Nurses and Midwives Council of Malawi is up and down Malawi soliciting views from people on how best to change the laws that govern nurses and midwives work to be in tandem with human rights and democracy. The president of the Nurses and Midwives Council of Malawi Dr Anne Phoya said the current Act which […]
Call boys in Mzuzu City have been given up to April 1 to leave bus terminals or face arrest following a spate of thefts. Mzuzu City chief executive officer Macloud Kadammanja said the council will involve the police and bus owners to take out the touts if they fail to observe the deadline of April […]
Councillors in Nsanje are asking the government to open a refugee camp as Chididi, a second such request in a week as numbers of those running away from violence in Mozambique swell. Chairman of Nsanje District Council Piriminta said the district has over 600 refugees from Mozambiue. “There is need to put these people at […]
Centre for the Development of people (Cedep) has expressed worry over the increasing HIV prevalence rate in Mulanje among the gay community. Programmes manager for Cedep Rodney Chalera said recently that among the 2364 population of the gay community, the prevalence rate stands at 24.9 per cent. He said the study was done in September […]
Angry villagers on Monday morning stormed a police unit in Dedza, took out a suspected murderer and killed him in full view of the police officers. Police spokesman Nicholas Gondwa confirmed the incident at Kabwaza police unit in Dedza. “The villagers went to the unit around five in the morning and forced their way into […]
Scores of young girls are queuing for sex with men who are ready to pay in Blantyre, youth commissioner in National Aids Commission (NAC) Chimwemwe Kaonga has witnessed. According to Kaonga, girls are queuing up for sex in commercial city’s unofficial red light streets and drinking joints. “I did a spot check during one of […]
Angry villagers in Karonga burnt to ashes a Toyota Vitz registration number NU 675 after the driver hit to death a cyclist due to reckless driving. The car has been identified as property belonging to Anderson Kaweche, Karonga Agricultural Development Division (ADD) deputy programs manager. Karonga police deputy PRO, George Mlewa, confirmed the development, saying […]
Yohane Banda, the biological father to David Banda who was adopted by Multi Grammy winning Pop Superstar Madonna has hit international media headlines after expressing concern over the welfare of his biological son following the custody battle between the singer and British movie director Guy Ritchie over divorce proceeding. The father who gave up David […]
A young man has died after being beaten and set alight by an angry mob in Blantyre who accused him of stealing the handbag which contained two smart phones, money amounting to K40,000 from a lady at Chinyonga bus stop. Police confirmed about the gruesome killing and said the remains of the deceased to Queen […]
Another official from Centre for Development of People (Cedep) is facing charges of having a gay sexual activity. Police said they arrested Cedep district coordinator in Mangochi, Kenneth Chimombo, for allegedly sexually assaulting a Form Four male student at his home. Chimombo, who hails from Mtalimanja Village, Traditional Authority Ntaja in Mangochi has been charged with […]
Malawi Police are hunting for 12 unknown people who broke into 10 office rooms at Mangochi district commissioner’s (DC) office on Thursday night and stole assorted property and money. Mangochi Police spokesperson Rodrick Maida said in an interview that the 12, who were armed with a rifle, stormed the offices and tied the guards at […]
A Lilongwe based non-governmental organisation has accused some religious leaders in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Chimutu in the district of perpetrating tendencies that fuel the spread of HIV and Aids. Executive director of Centre for Youth Development and Social Empowerment (CYDSE), Nephtale Chizongo, said in an interview on Sunday that some religious leaders […]
As Malawi President Peter Mutharika and his government is throwing spanners in the work of some men of God, both within and outside Malawi, his South Africa counterpart President Jacob Zuma thinks otherwise by embracing them and churches. This has been revealed following a recent official visit to Prophet Bushiri’s Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Church in […]
The removal of Chief Immigration Officer Masauko Medi has puzzled many people in the country, but the government has refused to give reasons for the move. Medi has been Immigration chief for a year after being appointed from Police to replace Hudson Mankhwala who was moved from Immigration to head the Refugees Unit in the […]
A 25 year old man, Justine Munyapa of Nakholo village, in traditional authority Mwambo, in Zomba has been handed a 12 year imprisonment with hard labour after being found guilty of indecent assault of his step daughter. The crime is contrary to Section 137 of the penal code. Munyapa was accused of assaulting his step […]
Wonders, they say, shall never end. A weird clip has been uploaded to YouTube purportedly showing a young man transforming into a ‘dog’ during a deliverance session at the popular church of Lagos-based preacher T.B. Joshua. The video, uploaded by Joshua’s official YouTube channel Emmanuel TV, shows a man acting in an eerily bizarre fashion during […]
Malawians celebrate Easter in darkness. Malawians are celebrating Easter in total darkness as the sole state controlled power utility has earmarked massive load shedding programme during the holidays. On Friday, there was total blackout in the Capital City, Lilongwe almost the whole day so too on Saturday when most parts of the capital experienced the […]
Catholic Church are continuing their observance of the Christian Passion today, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday. Thousands of Catholics from St Peter and Paul Parish in conjunction with St Pius Parish in Blantyre started the long holy weekend of Easter with walking pilgrimage of the annual “Way of the Cross” Good Friday procession, the day Jesus Christ […]