Police in Mwanza have arrested three truck drivers on allegation that they wanted to cross Mwanza border using fake COVID-19 negative certificates.

Global Hope Mobilization (GLOHOMO) has donated COVID-19 preventive items and trained officers at Mwanza District Health Office and Mwanza border.

A 29 year old man, Masautso Maononga, who was among Malawian returnees from South African died on Sunday on the way back home.

About 1, 368 self-repatriated Malawians have arrived back home from South Africa through Mwanza border today Friday.

Truck drivers who sealed Mwanza border on Wednesday have called off the strike after talks with their superiors Friday morning right at the border post.

Cross border truck drivers have sealed Mwanza border posts in protest to what they say meager salaries among other grievances.

A border police officer has died after a truck run over him at Mwanza border Monday evening, injuring two other people in the process.

More self-repatriated Malawians feeling the bite of a lockdown in South Africa are coming back home.

Authorities at Mwanza border have cancelled all passengers’ services including border passes in their continued efforts to fight further spread of the deadly Corona virus.

Barely a week after Mozambique sent back 23 Malawians for lacking proper travelling document and using unchartered routes, Zimbabwe on Wednesday sent 16 others on the same.