Thyolo district health authorities have admitted that cholera is spreading rapidly needing a swift response to contain it.

Police in Thyolo have arrested 35 people for allegedly encroaching Zoa Tea Estate.

The Ministry of Education has urged the stakeholders calling for the inclusion of manufacturing and entrepreneurial lessons into the country’s curriculum under review to firstly understand it; arguing they are already embedded.

Government says it has just remained with compensation payments to roll out the $154 million Mozambique-Malawi Regional Interconnector Project soon, which is expected to help the country be purchasing 110 megawatts.

High Court judge Jack N'riva has dismissed with cost the application by the Thyolo District Council to pay Thyolo Active Youth Organisation (TAYO) K32 million compensation in instalments after it demolished its offices to construct a new stadium.

The National Construction Industry Council (NCIC) says it has managed to stop construction of seven public and commercial projects which were using the banned fire cured bricks from January this year.

Delays in discharging cases in courts is said to be affecting justice delivery and operations for the Legal Aid Bureau to the citizenry.

Thyolo district has been added to the list of the cholera-affected districts after recording the first five cases and one death.

Presidential Advisor on Maternal Health and Safe Motherhood Dorothy Ngoma has commended health authorities in Thyolo for pushing down the maternal mortality rate currently at 45 percent, way below the national target of 50 percent.

The graft busting body, the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) had on the morning of Tuesday arrested former Thyolo District Commissioner Justin Kathumba on alleged corruption charges.