Melanie Bertus
Head of Compliance
Owns the quality system, certification scope, inspection readiness and the release framework. The compliance function reports independently of production.
The company
A pharmaceutical manufacturer based in Pretoria
SafriCanna Pharmaceutical Agritech manufactures medical cannabis at its Centurion site in Pretoria, Gauteng, under EU-GMP Part 1 certification and SAHPRA licensing, and supplies only licensed importers, wholesalers, manufacturers and healthcare professionals.
- Company
- SafriCanna (Pty) Ltd
- Country
- South Africa
- Focus
- Medicinal cannabis
- Supply
- Licensed parties only
Leadership and governance
David Stoltz
Chief Financial Officer & South African Plant Director
Responsible for site operations, capital discipline and the operational governance of the Centurion facility.
Qualified-person function
Batch review and release
Batch records are reviewed and dispositioned independently of commercial or production pressure. Release authority cannot be overridden.
Full board composition, shareholding and corporate structure are disclosed to counterparties and prospective investors under confidentiality.
Responsible operation
Standards we hold beyond the certificate
- Water stewardship
- Feedwater is treated, monitored and reused where the specification permits, with consumption tracked as an operating metric.
- Energy discipline
- Natural highveld light carries the photosynthetic load, which structurally lowers the energy intensity of production compared with fully artificial cultivation.
- Local employment
- The site employs and trains a local workforce to pharmaceutical handling standards, building GMP skills that stay in the region.
- Waste and security
- Plant waste is destroyed under controlled, witnessed and documented conditions in line with licence conditions.
- Ethical conduct
- No supply outside licensed channels, no promotion to the public, and no engagement with recreational or unlicensed markets.
Compliance notice
This website is corporate and manufacturing information intended for licensed businesses, healthcare professionals and prospective counterparties. It is not promotional material for a medicine, it is not directed at patients or the general public, and nothing on it constitutes medical advice or an offer to supply.
Medical cannabis is a prescription medicine. SafriCanna does not make therapeutic, efficacy or safety claims, does not name indications, and does not supply the public. Any product may only be obtained through a licensed distribution channel on the authorisation of a healthcare professional in the patient's jurisdiction.
Read the full compliance notice