one of the first Southern African Countries to do this. A high-altitude site...

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Meet The Team – Beoana Ngatane
August 19, 2021 | Company News

Meet Beoana Ngatane A goal-driven and determined Mosotho man living at Upper Thamae, in the district of Maseru. In a short space of time, Beoana worked his way up from a Night Supervisor to MG Health’s Pad Manager. During his time as a night superv...

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Community Upliftment
August 18, 2021 | Company News

Improving the lives of the people of Lesotho is at the core of our Company’s ethos and values. Our young Company has already had a significant social impact on the local community and has the potential to create inter-generational wealth for many l...

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One African Country Wants to Send Its Legal Marijuana All Over the World
December 12, 2019 | Company News

By LONI PRINSLOO AND JANICE KEW/ Bloomberg December 19, 2019 Kekeletso Lekaota spends her work days nurturing rows of cannabis plants for harvest. Pruning a few yellowed leaves from stems with thick, flowering heads, she says the job requires a ...

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Medigrow goes global as MG Health
November 26, 2019 | Company News

18th November 2019:  As it prepares for strategic global expansion, Medigrow Lesotho Limited has announced that it has changed the name of the business to MG Health Limited.  As a licenced cultivator and manufacturer of pharm...

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Lesotho, Africa’s medical cannabis pioneer
September 25, 2019 | Company News

MARAKABEI – Vast white greenhouses sit high up on the slopes of Lesotho’s Marakabei town, hidden from view.It’s not fruit or vegetables, however, growing under the 18 plastic covers, but thousands of cannabis plants. The cannabis is grown legal...

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Lesotho’s medical cannabis revolution
September 5, 2019 | Company News

Vast white greenhouses sit high up on the slopes of Lesotho’s Marakabei town, hidden from view. It is not fruit or vegetables, however, growing under the 18 plastic covers, but thousands of cannabis plants. The cannabis is grown legally by the Leso...

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NetworkNewsBreaks – Supreme Cannabis Company Inc. (FIRE) (otcqx:SPRWF) (fra:53S1) Applauds New CBD Legislation in South Africa, Explores New Prospects
May 31, 2019 | Company News

May 31, 2019 (NetworkNewsWire via COMTEX) — Supreme Cannabis Company (FIRE) (otcqx:SPRWF) (fra:53S1) on Thursday commented on South Africa’s Department of Health removing Cannabidiol (“CBD”) from the country’s Schedule 7 list of h...

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Marijuana, mountains and money: How Lesotho is cashing in
November 28, 2018 | Company News

Lesotho is aiming to make money from the booming medicinal marijuana industry, but the BBC’s Vumani Mkhize says the southern African nation already has an unheralded illicit trade in the drug for recreational use. Green dust swirls around Mampho Th...

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Supreme Cannabis Invests $10 Million in Medigrow Lesotho Targeting Oil Production
March 20, 2018 | Company News

Supreme Announces Investment in Medigrow Lesotho and Establishes Global Cannabis Oil Distribution Partnership Supreme Cannabis has entered into a definitive agreement to complete a $10,000,000 strategic equity investment in Medigrow Lesotho (PTY) Lim...

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Industry News

CBD Strain: Basotho Choice (M-5806)
June 9, 2022 | Company News Industry News

Get ready for the next MG Health product launch, introducing Basotho Choice, known internally as M-5806. M-5806 is a flexible strain with lower psychoactive properties, it comprises of about 80% indica and 20% Sativa. It has a high Beta-Myrcene conte...

read more

The Cannabis Forum Strain Review
March 1, 2022 | Company News Industry News

A strain review of our Bafokeng Choice (White Lemon x Marakabei Local) by The Cannabis Forum. “Produced in the landlocked South African country of Lesotho, the non-irradiated buds are a cross between the California strain White Lemon and a local la...

read more

Bafokeng Choice Strain Review
February 21, 2022 | Company News Industry News

Nothing makes us happier than making our patients happy! A review from @cannabiologe (on Instagram) “After a few days, the current batch makes me almost speechless…  The mixture of terpenes with an incredibly unique interaction of cannabiger...

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Cannabis Compounds Prevented COVID Infection in a Laboratory Study
February 10, 2022 | Industry News

According to a lab study published in the Journal of Nature Products, Researchers from Oregon State University established that the two compounds commonly found in hemp, called Cannabigerolic Acid (CBGA) and Cannabidiolic Acid (CBDA), were identified...

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Dr Sanjay Gupta Why I changed my mind about marijuana
November 26, 2019 | Industry News

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