Tribal grouping, Mulhakho wa Alhomwe (MWA), which has step up preparations for its annual celebrations in October, will this Friday, September 18 hold fundraising dinner and dance at Sports Complex in Blantyre. President Peter Mutharika, who has already confirmed his attendance will be the guest of honour at the event aimed to raise funds for Mulhakho […]
Bad romance! South African police are hunting for a Malawian woman in her 30’s Edith Ngulube, who is on the run, after she allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to death. According to police in Cape Town, Ngulube is reported to have stabbed her lover Emmanuel Manda on Saturday night after the two has quaralled. According to […]
A mini bus driver, Clement Mkungazula and a three year old child are reported to have died after a minibus they were travelling in overturned in Zomba on Wednesday morning. Eastern Region Police Spokesperson Thomeck Nyaude has confirmed of the development saying eight others have been admitted of various degrees of injuries at the Zomba Central Hospital. The minibus, […]
A Malawian teacher suspected of attempting to sell an albino schoolgirl for US$10,000 arrested Tuesday, police said, as the country battles to stop albino killings fuelled by superstition. Primary school teacher Phillip Ngulube was with the girl when he was arrested in the northern city of Mzuzu and has been charged with abduction with intent […]
A standard seven boy at Mbuka Primary School in Area 36 in the city of Lilongwe is not attending classes since Thursday last week because he is being treated for wounds sustained after he was hacked by Gulewamkulu with a panga knife. Gulewamkuku – secret cult and a ritual dance performed by Chewa people – hacked […]
Two watchmen and a friend are in police custody at Balaka Police Station in eastern Malawi for allegedly stealing computers and other items at their work place. Head of Criminal Investigations Department for Balaka Police Station Assistant Superintendent Maxwell Divala says the suspects Lloyd Simango (33) and Jacob Foster (27) were working as watchmen at […]
Malawi Police have arrested and charged Frank John with murder offence relating to the senseless killing of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director of corporate services Issa Njauju. Police spokeswoman Rhoda Manjolo confirmed the arrest of the suspect and that he is on remand at Maula Prison. However, she could not disclose more information on the suspect […]
A wrangle over chieftaincy in Chipeni 2 Village, T/A M’bang’ombe in Lilongwe, Wednesday left 37-year-old man dead and over five others severely injured, police have confirmed. The police have identified the deceased as Katani Likisoni of the said village and T/A in Lilongwe. According to Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) Police spokesperson, Sapulain Chitonde Lee, the […]
The Nkhotakota woman who was recently reported in the media to have dumped a new-born baby in a pit latrine was on Thursday convicted and sentenced to a fine of MK50,000 or an 18-month jail term in default. The woman, Naomi Kazukuku, 30, secretly gave birth to a baby girl on September 4, 2015 which […]
Beleaguered former Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) Commissioner for Exports, Shadrec Namalomba, is set to go back to MRA where he will be Deputy Commissioner General, Nyasa Times can reveal. Namalomba was sacked by the MRA board for aiding controversial politician and DPP heavyweight Noel Masangwi smuggle banned round wood to China worth millions of kwachas. […]
Malawian President Peter Mutharika Sunday returned home from China where he among other things attended the World Economic Forum (WEF) and discussed development projects with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang. Speaking on arrival at Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe, President Mutharika described the visit as an immense success. He said Malawi would continue to benefit […]
Malawi government, with support from European Union (EU) and other development partners, is set to launch a special unit that will be responsible for confiscating wealth proven to have originated from proceeds of crime, primarily Cashgate, it has been reported. The EU will also provide technical support to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in […]
Apostle John Chi, fallen Wiseman (disciple) of Prophet T.B. Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) of Nigeria, is scheduled to hold a Christian crusade at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre from 7th to 8th October. The former Wiseman who was well known to viewers on the SCOAN’s Emmanuel TV as he, along with […]
As part of the objective of the Pubic Service Reforms, Malawi government has made structural changes to bring sanity to the system and streamline positions to reduce the number of principal secretaries (PSs) from the previous 96 to at least 40. Chief Secretary to the Government, George Mkondiwa, has informed PSs that that the Peter […]
Just two months after roping in Sports Writers Association of Malawi President Peter Kanjere, the Times Group has lost the services of their Sports sub editor Joy Ndovi. Ironically pointers show that Ndovi is crossing the floor to the Nation Publications Limited (NPL), where Kanjere came from. Kanjere was a News analyst at NPL before […]
Cashgate convict, Caroline Savala has spoken nothing relating to evidence brought by prosecution that she was aware that she was “cashgating” immediately after her company certificate was borrowed by Leonard Kalonga and decided to remain mute in almost all the question State Prosecutor Kamudoni Nyasulu posed to her. The case was back in court Friday where prosecution […]
Fire on Friday gutted the the residence of the Catholic nuns, Daughters of Wisdom Sisters at Lunzu in Blantyre, no injuries were reported. The fire gutted one of the blocks of the Convent near Mlambe Hospital, Chileka Police Station Officer Jacqueline Kunje confirmed the development , but the cause of the fire has not been […]
James Phiri, 38, of Mzuzu has filed an intention to sue the Attorney General over an arm injury he has incurred following a stray bullet from a Malawi Police Service (MPS) officer Wednesday afternoon. Phiri, who looked in indescribable pain during an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times, said he was “afraid the same thing is going to happen […]