Irate villagers in Dowa on Sunday smashed Dowa Police Station, took out a murder suspect and beat him severely before he was whisked away by well wishers. Dowa police spokesperson Richard Kaponda confirmed the incident. He said the villagers were after Ganizani Gwani who is suspected to have murdered Geofrey Kansinjiro after the two picked […]
Government is warning Malawian women to turn down job offers in Arab countries from unknown job agents, saying unsuspecting women are thrown into prostitution. Secretary for Labour Patrick Kabambe said this after a consultant Trevor Kandoje released a report which shows that Malawian women are sexually abused in Kuwait, Qatar and United Arab Emirates. “Government […]
Malawi is on Monday celebrating World Malaria Day quietly as malaria remains the number one killer disease and is a drain on tax payers money in public health facilities. At least six million people were down with malaria last year. Spokesperson for Health ministry Adrian Chikumbe acknowledged the battle for malaria is far from being […]
A court in Karonga has ordered that a minibus which was used to ferry 27 illegal immigrants recently be forfeited to government and gave each immigrant a three month suspended sentence. Karonga magistrate Julius Kalambo also ordered the immediate deportation of the 27 illegal immigrants from Somalia and Ethiopia. Kalambo said the forfeiting of the […]
Despite a punishment hearing and mitigation in September last year, the sentencing of cashgate convict Caroline Savala, who was found guilty of siphoning K84 million, has delayed as Judge Fiona Mwale is not giving her determination. The High Court in Lilongwe convicted Savala on July 18 2015 for theft and money laundering of K84.9 million […]
Chairperson of the Malawi Judiciary Training Committee, Justice Dr. Chifundo Kachale says the newly enacted Trafficking in Persons Law will go a long way in helping legal practitioners implement the statute competently. Kachale observed that the new law on trafficking in persons had come at an opportune time when the courts were grappling with the […]
Malawi Police on Friday night shot dead two suspected robbers in Area 36 Lilongwe, during a hunt-down for robbers who broke into Transcom Company premises and stole computers worth millions. Kanengo Police spokesperson, Sub. Inspector Esther Mkwanda, confirmed the incident and disclosed that they also had two suspects in custody while one suspect escaped during […]
Zambian President Edgar Lungu and his Mozambican counterpart Filipe Nyusi jet in Malawi on Monday but Malawi government officials have kept under key and lock details of the visit. A statement from the Office of the President and Cabinet says Lungu and Nyusi will arrive in Malawi on Monday morning with the Zambian leader arriving […]
Bishop of the Catholic Diocese in Mangochi, Right Reverend Montfort Stima has asked the faithful to share God’s mercy with people in difficult situations in order to make the Year of Mercy as set out by Pope Francis. Stima was speaking recently when he led members of St. Augustine Parish during mass and visit to […]
Government has rejected claims by Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST) that it owes the trust K7 billion, saying treasury paid all arrears to CMST and other organizations long ago. The statement by Nations Msowoya, spokesperson for treasury sharply contradicts that of minister of Health Peter Kumpalume who acknowledged the government owes CMST huge sums of […]
Graft busting body, the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) says it is failing to conclude investigations on some cashgate cases because the bureau has been hit hard by financial problems. Spokesperson for the bureau Egritta Ndala said investigations of cases need a lot of money. “Lack of money has indeed affected us, especially investigations of cashgate […]
A 31 year old Sadick Fadieck Goliati faces jail after being arrested by Malawi Police for allegedly defiling three young girls aged 7, 8 and 10 in tobacco growing district of Kasungu in central region. Deputy Public Relations Officer for Kasungu Police Harry Namwaza said the young girls went to the paedophile’s house to help […]
There is a sex trafficking ring for Malawian girls to go to Kuwait and work as hookers with Flora Gondwe of Ministry of Information being suspected to be among the gangsters in the shocking and systematic abuse of trafficked girls. Gondwe, an office assistant at Lilongwe District Information Office, is said to be working with […]
Malawi Human Right Resource Centre (MHRRC) has strongly condemned tendencies by churches in Chitipa District to encourage youths to engage in night church activities which it says promotes moral decay in the society. The condemnation was made Thursday by HMRRC Programme Manager, Emma Kaliya during final review meeting for Gender Equality and Women Empowerment (GEWE) […]
Malawi’s leading privately-owned station Zodiak will be hosting South Africa based multimillionaire Prophet Sheppard Bushiri with a program to do his televangelism with prophetic messages, Nyasa Times has learnt. The program will be launched on Sunday at 6.30. Prophet Bushiri founder of Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG), a fast growing church with branches all over the […]
Owner of the Nangaunozge building contractor who doubles as member of parliament for Mzimba central constituency, Henry Mpofu Shaba, had a rufe awakening when he went to visit the construction site of Karonga Stadium on Wednesday when workers grabbed him by the neck for not paying them for three months. The workers locked Shaba in […]
The High Court in Blantyre on Thursday moved to May 24th the case in which lawyer Ambokire Salimu wants Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) to influence electoral law reform that would ensure elected public officers are bound by their campaign promises. Salimu, in an individual capacity, filed for Leave for Judicial Review to push for Mec […]
Information minister Patricia Kaliati has queried the rationale behind mobile phone operators decision to keep on blocking the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) from using the spy machine yet in other countries the situation is different. Macra is failing to use the high-tech call tracking system b known in the eyes of the public as […]