The country’s meteorological department says the Chiperoni weather conditions and Mwera winds being experienced in some parts of the country will clear away on Wednesday, warning Lake Malawi users to refrain from all fishing activities.

Training more geriatric specialists and establishing special elderly facilities in rural hospitals is said to be a way to go in preventing underlying conditions that are killing a lot of older persons in the country.

The National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) says 31 farmer cooperatives have signed agreements to start supplying maize to the Agency this week.

Ministry of Health has warned ambulance drivers in the country to desist from misusing traffic regulations guiding their operations during emergencies.

Lack of resources is said to be hampering efforts to scale up inclusive education in Thyolo which has 27 qualified special needs teachers against 188 primary schools.

Authorities in Thyolo say National Clean-up Initiative can only be sustained if taken to the grassroot structures.

Thyolo district has employed a different approach in the third round of polio vaccination exercise by letting local leaders to own and champion the community mobilisation drive.

A man-hunt has been launched for Thokozani Chakanika who is on the run after he allegedly defiled his 14-year-old niece in Thyolo.

In its 2022 land liberation drive, Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) says it will push parliament to pass a new land law which would ensure all freehold land is turned into leasehold or customary.

Ministry of Health says it will soon revise upwards locum allowances for health workers in the country after finalising talks with the Treasury.