University of Malawi law experts have noted that the Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations law – which was assented to by President Peter Mutharika after parliament passed the bill is inconsistent with the supreme law of the land, the Constitution and renders invalid the Marriage law which increased the legal age of marriage for girls […]
Malawi rights campaigner and prominent leaders of Civil Society organisations (CSOs) leaders, who have been critical of government and issued a communiqué calling on President Peter Mutharika to address economic challenges or resign, have been receiving serious threats to their lives including warning of their impending death. The threats are said to be forcing some […]
Armed robbers have shot dead a Malawi Police officer and wounded another one before they reportedly went with K6 million. The incident happened at Maselema in Limbe on Saturday and the deceased has since been identified as Sub-Inspector Mabutawo while the cop hospitalized at Blantyre Adventist Hospital is Constable Phiri. The law officers also managed […]
Former Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Raph Kasambara has returned to prison after being discharged by Blantyre Adventist Hospital (BAH), and is being kept on remand for alleged conspiracy to commit a crime in the attempted murder of Paul Mphwiyo. High Court Judge Michael Mtambo revoked bail conditions for Kasambara over alleged infringement of […]
Citizens in eastern district of Balaka have proposed an increase of taxes on the wealthy, including that Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika should start paying tax. The call was made at Balaka’s Catholic Women Organisation on Friday during the State of the Union (SOTU) in conjunction with Citizen Alliance public debate dubbed Bwalo la Nzika. Contributing to the […]
Recently Malawi President Professor Arthur Mutharika told the nation during a news conference that the country is “broke” which Bishop Kalemba said should be some cause for alarm and food for thought to every family on what responsibility to make over population matters. He called for more family planning to reduce poverty, slow population growth and ease […]
Police at Phalula in Balaka district in eastern Malawi have arrested two people over alleged car theft in Blantyre. Detective Sergeant Paul Kapumila of Phalula says the suspects Brian Karim (35) and Evance Zonzi (36) were arrested at Phalula ad-hock road block following a tip-off from members of the general public over a stolen Nissan […]
State and church are inseparable players in re-programming the national character on the basis of patriotism, integrity and hard work which are values that must be the foundations of economic progress. This was said by President Peter Mutharika on Friday when he hosted Anglican Council of Malawi at Kamuzu Palace. “As a country we cannot […]
Malawi’s neurosurgeon and retired politician George nga Mtafu was buried Friday at Ntonda Village on the outskirts of Blantyre City, following his death on Tuesday after sustaining injuries in a road accident. Several hundred mourners, —including government officials, politicians, Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) members and traditional leaders—attended the funeral. The former MP for Likoma was […]
The First Lady Madam Gertrude Mutharika, on Friday committed to champion family planning initiatives in the country in a bid to reduce maternal and child mortality as well as HIV. Madam Mutharika made the commitment at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe when the Family Planning Association of Malawi (FPAM) conferred on her the responsibility of Patron […]
Eminent Catholic priest, social activist, writer and thinker, Father Edward Alfred Masauko of the Blantyre Archdiocese is dead. Episcoporal Conference of Malawi (ECM) deputy secretary general, Fr Emmanuel Chimombo said Father Masauko died at Mwaiwathu Private Hospital in Blantyre on Friday afternoon “after a short illness.” Masauko died of High Blood Pressure. The mortal remains of Masauko will […]
As one way of complimenting government efforts in fighting against HIV and AIDS in Malawi ,the US government has announced its 6.8 million United States dollars support to be used on voluntary male circumcision. US Ambassador to Malawi, Virginia Palmer made announcement at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe during the signing of agreement and acknowledgement of […]
Malawians have taken up on social media to urge President Peter Mutharika to spike an intelligence report that complicates leader of opposition in parliament Lazarus Chakwera in demands for the Head of State to resign. The National Intelligence Bureau, in a report presented to Mutharika says Chakwera is allegedly orchestrating moves by civil society groups […]
The First Grade Magistrate’s court in Malawi’s eastern district, Balaka, has sentenced a 34 year-old man to two years imprisonment with hard labour for abducting four children. State Prosecutor Sergeant Winily Chikhobili to the court that that the suspect Oscar Fideswas arrested by members of the community on the 28th day of September, 2015 at Chipinga […]
The director of finance at Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), Khumbo Phiri , has been sent on forced leave on suspected cashgate activities between July 2012 and December 2014 which Nyasa Times first reported following a special investigative audit . The fraud allegations in the report before the Secretary to the Treasury and donor community, as […]
Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale has said homosexuals will not be discriminated against when accessing healthcare despite the existing anti-gay law. Kaphale said this in defending government’s move to request $388 888 (about K221 million) from Global Fund for HIV and Aids interventions targeting 40 000 men who have sex with fellow men. Lesbians – […]
Sightsavers Malawi has lamented that Trachoma continues to be a national problem causing blindness in many people, currently affecting 12 000 people annually in Malawi. Roy Hauya, Sightsavers Country Director said this when his organization briefed the media in Lilongwe on the problem and asked them to work hand in hand with his organization to […]
A 22 year old girl in the sex trade identified as Mercy Makolija suffered multiple injuries on her body after she was thrown out of a moving car in Nchalo, Chikwawa district. The sex worker a on the day (11th October, 2015) was putting up at one of the rest house in Nchalo and met […]