Thyolo Archives

Malawi Hunger: Thyolo residents forced to steal from estates

Feb 24, 2016 Richard Jimu 203 &

People in Thyolo district the stronghold of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), have resorted to stealing from estates in order to survive the current hunger. Police in Thyolo made the revelations in a report… ...

Man arrested for raping, impregnating teen

Feb 24, 2016 Orton Nyirenda 33 &

Malawi Police in Thyolo district are keeping in custody a 44 year-old man for raping and impregnating a 15 year-old girl. Thyolo police public relations officer Edith Kachotsa confirmed about the arrest and identified the… ...

Hunger stricken man who wanted to sell his brother jailed for six years

Feb 08, 2016 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 100 &

A 21 year-old Malawian man who offered his 13 year-old brother for sale at MK 1 Million has been sentenced to six years imprisonment with hard labor. Last week, police in Thyolo district arrested Samson… ...

Man in custody for trying to sell brother in Thyolo

Feb 05, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 108 &

Police in Thyolo district are keeping in custody a 21 year-old man who offered his 13 year-old brother for sale. Thyolo police public relations officer, Edith Kachotsa, identified the man as Samson Phiri and said… ...

Thyolo, Mulanje land disputes refuse to die

Dec 31, 2015 Lackson Kanyoza 42 &

...ultimatum gets extended The confusion that has erupted between government and people from Thyolo and Mulanje districts over the idle land in tea estates is refusing to settle as People's Land organisation (PLO) has extended… ...

Proponents adamant on Thyolo-Mulanje secession

Dec 26, 2015 Archangel Nzangaya 69 &

The People's Land Organisation (PLO) based in Mulanje and Thyolo districts has maintained that the two districts will become an independent state if government fails to meet their wish. PLO chairperson, Vincent Wandale, on Wednesday… ...

Mulanje, Thyolo breakaway declaration forces dithering Mutharika to act

Dec 24, 2015 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 25 &

Malawi President Peter Mutharika this week met a grouping of citizens from tea districts of Mulanje and Thyolo to seek solutions to the acute land problems facing the people of the two districts. The meeting… ...