Legal experts attending a public debate on the relevance of Vagrancy Laws in Malawi have called on the Law Commission to review the law as it targets the poor. The debate, which took place at Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe on Friday, pooled together high court judges, lawyers, the police and activists to discuss the Vagrancy Law, […]
Senior lecturer in the department of chemistry at Mzuzu University (Mzuni) John Kamanula has expressed optimism that optimizing traditional medicine such as a herbal aphrodisiac ‘Gondolosi’ (mondia whitei) and others would be a plus in boosting Malawi’s ailing economy. Kamanula said Friday at Mzuni during a public lecturer presentation, Optimization of Indigenous Knowledge: ‘A Case Study […]
Malawi Law Society (MLS) has urged its members to uphold the ethics of the law profession in order to remain relevant to the society. MLS president John Suzi Banda, made the call on Friday May 29, 2015 during the sensitisation conference in the capital Lilongwe which MLS organized for legal practitioners aimed at highlighting emerging […]
Neno District Hospital in partnership with Partners In Health (PIH), has engaged extra gear in their efforts to make sure that people suffering from life-threatening illness are well supported and their death is dignified, through palliative care. The Palliative Care Clinic, a subsidiary at the district’s hospital, held a palliative care awareness campaign on Friday […]
Malawi is experiencing the dwindling of legal standards; this has been observed by Professor Garton Kamchedzera in the department of legal studies at Chancellor College, the constituent college of University of Malawi. Kamchedzera said the dwindling of legal standards in country that is marred with greed and materialism. He said legal practitioners are more interested […]
Civil Servants have issued a strike warning if government overlooks the need to increase salaries substantially to match the cost of living in the country. Civil Servants Trade Union (CSTU) President Servace Sakala, said civil servants will start withdrawing labour, arguing that they have been waiting for an increment for a long time to match […]
Popular street-performer, Joe Gwaladi has denied the charge of defilement after appearing before the Phalombe First Grade Magistrates court on Thursday. Gwaladi was arrested on Wednesday for alleged sexually abusing a 14 year-old girl. But the singer said after the offence was read out to him that he knew nothing about the charge. He then applied for bail […]
Two police officers, constable Moses Chikopa and detective Henry Mwanza, have been arrested in Malawi’s central region district of Mchinji for allegedly stealing about MK1.2million from a Zambian trader Mrs. Grace Nyirongo last Friday. The cops allegedly solicited the money to save her from being arrested for illegal possession of rhino horns. Mchinji police station public relations […]
A High Court judge in South Africa is to rule on whether the Home Affairs Minister was wrong to allow the extradition of Malawian Misozi Charles Chanthunya, accused of murdering a pregnant Zimbabwean girlfriend. Chanthunya faces a murder charge which is punishable by death in Malawi. He has been fighting against his repatriation from South Africa in […]
Malawi Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda has issued a stern warning on any attempts of ‘judge shopping’, saying it compromises the integrity of the Judiciary and there is need to devise ways of curbing it. Last week in parliament, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson on legal affairs and Lilongwe South West MP, Peter Chakwantha, advised the […]
Popular street-performer, Joe Gwaladi has been arrested for an alleged sexual assual on a 14-year-old girl in Phalombe district, police have confirmed. Phalombe police Public Relations Officer, Augustus Nkhwazi confirmed that they were keeping in custody the Ndikanaziwa and Tumbocid hits maker. ”He was arrested yesterday [Wednesday]. Meanwhile he is still in custody. He is […]
An appeal by Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) against interdicted Blantyre principal resident magistrate Mzondi Mvula, who was acquitted by the High Court in May last year on corruption charges, has been dismissed by the Supreme Court of Malawi. ACB had filed an appeal against last year’s High Court judgement that acquitted Mvula and two others […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati, has described as shocking and uncalled for the death of 34-year-old Lilongwe woman, Christina Rodwell, who was allegedly killed by her husband for delaying to open door for him. Rodwell died at the hands of her husband, Rodwell Mtifunsire, at Matawale Village, Traditional Authority Mtema […]
Lawyers in Malawi have been shamed with allegations of embezzlement of clients’ funds and overcharging which Malawi Law Society (MLS) says it is in the process of reviewing complaints lodged. MLS president John Suzi-Banda said told reporters in Mzuzu on Tuesday that they are investigating 400 cases that date back to 2008 where lawyers are […]
Police at Chingeni Road Block in eastern district of Balaka have arrested two people a for allegedly robbing their boss who resides in Blantyre assorted items worth about K3 million. The suspects Elijah Wyson (23) and Yusufu Issah (23) who were working for the victim as a watchman and gardener respectively were arrested at the […]
After Ben Phiri, President Peter Mutharika’s longest serving aide and right-hand man, announced through the media his resignation Tuesday, President Peter Mutharika has issued a rebuttal firmly insisting his ‘Special Aide’ remains at State House. Mutharika speaking through a presidential press secretary Gerald Viola said Phiri remains a special aide . Phiri told local media including […]
Truly, a prophet is of no honour in his country of origin, but wherever the wind takes them to, they get established and attract gatherings that speak thousand words of victory in their quests as servants of God. This is the case of Prophet Shepherd Bushiri who is emerging as a name of hope in […]
Malawi men do not leave their mobile gadgets to be accessed by their wives , apparently for fear of snooping, this was observed in a recent court ruling made by Judge Micheal Mtambo. “My own view is that cellphones are personal to holder and are not given to spouses for the obvious reason that the […]