Some Malawians working in South Africa and beyond who returned for holidays are fearing for their jobs following the prolonged stay owing to the slowdown in passport printing at the Immigration Department.

Government says there is a need to change the village development committees (VDCs) across the country whose tenure expired two years ago amid reports of alleged corruption on social protection programmes.

Some industrial hemp farmers in Thyolo have accused the Cannabis Regulatory Authority (CRA) and an off-taker, United States Cannabis Association in Malawi (USCA) of dumping them despite the agreement to buy their hemp.

Four men have been arrested in Thyolo on suspicion that they defiled and killed a 12-year-old school girl last week on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Education has approved the expulsion of 30 students in several secondary schools including 11 for Thyolo secondary school over indiscipline offences.

Several influential people have supported the federal system of government with former United Democratic Front (UDF) president, Atupele Muluzi proposing a constitution amendment.

A new X-ray machine is yet to start assisting patients seeking services at Thekerani Health Centre in Thyolo five months after a colorful launch by the deputy minister of health.

A child rights activist, Memory Ngosi Chisenga, says it is high time stakeholders equipped girls in Gender Based Violence (GBV) hotspots with defensive skills to be able to protect themselves from abusers in solitary spaces.

Four children have reportedly drowned in a flooded Chimvu river in Thyolo as they were crossing from school on Wednesday afternoon.

Police in Thyolo have engaged a pathologist, Dr. Charles Dzamalala, to conduct further investigations on the body of a Standard 8 learner who was raped and strangled to death on Tuesday.