Authorities in Thyolo say National Clean-up Initiative can only be sustained if taken to the grassroot structures.

Mikolongwe ward councillor George Matiya has been elected as new chairperson for Thyolo District Council with a promise to improve revenue collection and working relationship between the council members and secretariat.

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Thyolo have challenged the district council to avoid being over ambitious in planning developments after it has constructed and rehabilitated 50 percent of the planned kilometers of access roads in five years.

Thyolo District Commissioner Douglas Moffat says the Council is committed to settle the long standing K66 Million water bills for the District Hospital with Southern Region Water Board (SRWB).

Thyolo district council revenue collectors have expressed concern that they have not received salaries for 10 months and 10-year-leave grants.

The revised Constituency Development Fund (CDF) guidelines continue facing resistance as on Thursday ward councilors in Thyolo boycotted a meeting organized by the National Local Government Finance Committee officials.

Thyolo District Council says it is banking hope on 10 percent of the increased Constituency Development Fund (CDF) to bail out needy students who are at the verge of dropping out due to school fees.

Parliamentarians have been challenged to align Constituency Development Funds (CDF) towards projects which would enable the country realize Malawi 2063 aspirations.

Sheriffs have impounded the Thyolo District Council's vehicle for failure to pay K32 million of damages to Thyolo Active Youth Organization (TAYO) that lost an office building to new stadium construction.

The High Court is yet to set a date for mediation in a case where a tailor, Henry Akim, is demanding a 29 million Kwacha of damages from Thyolo District Council.