Unidentified woman has been killed while 13 others have sustained various degrees of injuries following a road accident along the Thyolo-Thekerani-Bangula road Monday morning.

A 42-year-old tailor in Thyolo, Humphrey Tebulo has been ordered to spend 42 years in prison for defiling two girls at Chaoneka village in the area of Traditional Authority Khwethemule after it was established that, he enticed them with pieces of cloth and a K100.

A 34-year old primary school teacher who was answering a defilement case in Thyolo has been found hanging dead on a tree, police suspect suicide.

Thyolo Police Officer-in-Charge Ulemu Kaluwa has asked communities to report police officers requesting money for police bail, stressing that it is free.

A businessman Jameson Letasoni, aged 38, will spend the next 21 years in prison in Thyolo for defiling an 11-year-old girl at Luciano Village, Traditional Authority Tomasi.

There was commotion in Mverima Village in the area of Senior Chief Khwethemule in Thyolo on the evening of Saturday after relatives of two murdered suspected thieves set alight six houses of community policing members and other people.

Police in Thyolo have rescued and arrested a suspected motorcycle thief from a mob that wanted to set him ablaze.

A 59-year-old man, Luka Sipoko, has been found dead in Thyolo district in circumstances the police suspect is suicide, a week after he went missing.

Thyolo police has registered a 10 percent crime decline with suicide cases up by 89 percent from January to July 2022.

Fear has engulfed residents of Makwasa trade centre in Thyolo following the death of a businessman who was attacked by a group of unknown armed criminals on Tuesday night.