(Also reported by NewZimbabwe.com, 6 September 2026) In the early hours of Friday 4 September 2026, a routine stop-and-search operation along Zimbabwe’s Harare–Masvingo highway turned into a significant drug seizure after a kombi driver attempted to evade a police checkpoint near Mvuma. According to Zimbabwe Republic Police national spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi, officers were conducting […]
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Zambia enacted the Cannabis Act 2021 to regulate the cultivation, manufacture, production, storage, distribution, import and export of cannabis for medicinal, scientific or research purposes. Recreational use remains illegal. The framework is licence-based and controlled, consistent with the broader Southern African pattern of opening medical and industrial channels while maintaining criminal controls on unlicensed activity. […]