The Chief Resident Magistrate's court in Thyolo has convicted and sentenced Evance Shembani 35, to 14 years imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) for having sexual intercourse with a 16-year-old female child.
Government has commended Campaign for Female Education, CAMFED, for its continued scholarship support to girls in secondary schools and at tertiary level.
National Task Force Chairperson for Early Childhood Development Advocacy and Finance, Reverend Nase Chunga, has reiterated that call for district councils to prioritise funding for ECD programmes, describing them a strategic investment in Malawi’s human capital and future socio-economic development.
For 836 farming families at Nantipwiri in Thyolo, a political rally in 2013 was supposed to be their title deed. On 7 November 2013, former President Dr. Joyce Banda stood on a podium at Chisawani grounds and gave them land that once belonged to white farmers Dondi and Mbandanga.
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