Rex Kondwani, 45, hanged himself in Malawi’s Thyolo District after his wife donated K12,000 they had made through gardening work to a local church.
Senior Superintendent George Kaleso, the senior police official in charge of Masambanjati, revealed this in a statement on September 6, 2023, stating that the incident took place in the community of Muwalo under Changata’s Traditional Authority.
According to Kaleso, the pair was hired to perform piecework in gardening and received K12,000, which the wife kept.
He added, “The wife informed him she had contributed the money to their neighborhood church yesterday when Mr. Kondwani sought for his share.
The couple fought as a result of this. Later, the man was discovered hanging from the church’s roof.
In Malawi, there has been an increase in suicide instances, with 256 occurrences being reported in the first half of this year.