A 20-year-old man has taken his own life in Chiradzulu after his sister allegedly failed to give him back his K50 thousand she owed him.

Preliminary tests conducted on a 23 year-old-woman who allegedly hacked her 4 year-old-son to death with a panga knife early this week has revealed that she is mentally unstable.

Some primary school learners in Chiradzulu were on Monday and Tuesday involved in clashes with law enforcers during protests.

Police in Chiradzulu are yet to arrest some unknown criminals who attacked and robbed a mobile money businessman about K400 000 cash and two laptops in the district.

A 45-year-old man has hanged himself to death in Chiradzulu on grounds of seeing no hope of recovery to his long illness.