For over five years now, construction of three staff houses at Changata Health Center in Thyolo has stalled creating panic for some health workers who are traveling long distances to work at the facility.
Health workers in Malawi's southern region, including those from Thyolo, Blantyre, Chiradzulu, and Phalombe, have halted the distribution of mosquito nets due to unpaid allowances.
The Roads Authority (RA) is set to re-tender the contract for completing the Ruo-Makhanga section of the 83-kilometer Thyolo-Thekerani-Bangula road after failing to attract any contractors.
The Chikwawa District Council has implored stakeholders to construct houses for about 702 households who relocated to Pakamwa area, Traditional Authority (TA) Makhuwira, a year after being hit by Cyclone Freddy in TA Ngabu.
Malawians in most parts of the southern region should brace for heat waves in the next six days, the Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services (DCCMS) has warned.