Thyolo First Grade Magistrate Kondani Chinangwa on Monday reserved his bail ruling for the five men who allegedly robbed two businesspersons of over K4.6 million and some valuables at gunpoint in the district last month.

The Blantyre Agricultural Development Division (ADD) has hailed Thyolo First Grade Magistrate’s court for sentencing three men to pay a fine of K950, 000 for travelling with 90 goats from Chikwawa.

Government has purchased a drought insurance policy from the African Risk Capacity Limited with a premium of US$3 million, partly been supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to cushion farmers.

Agriculture experts, Ronald Chilumpha and Horace Phiri have encouraged President Lazarus Chakwera to continue conducting crop inspections as they signify leadership focus and motivate farmers including extension workers.

A Thyolo-based organisation, Change 4Us, has embarked on a baseline project to guage youth participation in development structures.

A security analyst, Aubrey Kabisala is suggesting that security apparatus should check the availability of firearms in the country which criminals are using to attack the citizenry.

Limbe First Grade Magistrate, Soka Banda has sentenced a 30-year-old, Edward Msendawana to 14 years imprisonment for robbing a dairy farmer about K6.8 million at gunpoint at Bvumbwe in Thyolo.

Police in Thyolo are hunting for unknown armed criminals who have robbed two businessmen of K4 million in separate incidents.

A postmortem conducted at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHES) in Blantyre has revealed that a Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) student, Michael Mapanje died of severe loss of blood (haemorrhages) due to head injuries following a fall from upstairs on campus.

All the 650 prospective beneficiaries of this year's Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) in Group Village Headman (GVH) Mkawera in Thyolo are yet to have their Identity Cards scanned and none has accessed a bag of fertilizer since the onset of the programme.