Steve Zimba

The Department of National Parks and Wildlife has effectively withdrawn rangers from the hunt for a lion that killed 30-year-old Clement Munthali in Mzimba’s Mpherembe area on 22 September this year. The Department’s Director, Brighton Kumchedwa, told us that an established response team is mandated to monitor the area and report to authorities, such as the police, if the stray lion is seen. “Let me speculate that the lion has gone back to the protected area.

Service delivery has resumed in Mzuzu City following the call-off of the strike by council employees over salary increments and dissatisfaction with some top management. ‎ Mzuzu City Council Trade Union Chairperson Hudson Komani Mnyenyembe has confirmed that, together with the Secretariat, they will travel to Lilongwe on Monday to meet Local Government officials over their concerns.

The striking Mzuzu City Council union members have demanded the immediate removal of the council’s Chief Executive Officer, Gomezgani Nyasulu, and Director of Administration, Patrick Chipeka Phiri, claiming the two are failing to address their financial concerns.