Self proclaimed Peoples Land Organisation leader Vincent Wandale and two other suspects in a landmark land grabbing case have been denied bail. Lawyer for the suspects Michael Goba Chipeta said the magistrate denied the suspects bail because she feared the three might jump bail, the case was about to finish and the medical report which […]
Peoples Land Organisation leader Vincent Wandale has been thrown back in jail after his lawyer applied for bail as the senior resident magistrate adjourned the case to Monday for ruling on the matter and continuation of the case. Lawyer Michael Goba Chipeta told the court that material circumstances have completely changed therefore there was need […]
Peoples Land Organisation (PLO) leader Innocent Wandale is having his fingers crossed as his lawyer requests for bail for the self proclaimed president of Mulanje and Thyolo. Wandale’s lawyer, Michael Goba Chipeta confirmed he is today, Tuesday, asking senior resident magistrate, Thokozani Soko for bail for his client who has been on remand at Chichiri […]
Suspected land grabber, Vincent Wandale supporters have been suspended jail sentence to 12 month. Senior resident magistrate Thokozani Soko said the charges the 21 were answering of criminal trespass and illegal take over of land among others were a misdemeanour. Soko said the first and second offences of consipiracy to commit a misdemeanour and criminal trespass attract […]
Blantyre Magistrate court has convicted 20 land grabbers who belonged to so called Peoples Land Organisation (PLO) whose leader Vincent Wandale is a self claimed president of Mulanje and Thyolo. Principal magistrate Thokozani Soko convicted the 20 after the convicts changed plea from not guilty to guilty. Lawyer for the 20 convicts, Mike Chitepa said […]
The self-proclaimed supreme leader of the so-called United States of Thyolo and Mulanje and Peoples’ Land Organisation (PLO), Vincent Wandale, has hired defence lawyer Michael Goba Chipeta of Gobz and Rechtswissnschaft Legal Practitioners to represent him and his Vice Chrispin Nkhoma. Wandale, Nkhoma and 22 members of PLO were arrested on September 2 and September […]
The Blantyre Magistrate Court has again refused to grant bail to self-proclaimed leader of United States of Thyolo and Mulanje and Peoples’ Land Organisation (PLO), Vincent Wandale and 22 members of PLO charged with four counts of conspiracy to commit a misdemeanour, unauthorised use of land, criminal trespass and inciting violence. Wandale was refused bail […]
The self proclaimed leader of the United States of Thyolo and Mulanje and Peoples’ Land Organisation (PLO), Vincent Wandale, pleaded not guilty Thursday to four charges of conspiracy to commit misdemeanour, unauthorised use of land, inciting violence and criminal trespass. Wandale was arrested on September 2 2016 while 21 of his followers were arrested on September […]
A court in Blantyre has refused to grant bal to self-acclaimed leader of the people of Thyolo and Mulanje, Vincent Wandale who last Thursday mobilised hundreds of villagers who invaded a privately-owned Conforzi Tea Estate with an aim of distributing part of the estate land they claim has laid idle for many years. Wandale appeared […]
Controversial Vincent Wandale, who claims to be the supreme leader, founder and trustee of People’s Land Organisation (PLO), is under arrest for allegedly inciting people of Mulanje and Thyolo to start grabbing land belonging to tea estates investors. The land they wanted to share belongs to Naming’oma, Makwasa, Henderson Farm and also Chitakale and Limbuli estates […]
Hundreds of people carrying hoes, pots and beddings stormed Conforzi Tea Estate inThyolo to grab land which they claim was grabbed from their forefathers by the tea estate owners but police arrested 16 people and fired teargas to disperse the villagers. Police picked 16 leaders of the Peoples Land Organisation (PLO), a grouping of community […]
President Arthur Peter Mutharika has reiterated government commitment to improving infrastructure development in the country as he re-launches construction of Thyolo-Makwasa-Thekerani-Muona road which he said has been neglected for many years. Mutharika told thousands who witnessed the re-launch at Mtambanyama primary school ground that the construction of the 83 km road will only take 2 […]
The Malawi government has started disbursing money into the Local Development Fund to help people who are affected with hunger to alleviate their problems. The money amounting to K300 million will benefit 20,783 people across the district in catchment areas which were badly hit by environmental degradation. The beneficiaries will each get MK14, 000 after […]
Alcohol and drug abuse is fueling violence related murders with the death toll rising in Thyolo. Statistics are yet to be compiled and put public by the Police but more arrests are being made in relation to the charges that are raising further alarms. The violent murders are occurring in youths aged between 20 and […]
Non governmental organisations in Thyolo are blowing a whistle to alert authorities that Thyolo District Hospital has run out of sexually transmitted infection drugs and diabetis medicine. The NGOs, that include those involved in youth welfare and the elderly, say the situation is so dire that it risks lives of people in the district. “People […]
The Thyolo district council has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the civil society organisations (CSOs) working in the district in a bid to improve service delivery. Thyolo District Commissioner Charles Thombozi made the commitment on Wednesday during the signing ceremony of at a function held at the Boma. Thombozi said the council appreciated […]
Leader of People’s Land Organisation (PLO), Vincent Wandale, has been branded an outcast by senior chiefs from Mulanje and Thyolo for calling on the two tea growing districts to become a ‘sovereign state’ over land wrangles. Wandale has said Malawi Government as well as President Peter Mutharika have failed to resolve the long-standing land wrangle […]
Officials in Thyolo are brain storming on how best to deal with high unsafe abortion and sexually transmitted infection (STI) rate among youths of 18 and below Youth officer for Thyolo Doreen Mbendera says recent hospital statistics for the last three months are alarming. “For instance, out of the 100 unsafe abortion recorded in the […]