A school motivation program-Anika Children’s Initiative has been launched in Mulanje with focus of providing basic scholastic materials to needy learners in schools.

Motorists using Robert Mugabe Highway, popularly called Midima road, have bemoaned stalled construction works on the new Thuchira Bridge at Nkando in Mulanje district.

Despite a significant drop in COVID-19 cases and a slight ease of some COVID-19 restrictions, District Medical Officer for Mulanje, Dr. Lloyd Njikho says the virus is still with us and therefore no need to relax much.

Shortage of dental lignocaine has hit public health facilities across the country with patients in need of tooth extraction seeking the service in private health facilities.

Over the weekend, representatives of District and Area Civil Protection Committees in Mulanje had interaction sessions with their counterparts in Mangochi.

The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) says only 1% of the country’s households use Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) as source of energy for cooking in their homes.

One of the country’s biggest tea producers -Lujeri Tea Estate Company in Mulanje has dismissed three of its senior managers on what the employees and sympathizers at the company have described as preposterous.

Mulanje District Council has warned of rejecting any project with less than 70% of its budget going towards actual project implementation.

Mulanje district is said to have registered seven COVID-19 positive cases after spending close to one month without registering any COVID-19 positive case.

The controversial Thuchira Magistrate in Chiradzulu who sentenced Mr. Champion Muleso to a 14-day jail term in land case that is before the high court has unconditionally released the convict.