Vice chairperson for Thyolo District Council, Councillor Hudson Ovira, has admitted that many youths in the country are not being taken on board in crucial public positions except to cause political violence.

National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE Trust) has underscored the need to intensify mindset change interventions among stakeholders in the fight against raging cholera outbreak besides clinical treatment.

Thyolo First Grade Magistrate Kondani Chinangwa on Monday reserved his bail ruling for the five men who allegedly robbed two businesspersons of over K4.6 million and some valuables at gunpoint in the district last month.

The Blantyre Agricultural Development Division (ADD) has hailed Thyolo First Grade Magistrate’s court for sentencing three men to pay a fine of K950, 000 for travelling with 90 goats from Chikwawa.

Government has purchased a drought insurance policy from the African Risk Capacity Limited with a premium of US$3 million, partly been supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to cushion farmers.

Agriculture experts, Ronald Chilumpha and Horace Phiri have encouraged President Lazarus Chakwera to continue conducting crop inspections as they signify leadership focus and motivate farmers including extension workers.

A Thyolo-based organisation, Change 4Us, has embarked on a baseline project to guage youth participation in development structures.

A security analyst, Aubrey Kabisala is suggesting that security apparatus should check the availability of firearms in the country which criminals are using to attack the citizenry.

Limbe First Grade Magistrate, Soka Banda has sentenced a 30-year-old, Edward Msendawana to 14 years imprisonment for robbing a dairy farmer about K6.8 million at gunpoint at Bvumbwe in Thyolo.

Police in Thyolo are hunting for unknown armed criminals who have robbed two businessmen of K4 million in separate incidents.