A man has been arrested for stealing two excavana chainsaws, and two jerry cans of 20 litres of fuel at AKL Timbers Company situated at Luwawa in Mzimba.
According to Mzimba Police Deputy Public Relations Officer, Sub-Inspector John Nyirongo, on the night of 17th April, 2021, the suspect who is identified as Musaope Chunga, in a company of 9 criminals attacked the company and stole the said items in addition to robbing security guards at the scene 2 cell phones.
Subsequently, the police carried out a raid in the wee hours of April 30, 2021 at Mapayi village and managed to arrest the suspect.
However, in retaliation unknown community members organised themselves, blocked the road and started to shoot at police officers with antique rifles.
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April 12, 2021 Collins Mtika - Nyasa Times 2 Comments
A drive to Mzuzu on the 116 km stretch from Mzimba via Chikangawa in 1998 and before would always be an indelible experience kilometre after kilometre of undiluted verdant charm.
Deforestation at Viphya
A panorama of gently undulating hills of forest lushly decorated the roadside beyond the reach of the human eye in Malawi’s northern highlands, just off the grandeur of Lake Malawi.
That was the Viphya Plantation in boastful almost arrogant glory, a man-made green belt whose history stretches back to the rule of the late Hastings Kamuzu Banda.
But all that is no more; what remains are stumps that jut out as sad amputees on an ecological battlefield, thanks to mismanagement, political manipulation, greed and upended priorities.