A misunderstanding on the foot of Mulanje Mountain between some citizens of Lupiya village and armed forestry guards and Malawi Defence Force soldiers ended in shooting with two boys caught in bullets fire.

Tourism minister Michael Usi and musician Lawi who is also Mulanje Mountain Ambassador on Friday led over 70 hikers to Mulanje mountain and the team reached Sapitwa, the Mountain’s highest peak on Saturday on a tour dubbed “amplifying the voice of the Mountain.

A 65-year-old man has been arrested in Mulanje on allegations that he committed two offences; obtaining money by false pretense and indecent assault.

There has been a tussle between the district council in Mulanje and Friends of Mulanje Orphans (FOMO) over a vehicle given to FOMO by Unicef but is registered in the name of the government of Malawi.

Authorities at Luchenza Municipal Council have threatened to seal buildings whose owners have been defaulting to pay ground rates that have now accumulated to K28 million.

Chiefs in the lower district of Nsanje have admitted that they are not yet done with harmful traditions like kulowa kufa, zwade and maseseto.

A senior official in the Ministry of Agriculture has hailed farmer field schools, describing them as catalysts for enhancement of extension services in Malawi.

Epidemiologist Dr. Titus Divala says while the decline in COVID-19 cases is good news to every Malawian, probabilities are high that Malawi will slump into the fourth wave from November this year.

Residents of Luchenza Municipality have bemoaned the recent poor grading of roads by the Municipal Council saying tax payers’ money in excess of K2 million has just gone down the drain.

The Malawi Police Service says two case files have been opened against people suspected to have injured an ambulance driver and two health workers for Thyolo district hospital and damaged an ambulance during burial of Group Village Head Kapichi on Monday, 16th August, 2021.