The Thyolo district of Malawi is one of the districts in Malawi. The capital is Thyolo. The district covers an area of 1,715 km.² and has a population of 458,976.^{[citation needed]} It is also has crossroads leading to Makwasa, Molere, Konzalendo, Thekerani onto Mouna and eventually Nsanje leading to another border with Mozambique.

There are seven National Assembly constituencies in Thyolo: Thyolo Central, Thyolo East, Thyolo North, Thyolo South (2), Thyolo South West and Thyolo Thava. Since the 2009 election all of these constituencies have been held by members of the Democratic Progressive Party. Thyolo is one of the southernmost Districts of Malawi, and is bordered by 5 others.

Thyolo is a town located in the Southern Region of Malawi. It is the administrative capital of Thyolo District. The late President of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika, was born in Thyolo.

Economy

There are several tea estates that are found in Thyolo. Tea has been grown in this area as early as 1909 that was when Malawi used to be colonized by the British. Upon arriving in Malawi the colonial rulers thought that the weather and climate of Thyolo was conducive for tea growing; therefore they acquired land from the kings who had resided in these areas for a very long period of time. This forced people to move and stay close to the mountains. Some of the famous estates in Thyolo are Naming'omba, Makandi, Satemwa, Eastern Produce, Nchima, Nansato, and Conforzi.

This estates are of great importance to the people of Thyolo and Malawi as a whole. First, tea is among the biggest foreign currency earners in Malawi, which has agricultural based economy. Tea estates also render valuable services to the people of Thyolo as well as other surrounding areas. Local people are able to get employment opportunities as tea pluckers even though their earnings are not enough to meet their day to day requirements. These estates also have small dispensaries that provide cheaper health services to local people.

Arthur Peter Mutharika (born 1940) is a Malawian politician, author, educator, lawyer, advisor and consultant. He has worked in the area of international Justice internationally. He is an expert on international economic law, international law and comparative constitutional law. He has been informally serving as an adviser to the President Bingu wa Mutharika from the onset of his election campaign until present in issues of foreign and domestic policy. He has also held positions as the minister of Justice, and later the Minister for Education, Science and Technology. Mutharika is currently the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Malawi. Peter Mutharika has been formally endorsed as the DPP candidate for President of Malawi in the 2014 election. He has currently been charged to help bridge relations between Malawi and the United Kingdom due to the deterioration of public diplomacy between the two nations after the Chocrane-Dyet controversy.

Mutharika received his law degree from the University of London in 1965. He then received his LL.M and JSD degrees from Yale University in 1966 and 1969 respectively. As a professor, he has taught at University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Haile Selassie University (Ethiopia), Rutgers University (USA), the United Nations Institute for Training and Research Program for Foreign Service Officers from Africa and Asia at Makerere University (Uganda), and Washington University (USA), and has served as an Academic Visitor at the London School of Economics. (UK)