Former President Bakili Muluzi should have his fingers crossed as the fate of his case -which the state claimed he had corruptly acquired K1.7 billion (about $11 million ) from donors in his account – will be known on May 12. Judge Maclean Kamwambe set the date after defense lawyer Tamanda Chokotho applied to […]
President of the Association of Malawian Midwives (AMAMI), Dr Anne Phoya began her speech at the celebration ceremony of midwives in Malawi by describing conditions under which midwives work in Malawi as pathetic. “Last Monday, I was travelling along Lilongwe – Salima Road and stopped at a certain clinic along the road. I did not […]
Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika has vowed to end the sudden upsurge in macabre killings of people with albinism and has since ordered more action and vigilance on the part of law enforcers. Albino people, who lack pigment in their skin, have faced attacks for their body parts, which witchdoctors believe bring good luck and wealth. But […]
Malawi government has warned job seekers in Arab countries to take extra precautionary measures after reports of rampant abuses and in most cases non- payment of salaries by Arab employers. Minister of Foreign Affairs Francis Kasaira said the government has coughed huge sums of money to repatriate to Malawi a family that lived in Kuwait […]
Lead prosecutor in the ongoing ‘K1.7 billion’ ($2.5 million) corruption case involving former president Bakili Muluzi have withdrawn from the high profile case, prompting the defence to ask Judge Maclean Kamwambi to discharge Muluzi using section 247 (1) of the of the Criminal Procedures and Evidence Code and Section 11 (c) of the Courts Act. The […]
Two men have been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment in Malawi after being found guilty of murdering an albino Davis Fretcher Machinjiri a week ago. The two heard through state prosecutor assistant Superintendent Patrick Bean Chambuluka that Vuto Biswick and Emmanuel Robert on the 23 April 2016 at Chimoto village in the area of traditional […]
The High Court in Lilongwe has ordered the government to take possession of six buses which have been parked at the police headquarters for close to two years now. Judge Fiona Mwale’s judgment on Wednesday means the government can sell off the buses or use for other purposes. High Court spokesperson Mlenga Mvula said the […]
Ministry of Health has confirmed the report by Nyasa Times of the existence of a National Audit Office (NAO) audit report chronologizing on how some dishonest officials from the ministry managed to loot the donated funds from the US- funded Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and that K2.5billion was looted between 2013 and […]
Mzuzu City Council officials are warning flood victims to stop constructing houses in flood prone areas or risk their houses having been pulled down. Acting executive chairman for Mzuzu City Council, Victor Masina said this in view of many houses that are mushrooming from the devastating flooding rubble. “Let me warn them here, we will […]
Zomba Diocese Bishop George Tambala on Tuesday took off time for prayers and focused on health and environmental issues in his city as he led young catholic workers in a clean-up campaign. Bishop Tambala said improper waste of management is causing serious environmental issues and health hazards to residents, saying it is high time people […]
Malawi Police in Phalombe district have arrested three people suspected to have brutally killed a 28-year-old woman and chopped off her breasts. The victim, Jennipher Namusiyo of Gwembere village, T/A Mkhumba in the district was attacked and killed in the wee hours of Saturday morning while on her way to seek medication from a traditional healer in […]
Malawi Police have said it has made arrest of eight people following fracas at a Tsangano Turn-off, about seven kilometres from Ntcheu Boma on the Ntcheu-Lilongwe stretch of the M1 Road. On Monday some Malawians reportedly reacted to the apparent detention of a boy from Malawi who had crossed to the nearby Mozambique side to […]
A baby found abandoned in a dirty cloth and left out in the sun to die in northern city of Mzuzu has been saved by a court marshal Ringo Simwaka who found her on Sunday. Simwaka was on her way to visit her plot and found the baby so lifeless. Mzuzu Police spokersperson Martin Bwanali […]
Residents in Karonga have taken to task the Northern Region Water Board (NRWB) for high water bills and have since warned of a vigil until the water tariffs have been brought down. Steven Msokwe of Karonga Justice Network said the residents are alarmed that they pay money ranging from K20,000 up to K30, 000 a […]
Relative calm has returned to the Tsangano trading centre in Ntcheu the border between Malawi and Mozambique, that was rocked by violence between locals on Monday as a Burundian national residing in Mozambique side detained a Malawian trader. Speculations were rife that the Mozambican military soldiers invaded the Malawi side in a war threatening manner […]
Founder of the Living Waters Church Apostle Dr Stanley Ndovie Sunday laid a foundation stone for the construction of a multimillion kwacha 5, 000-seater cathedral in Mzuzu City. Speaking in an interview after a sermon to the congregation, Apostle Ndovie said Malawians, especially those in the North, need to be development conscious and move with […]
A mother of two in Balaka district south east of Malawi is expected to answer a case of concealing the birth of the child after she allegedly dumped her newly born baby girl into a pit latrine. Police says the suspect Mercy Ali of 26 years of age gave birth to a baby girl on […]
A man in his 50s only identified as Magombo was dumped dead about 100 meters from his house without a left foot at Sumani Village in Traditional Authority Mposa in Machinga with possibilities that he was brutally murdered right on his door without the knowledge of his neighbours for three days since his disappear. The […]