The Ministry of Education says implementation of the remote-rural school-attached hardship allowance scheme will wait until next year, after satisfying the World Bank's Performance Based Condition (PBC) of reducing the pupil: qualified teacher ratio to less than 90 in lower classes.

Police in Thyolo have arrested two men for allegedly killing two women in brutal circumstances in the district some two weeks ago.

The Malawi Police Service (MPS) has arrested 109 people who were found in possession and cultivating Indian hemp illegally from January to October this year.

A philanthropist has urged parents in Thyolo not to compromise on disciplining and encouraging their children on education if they are to attain the brighter future.

The Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) has asked Malawians to continue praying seriously for the nation and leaders as they did during the court-sanctioned elections.

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says it will start connecting new customers by the end of this December through a US$ 150 million secured from the World Bank.

A 52-year-old man driver, Isaac Lumanga, has been ordered to pay a fine of K600, 000 or in default serve a 10-month jail term for being found in possession and trafficking forest produce in Thyolo without permit.

Some students at Makandi Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) in Thyolo are fainting due to what is believed to be the supernatural attacks.

A plea has gone out to communities around the newly commissioned Sankhulani solar-powered water scheme which is supplying potable water to over 31, 000 people in Thyolo and Nsanje to desist from vandalism and cultivating at the intake.

A climate science and earth expert at the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) has suggested for more emphasis on education and research on indigenous knowledge regarding lightning accidents which continue claiming lives of people in the country.