Malawi President Peter Mutharika has ordered the arrest of Eric Aniva, an HIV-infected man in Nsanje district of the southern Malawi who has the job of devirginising girls who had just their first menstruation. Aniva, a Malawian in his forties, is what’s known as a ‘hyena’ – a man paid to have sex with young […]
Officials from Malawi Law Society (MLS) have told Chancellor College Students Union leadership to submit names of police brutality victims during the violent protests. This follows an online video clip that shows some an unarmed girls being slapped and harassed by police officers. “Chancellor College Students Union has received an urgent call from the Malawi […]
Riot police in Lilongwe have succesfully crashed a fee hike protest by Kamuzu College of Nursing. The police fired teargas, scattering the students before they were confined into the campus. The police heavy handedness follows the students decision to block the way into the central region only referral hospital, the Kamuzu Central Hospital. The students […]
Blantyre Magistrate Court has given bal to all 14 students from Polytechnic arrested on Friday are now out of police custody. The students were arrested after they held protests against a fee hike in all the University of Malawi (Unima) constituent colleges. The current fees for all Unima colleges is K275 000 ($380) and the […]
Malawi Police officers equaled the number of protesters in the Customary Land bill protests in Lilongwe. There were 30 protesters against 31 police officers who peacefully escorted the protesters, led by Billy Mayaya, from Area 18 Round About to Civic offices after Police gave Mayaya a green light to go ahead with it. The law enforcers […]
Students of Kamuzu College of Nursing in Lilongwe have blocked the way to Kamuzu Central Hospital, they are chanting and yelling at motorists to find another route. This means doctors, management and staff are not able to go through the hospital gates by vehicles. It was not immediately known why they have come out of […]
Politicians and civil society groups in the country continue to put pressure on Inspector General of Police Lexten Kachama to fire police officers seen in social media video clip slapping and insulting unarmed young girls. The clip shows the three girls standing in fear when the violent police officers come and one of them slaps […]
Calls are resonating on Kamuzu Palace walls for President Peter Mutharika to fire the seven senior cabinet ministers involved in the K577 billion cashgate. This foillows a vague and contradictory statement State House issued on Saturday defiantly saying Mutharika will not fire the seven cabinet ministers. Sources in the civil society say civil society leaders […]
Government officials say they are investigating reports that two warring factions fought for the Zulu chieftaincy in Mchinji a few days ago. They said the district commissioner is expected to file a report on the matter to ministry of Local government. Families of Inkosi Masala Jere and that of Mzengeni Jere fought a bloody battle […]
Over 20 parents of arrested Malawi Poytechnic students have camped at Blantyre Police Station to force authorities release the 14 students who were arrested on Friday night following violent protests over fee hike. The parents action is an indication that they are behind their children’s demand to have the hiked fees dropped. Spokesperson of the […]
Opposition leader in parliament Lazarus Chakwera on Saturday ra received a rousing welcome at at the elevation of Chief Kabudula ceremony in Lilongwe where President Peter Mutharika attended. Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president was cheered wildly in full view of the government officials. MCP supporters lined up for about a kilometre to welcome their leader […]
Calls are growing for police officers caught on a video clip to face prosecution for chasing students within Chancellor College premises as if they were criminals before confronting two seemingly stranded and unarmed young female students Newspaper columnist, activist and State-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission have commented on the matter in unison calling for justice for the brutal […]
A 75 year old man in Dedza is in police custody for circumcising a young boy at a Yao initiation camp without the consent of his parents. Dedza police assistant publicist Cassim Manda said Matukukutu Dandawiri is still at Dedza police and has since been charged with unlawful wounding and abduction. “What happened is that Mr […]
Malawian President Peter Mutharika has put his foot down saying he would not fire any minister implicated in the K577 billion (about $856 million) financial analysis report in the wake of revelations that seven Cabinet ministers were allegedly involved in the mismanagement of the public funds. A statement from Presidential Press Secretary Mgeme Kalilani says […]
Malawi Police in Mangochi are hunting for some unidentified criminals suspecting them to have killed a fisherman at Chiphole fishing dock in Makanjira. Mangochi Police Station Public Relations Officer, Inspector Rodrick Maida said the man identified as Dickson Chinseu who earned a living through fishing in the area went missing on Wednesday, July 20 only […]
Family members of a Malawian man identified as Daud Mwasinga who was exclusively reported by Nyasa Times that he killed himself at Hillbrow in South Africa on Tuesday this week have launched a court battle against South African Police accusing them of fatally shooting their relative. A well placed source said Mwasinga had a quarrel […]
Malawi Police in Mzuzu have arrested a 35 years old Pastor for being suspected to have impersonating as a senior police officer at Mzuzu Police Station. Pastor Charles Gonani ,35 from Kadawere village in the area of Traditional Authority Lundu in Blantyre and was ministering at Thamanda Pentecostal Church at Masasa in Mzuzu. He was […]
The Auditor General Stephenson Kamphasa’s report with details of individuals and companies suspected to have been involved in abuse of public resources between 2009 and 2014 has some stale information including companies cleared of cashgate, the Public Accounts of Parliament (PAC) has observed. PAC vice chairman Kamlepo Kalua rubished the reports in the new forensic audit, […]