The government has approved the submitted names as the next traditional authorities: Kapichi, Chimaliro, and Changata of Thyolo.

Thyolo Senior Resident Magistrate Asunta Maxwell has on Thursday handed-over a 12-months suspended sentence to a Standard Seven learner at Nachipere Primary School for being found in possession of teargas.

The Ministry of Agriculture says livestock distribution under the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) has started at a slow pace in all the districts.

Community members from Traditional Authority Thomas and Bvumbwe in Thyolo have asked the duty bearers to construct a bridge at Mkhame river which restrains them to access social services either side when the river is full.

The government, in conjunction with donors supporting the social protection interventions has revised upwards cash transfer amounts with 57 percent and on average a beneficiary will be receiving a minimum of about K17,000, up from K9,500.

Human trafficking experts have underscored need for a mutual trust and a strong collaboration between the law enforcement agencies and the media to educate the public and curb the vice.

The Kapichi, Chimaliro, and Changata clans of Thyolo have submitted to the government the names as the next heirs to the traditional authorities who died last year.

Police and Thyolo district council say angry villagers scrambled for 200 bags of maize following a fracas at Khonjeni distribution center last evening.

The parish priest for Adolorata Catholic Church in Thyolo, Father Marko Makolo has urged Malawians to befriend the environment and care for it to avert natural catastrophes.

Police in Thyolo have arrested Milwald Stanley aged 18, on suspicion that he defiled three minors, all aged four.