Thyolo Senior Resident Magistrate Assunta Maxwell on Tuesday reserved her bail ruling for Amos Mphande, 43, who is answering charges of theft of school property at the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST).

The Agricultural Development Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) staff has expressed worry over failure by the grain trader to pay them eight month salaries.

Gender and child rights activists have supported government's move to appeal a decision by Thyolo First Grade Magistrate Kondani Chinangwa who sentenced Pilirani Damiano, 35, to pay a K400, 000 fine for burning hands of two girls in Nsanje.

A Luchenza primary school Standard 1 learner has been killed by unknown assailants and police say they have launched manhunt.

Ponderani family members have sealed Malamulo Mission guesthouse in Thyolo and chased away expatriate visitors over land dispute.

Auxiliary teachers in the country have expressed dismay over a communication that processing of their April dues will delay following some technical changes on payment mode.

Police in Bvumbwe township in Thyolo have cautioned communities against suspected criminals that are relocating and proposing marriages to desperate women affected by Cyclone Freddy in the southern region.

Deputy General Secretary for CCAP Blantyre Synod, Reverend Baxton Maulidi, has reaffirmed the church's stance of preaching against homosexuality in the country.