A 45-year-old man identified as Rex Kondwani, has hanged himself in Thyolo District in Malawi after his wife gave a church K12,000 which was all they earned from gardening work.
Masambanjati police officer-in-charge, senior superintendent, George Kaleso, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, said the incident happened at Muwalo village, Traditional Authority Changata in the district.
Kaleso said the couple was engaged to do gardening piecework and was paid K12,000 which the wife kept. When the man asked for his own share of what they earned, she told him she already donated the money to a church.
He said, “The couple did some gardening piece work and were paid K12,000 which was kept by the wife. Yesterday, when Mr. Kondwani asked for his share, the wife told him she had donated the money to their local church,” he said.
He also added that it led to an argument between the couple. The man was later found hanging from the church’s roof where the money was donated.
Suicide cases have been on the rise in Malawi, with 256 cases recorded in this year’s first half.
