A 14 year-old Burundi national on Sunday (10th January, 2015) was found hanging from a roof of a house at Falls Estate location in Lilongwe. Lilongwe Police Station Public Relations Officer (PRO) Inspector Kingsley Dandaula said the Police have identified the deceased as Cynthia Nibyabandi who until her death was staying with her parents at […]
A 24 year old woman has died at Mponela Rural Hospital due to a ruptured uterus after authorities failed to refer her to Dowa district hospital because of lack of fuel. A private radio station Zodiak said on Sunday, Mponela health centre had informed officials at Dowa District Hospital but they could not send an […]
Malawi has deemed to have lost its consensus on sex morality and godly ideals, the clergy observed during an inter denominational prayers for the rains which were organised at Bingu International Conference Centre (BICC) yesterday. The men of the collar called for the nation to know the appropriate and inappropriate behaviour in the eyes of […]
Malawi Police at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) on Saturday intercepted four chamba “cakes” weighing 4.5kg posted from Harare, Zimbabwe, and heading to the United Kingdom on Kenyan Airways. This came after the police at KIA on Thursday also intercepted another package of chamba (Cannabis sativa) weighing 4kg posted from Harare, again, en route to an […]
Agriculture Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) officials in Karonga are pocketing thousands of kwacha in bribes to sell out maize to vendors at the expense of deserving Malawians who are spending days without help, Nyasa Times can reveal. A weeklong investigation we’ve carried out shows that Malawians in need – including the elderly and people with disabilities […]
A memorial to celebrate the life of Bishop Joseph Mukasa Zuza – the first black bishop of the Diocese of Mzuzu who died in a car accident January 15, 2015 – will be held Friday, and Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of Karonga will celebrate mass at St. Mary’s Parish in the lakeshore district in his memory. […]
Tempers flared on Friday in Lilongwe when Chewa Heritage Foundation (CHEFO) officials told a news conference which was also attended by the Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) and the Malawi Police Service that the people causing havoc while disguising themselves as Gulewamkulu, do not belong to them. Gulewamkulu has been causing problem in Lilongwe’s Area 36, Kaphiri, […]
Senior Pastor for Pentecostal International Christian Centre (PICC) Pastor Esau Banda has launched five Christian books. Speaking recently during the launch, Pastor Banda said his wish was for everyone to get hold of the books because the information in the books was not for PICC members only but for every Christian who believes in the […]
Director for HIV/AIDS Department in the Ministry of Health, Dr Frank Chimbwandira has said it is important to test early for HIV so that people can get on life-saving treatment as soon as possible. Chimbwandira has since asked communities to advantage of the Malawi Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (MPHIA) survey, which began data collection on […]
State funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) says the executive arm of government has no powers to suspend any law in Malawi therefore the morotorim on gays is illegal and should be disregarded. MHRC chairperson Justin Dzonzi, citing relevant laws, said it is only parliament that has such powers. He said the executive arm of government […]
Police in the south have arrested 23 people in offences in connection with corrupt practices on farm inputs programme and the buying of maize at Admarc depots. However, the effort is being thwarted by courts which are meting out fines as lower as K10, 000 per offence. Crime prevention desk officer for the police in […]
People’s Party (PP) spokesperson Ken Msonda has challenged human rights groups seeking to drag him to court over his remarks that gays should be killed, stressing he is ready to face and shame them in court. Centre for the Development of the People (Cedep) were seeking to press criminal charges against Msonda for his remarks. […]
The Malawi Police Services has transferred one of its men from the Police Headquarters because he was entangled in a syndicate of having some of his colleagues promoted after paying some money. Police are mum on the matter but a source within the service has revealed that officerTrapence has been moved to Bulala Police Unit […]
A Malawian gay asylum seeker in the UK says he fears he will be killed if deported to his home country following a politician public appeal to kill the LGBTI people. The Malawian who spoke to Nyasa Times from his detention centre in Oxford, said he is facing deportation to Malawi – because he doesn’t […]
Three people were on Thursday given bail after spending four days in police cell for vandalism of property and causing mayhem following false reports that a pastor had turned into a snake. Lilongwe’s Kanengo police assistant publicist Salome Chibwana said the three have since been charged with vandalism of property and conduct likely to cause […]
Army worm outbreak has been reported in some areas of Zomba mainly under Mpokwa Extension Planning Area (EPA). According to Patterson Kandoje, District Agriculture Development Officer the outbreak has occurred in Mpokwa EPA, in TA Mwambo in the villages of Saiti, Masambuka, Kwaitana, Mamphanda, Kabwere, Kumpatsa, Havala, Mlomwa and Chaima. Kandoje told the Malawi News Agency, 34 hectares (ha) of land […]
Self confessed Malawi billionaire prophet, Shepherd Bushiri jetted into the country on Thursday afternoon and immediately parried away allegations he is milking his own ministry, saying to the contrary, he is the sponsor of the church. Bushiri came through Kamuzu international airport and triumphantly walked out his private jet with a thunderous welcome from his […]
Drugs worth five MK5 billion are stolen every year in the country’s public hospitals, Minister of Health Dr. Peter Kumpalume revealed when he visited Nsanje District Health Office Thursday. Kumpalume said every year government allocates K17 billion for drug procurement of which one third of the total allocation is lost due to drug theft. The […]