A 17-year-old boy with albinism is currently in pain at Holly Family Mission Hospital after he was brutally hacked by unknown assailants in Phalombe district. The victim, Alfred Chikalo of Mnasi village T/A Mkhumba, Phalombe was rescued from the attack by well wishers on the night of Sunday 29th November, 2015, police have disclosed. The […]
A fight between two young men over a K100 debt resulted into a tragedy in Lilongwe on Thursday as they both lost their lives. The incident took place in Area 49 at a place commonly known as Pa Zebra, along the Kaunda Road. Police have confirmed the incident and they have identified the two as […]
A lot has been said about the flamboyant man of God , Prophet Shepherd Bushiri on how he has managed to promote his ministry across borders and establish himself as one of the richest prophets in Africa, owning a number of gold mines and other ritzy possession including two a eroplanes. Information has been confided […]
Some fishermen of Mwanyeska village in the area of Traditional Authority Mwilang’ombe in Karonga the northern district of Malawi on Sunday pulled a dead body of unidentified woman with a fishing net at the middle of the Lake Malawi when they were in a process of catching fish. An eye witness Vunga Mwachande, who is […]
High Court Judge Fiona Mwale has said with the amendedment of Children and Young Persons Act, juvenile offenders will now be called ‘children in conflict with the law’. Judge Mwale said the term juvenile had connotations of stigma and criminal phobia. She said the new term will afford children to rehabilitates. Mwale, who also chairs […]
Parliament’s legal affairs committee has said arrested UDF MP Shaibu Kaliati should face the law if court proves that he had sex with a minor. The committee’s deputy chairman Maxwell Thyolera said if the court proves that Kaliati indeed had sex with the 16 year old from Bambino Private Secondary School, it would be unfortunate […]
The Malawi Police have said they have arrested a masterminder of the Simama Hotel fracs, Lloyd Frayer, aged 40, from Kadzidzi Village, in the area of Traditional Authority Mazengera in Lilongwe. Central Region Police Public Relations Officer, Ramsy Mshani said Flayer was picked following the Police investigations which revealed that he was the one who […]
Police in Lilongwe have embarked on a resource mobilization on safety and security in preparedness for the forthcoming festive season. Officer in Charge for Lilongwe Police Station Deputy Commissioner James Munthali disclosed this at a resource mobilisation and stakeholders meeting on safety and security on Thursday. Munthali said security and policing in the city of […]
Head of the Commonwealth Queen Elizabeth II and her heir Prince Charles on Friday in Malta officially inducted Malawi President Professor Peter Mutharika into the Commonwealth. The induction is a result of elections for heads of government that have taken place in 21 Commonwealth countries – Malawi inclusive- since 2013 when the previous Commonwealth Heads […]
Church leaders in Ntcheu district have been cautioned on spiritual healing, a trending phenomenon that is discouraging people from taking medical drugs. Bishop Moffati Litchapa, chairperson of the district’s Interfaith Aids Committee (DIAC), said the development was “causing a lot of health complications.” He said during a two-day workshop on medication and spiritual healing that […]
A woman in Mchinji has abandoned her five children within the ages of 14 to 4 living them destitute and her where about is not yet known. The woman Stella Banda, who is a witch doctor popularly known as Dr Patuma, left the kids who were born from different fathers with their step father a […]
In line with his dream of turning Malawi into an industrialized economy before he leaves office in 2024, President Prof Peter Mutharika has taken it upon himself to sell the country to global investors during his time at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) when he took to the podium during a parallel session […]
A Member of Parliament for Machinga Central constituency, Shaibu Kaliati, has allegedly been caught at Annies Lodge in Lilongwe having sexual activity with a girl believed to be underage. Kaliati is being under heavy attack from women’s gossip group on Facebook ‘Baryard’ discussing the matter after group’s administrator Jane Kathewera posted that the UDF MP has been caught […]
President Peter Mutharika faces unspecified action after Friday, November 27 when two crucial civil society organisations issued ultimatums to him expire. In one of the ultimatums, the civil society groups want the President to step down because they claim he has failed to steer the country out of economic turmoil and that he has been […]
Lilongwe High Court judge Micheal Mtambo has dismissed an application from accused Macdonald Kumwembe, to recuse himself from the conspiracy to commit murder case of the shooting of former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo at the gate of his Area 43 residence in Lilongwe on September 13 2013. Kumwembe – a former Malawi […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) will commemorate this year’s International Anti-Corruption Day on December 9 in Mulunje district under the theme ‘Patriotism: Key to fighting Corruption’. The Bureau used to commemorate the national anti-corruption day on February 5, but they have changed to December 9 to move and match with the World Corruption Day, according to […]
Minister of Health Peter Kumpalume on Wednesday suspended some of his official duties to make an impromptu visit to Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe where four hospital workers were earlier arrested on medical drug theft suspicion. Kumpalume warned the government would take drastic action against any health worker involved in drug thefts, saying this was putting […]
President Peter Mutharika has urged investors across the globe to come and invest in Malawi’s health sectors, saying enhanced private investment in the health sector is the best option for developing countries to improve quality, efficiency, outreach and service delivery. He made the call during his keynote address at a session during the Commonwealth Business […]