About 600 cotton farmers and more than 25 workers under Nchalo Greenbelt Limited in Chikwawa have lambasted authorities for failing to pay them their monthly dues for seven months now.

Independent Pentecostal Church in Ngabu area in Chikwawa has handed over a decent house worthy K904, 000 to a family that has two children with albinism.

Authorities in Chikwawa have cited  increased cases of child neglect as one of the main factors fuelling abuses against little girls as statistics indicate that more than 20 children have been defiled in past two months in the district.

Communities surrounding Chithumba area under Chief Chapananga in Chikwawa have asked authorities to extend Chithumba Health Center which currently has no maternity wing.

Education authorities in Chikwawa have revealed that over 11, 000 learners failed to return to school after the COVID 19 holiday, a situation which they have described as worrisome.

Teachers pending retirement have the chance to achieve   sustainable personal economic development as numerous money lending institutions are flocking to rural areas in Lower Shire to provide loans at affordable interest rates.

About 218 water pump field attendants in Chikwawa are waiting for Industrial Relations Court in Blantyre to conclude review in a case which the workers are pushing Illovo Sugar Limited to pay them their overtime money.

Two female cheetahs have been trans-located to Majete Wildlife Reserve in Chikwawa increasing the number of the endangered species to six.

As the Rehabilitation of Chapananga bridge is in progress, the Roads Authority has insisted that the actual structure of the bridge is fit and sound.

Senior Chief Chapananga of Chikwawa has indicated that the reconstruction which is underway on Chapananga bridge is a sign that the works were done in a haste manner.