Teachers who invigilated and supervised the 2022 Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education, (PSLCE) examinations have organised indefinite vigils at Thyolo District Education Manager’s office from this Thursday to force authorities pay them their dues.

Senior Resident Magistrate Assunta Maxwell, has this Tuesday found a Pastor Wyson Belo of Chisomo Ministry in Thyolo with a case to answer on allegations that he raped two women of his congregation under the guise he was anointing them.

Some ward councilors in Thyolo claim the coming in of Personal Assistants (PAs) for Parliamentarians is threatening decentralization principles since they have taken over their roles in the administration of the Constituency Development Funds (CDF).

A disagreement has ensued between the Evangelical Church of Malawi-Nyasa Mission and the community members of Kajawo over the ownership of Namjodi Primary school in Thyolo.

Government says it is in the final stage of rolling out the World Bank funded school-attached hardship allowance disbursement which it believes will help to retain primary school teachers in rural areas.

In a desperate attempt to revamping banana industry, authorities in Thyolo have resorted to formulating the by-laws to punish some farmers who are resistant to uproot the plantains attacked by banana bunchy-top virus.

The Ministry of Transport says it is using K300 million to capacitate the Central Materials Lab to be able to test the country’s roads and examining consultants amid growing concerns of poor standards.

Police in Thyolo have been challenged to be satisfied with what they possess if they are to resist corruption.

The ICT Association of Malawi (ICTAM) has asked the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) to avoid launching surveillance on the dessenting views through the Central Equipment Identification Registry machine it plans to procure.

Alarmed by the population growth, environmental degradation, teen pregnancies and early marriages, Thyolo Central Parliamentarian Ben Phiri has organised a conference on Thursday next week for the local leaders in his area to find lasting solutions.