11 people feared dead after boat capsizes in Shire River

October 12, 2015 Nyasa Times Reporter 38 Comments

Eleven people, including children, are missing in Nsanje after a boat they were sailing in hit the river bank at Port-Shire and capsized Monday morning, according to a report by Malawi News Agency (Mana).

Luzeta Antonio one of the survivors
Luzeta Antonio one of the survivors

Nsanje Police Officer in Charge Kirby Kaunga , who confirmed the incident, said out of 15 people on the boat, four managed to swim to the shore and survived with minor injuries.

Kaunga said they met their fate while heading to their gardens in Mozambique. Many families in Nsanje cross the Shire River to garden in Mozambique because of shortage of land for cultivation in their areas.

He said boat capsized at around eight o’clock in the morning at Port-Shire in the district after it hit the river bank and lost balance.

“The canoe carried 15 including the operator. Four people survived and the rest are missing,” said the police officer.

A 16 year old young man of Thawalawa village in the area of Senior Chief Malemia who survived the accident said all his parents and relations who were traveling with him in the canoe are still missing.

“I was with my father, mother and my two siblings in the canoe. We were traveling to Mozambique to harvest our crops. I am the only survivor in [my family] the accident,” he explained.

Police and residents around the area are still searching for those missing.

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38 replies on “11 people feared dead after boat capsizes in Shire River”

  4. Kumalankhula bwino, awa ndi maliro, mmalo moti muzipepesa mukulowetsa ndale,
    awatu zawo zapita next it can be you, kodi ndiwe wokonzeka?

  5. This is tragic. No politician has so far gone to console this community but if this was a market fire bwenzi pano akuchita kulimbilana kupitako. Shame on them all

  7. OOOOOPS!!..GOD PLIZ BE MERCY UP ON US,WATS DHIS NEH?MAY DHE SOZ OF THESE PPLE REST IN PC.
    #CHENJEZO!! IFE A MALAWI TIKANVA ZA IMFA TIMAKHALA NDI NTHUMAZI KWABASI,SITIMASEKELERA HATA! KOMANO CHADZA NDIYAN CHOMATHIRA KOMENTI OPUSA NGAT ENEWA?..TALUZA MIYOYO YA ANTHU OLIMBIKIRA OMWE AMWALIRA POKAGWIRA NTCHITO KUT APEZE ZOSOWA ZAWO,KOMANO ENANU MULI NDI ZIWANDA ZONYASA, KUTUKWANA BASI?MMMMMM…WHERE IS OUR IDENTITY AS WE MALAWIANS?OSAMATERO ABALE,ZANDALE KAYA NDIZACHITUKUKO, PLIZ! SINKHAN IMENEYI OK!

  10. NKANDO KHWISA NCHILAMWERA THEKERANI NTAMBANYAMA LOMORA NSANJE BALAKA NKOPE DWAMBAZI LUWAZI NYUNGWE KAPORO ULIWA LUVWERE says:

    SON OF THE LIVING GOD
    (JESUS)
    SON OF DAVID
    (JESUS)
    MAY YOU HAVE MERCY ON ME
    I KNOW AM A SINNER
    NOT WORTHY MENTIONING THY NAME
    REMEMBER ME IN THY KINGDOM
    I PRAY !
    AMEN .!

  11. This is a very sad development. Can government do something about these people? They need a bridge here. May their should rest in peace.

  12. Nkhedu you are also idiot and bustard because these people they didn’t cheat themselves. Who are you talking then? Tell them stupid and fool

  14. A malawi kulandila zilango chifukwa munasankha bwampini. Ena mudzaona ngati ndayakhula molakwa. Dziko limalandira madalitso komaso milili chifukwa cha utsogoleri. Mavuto amera basi ku malawi, madzi osefukira kukuphonya koma ndikufa popita ku munda zoona.

  16. Nkhedu, you are very stupid, and you have no sense of humor. The issue here is about lost lives. Ndiwe munthu wanji wopanda umunthu mmutu mwakomo. Ukulankhula zinthu zopusa kwambiri alipo wanena zodoko apa. anzanu akulira , munthu wasala yekha out of the whole family instead of sympathizing with him you are talking rubbish, may the Lord forgive you for you don’t know what you are saying.Kuzolowera kutukwana boma zikupindulirani chiani amphawi inu.

  17. Nsanje World Inland Port kkkkk. Chi slub. F….ken people of lower shire umakhulupilira a bwampini aku Thyolo. Mutsekulira bwanji DOKO without even a single warehouse? Zitsiru

  21. Jhiiiih asena anza tili pa nyatwa dyabu wapezipezi mtalika adatinamiza kuti adzakwela helikopita kukatsekula doko akawina pano kuli ziiiiiiii. Angomwa phele yeke tinamutumila ng’ona.

  22. If you are a Malawian you cant call people of Nsanje useless just because the intended project is located in their area. .The project if viable is not meant for the people of Nsanje only. It will benefit the whole Malawi including you. Besides ,How can you say things like that when a tragedy has taken place and other people are in sorrow?

  23. Zosakhala bwino ayi pomva abale athu apanga ngozi.Mizimu yawo ikawutse mu ntendere. Komanso nthawi zina si bwino kumaziwonetsa ngati wochenjera kapena woziwa kuyankhula pakachitika zovuta especially inu Mr Nkhedu. Issue ya Doko ndi ngozi are two separate issues.Let’s not politicize issue ya ngozi ndi doko.

  24. Choncho kuli bwino kungofa poti ena omwe anathamangila ku bwalo la milandu kukalumbilitsidwa kuti atitumikile amela mano ndi mapiko akumachita mwano tikawafunsa.

  26. komanso sizikumveka. if the boat hit the river bank, that means they were in 2 feet of water. how the fuck do you drown in two feet of water? apo ayi olembayu sakudziwa kuti river bank ndi chani

  27. Look at That woman, struggling to make ends meet whilst the cashgaters are enjoying our monies. Amwenye mkati no tax, painful. God Will judge.

  35. I just fil sorry fo my country malawi i wish the must not b ruled by mathanyulas the satanist

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