GOVERNMENT has extended the period for completing the mopping exercise for illegally harvested Mukula logs from November 20 to December 30, 2023. Last month, Green Economy and Environment Minister Collins Nzovu announced that government had engaged the Zambia National Service (ZNS) to identify and collect all illegally harvested Mukula logs lying across the country. At a media briefing, Friday, Nzovu explained that the extension of the deadline was due to numerous challenges that ZNS officers had faced in executing the assignment. “Given the numerous challenges that the officers have faced in executing this assignment and the high number of logs that are yet to be collected in some locations, it is very clear that it is not possible to complete...