Government has given a three-week ultimatum to owners of hotels and lodges along the beaches of Lake Malawi to remove fences they constructed closing the beaches or risk forceful demolition by government.

Senior Resident Magistrate's Court in Mangochi yesterday ordered four Mozambicans to pay a fine of K70, 000. 00, each for illegally entering into the country which contravenes Section 21 (1) of the Immigration Act.

Mangochi Senior Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday, June 7, 2021, convicted and sentenced Patrick Bannet, 73, to 12 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling a 13-year-old girl.

A 70-year-old British man who has been identified by police as David Henry Graves has died after hanging himself with a rope in his house over marital problems.

The National Water Resources Authority says water levels in Lake Malawi have this year hit 475 metres high above the sea level, a highest record in the past 8 years.

Ministry of health says it is engaging with the ministry of finance to release funds to buy drugs between now and the time parliament passes the 2021/2022 national budget amid drug shortage in some public health facilities.

Police in Mangochi have arrested a 38-year-old man and are looking for another for conspiring to dupe people's money as payment for police bail.

Traditional Authority Ntonda of Mangochi has died.

The Malawi Red Cross Society says it has more covid-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) ready for deliveries to the health facilities in the country upon request.

A Court in Mangochi has ordered two men to pay a fine of K750, 000. 00 for being found in possession of Indian hemp, contrary to Regulation 19 (1) as read with Section 4 (a) of the Dangerous Drug Act.