Malawi Police has arrested John Yasini in Mchinji after he battered his 18 year old wife whom he suspected of cheating and inflicted her with grieveous bodly harm and she is battling for her life at the district hospital. The woman Linda Phulani was severely beaten by Yasini with chains and steel rods sustaining deep […]
A grouping of former Africa Heads of State says the current pace of Africa’s response to HIV is “too slow” to keep the fast-expanding young population healthy and productive. They have called for rapid expansion and acceleration of the AIDS response. The grouping, ‘Champions for an AIDS-Free Generation’ comprises Joyce Banda the former President of […]
Malawi Law Society (MLS) Mzuzu Chapter have given the Chief Justice 21 days to post two more Judges for the High Court in Mzuzu saying the presence of one Judge – Dingiswayo Madise- at the Mzuzu Registry is a disservice to people seeking justice. MLSMzuzu Chapter President Victor Gondwe said the Chapter will chart the […]
The Balaka Second Grade Magistrate Court has sentenced a 35-year-old man to 10-years imprisonment with hard labour for robbery. Police Prosecutor Constable Christopher Nyirongo told the court that the suspect Barnet Matabwa together with his friends Samson Sitima, on the night of 3rdFebruary, 2015 broke into the shop of Mr. Charles Belekiya at Utale ll […]
All is set for protests organised by Malawi human rights campaigners on Tuesday at South Africa embassy in Lilongwe over the targeting of immigrants in a wave of xenophobic violence. Organiser said they will be presenting a petition to the South African diplomat and businesses from South Africa could face closure. Billy Mayaya told Nyasa […]
Civil society organisations (CSO) have declared that they will not be intimidated by government through Solicitor General Janet Banda that they reported human rights abuses to the United Nations (UN) to please donors. A letter from the UN rapporteur on human rights angered Solicitor General after it contained information that police and government officials harassed […]
Malawi government has confirmed the death of two Malawi citizens in the xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa. Minister if Information, Tourism and Culture, Kondwani Nankhumwa told a news conference on Monday in Lilongwe that the bodies of two were repatriated for burial in the country. Nankhumwa identified one of the deceased as […]
Area 23 residents in the city of Lilongwe, Monday morning, woke up to a shocking experience when they found an unidentified dead man laying in one of the streets in the location. Kawale Police, under which Area 23 falls, refused to comment on the incident referring the reporter to Lilongwe Police publicist, Kingsley Dandaula. When […]
Over 15 Malawi companies submitted their project proposals for possible funding to African Christian Coalition for Israel (AFRICCI) Ltd, President for AFRICCI Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has confirmed. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times after the event which was hosted at Golden Peacock Hotel in Lilongwe last week, Bushiri said he was impressed with […]
Well known Nigerian prophet, TB Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), said Sunday that the assault of foreigners currently happening in South Africa will end soon and “I don’t see it happening again.” In his weekly Sunday service monitored on the church’s Emmanuel TV, TB Joshua said the problem being faced by […]
Malawi Prison Services (MPS) Officer Senior Superintendent Evans Chisi has revealed what happened for him to reach the extent of gunning down his two sons Laswell and Stanford over a week ago. Chisi, who confessed that he did the shooting unintentionally, said on the day of the incident, he was coming from work and upon […]
A social justice and advocacy arm of the Catholic Church in Malawi, the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) has appealed to Malawi citizens in South Africa to come back home following a spate of xenophobic attacks against African migrants, saying they are encountering “rejection and prejudice.” CCJP national secretary said in a statement released on […]
First Lady Gertrude Mutharika has called upon global leaders and decision makers to take a leading role in making sure that they promote the provision of safe and portable water and sanitation services to people in their respective countries. Madame Mutharika spoke at the Washington National Mall when she addressed participants to the 2015 Global […]
Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe hopes to domestically bankroll his current budget and the incoming one costing K900 billion are going up in smoke as government’s major cash generator, the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) continues to show signs of fatigue and non-performance. MRA has for a fourth month running failed to meet Ministry of Finance’s target […]
The Lilongwe Magistrates Court has convicted Silvia Ng’ombe of Trinity Auto Parts for failing to issue and retain a fiscal receipt after selling goods worth K63,000. the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) Deputy Director Corporate Affairs, Steven Kapoloma, said Ng’ombe was arrested on February 12, 2015 during a compliance monitoring exercise conducted by the tax collecting […]
The custom in Malawi of sending girls to sexual initiation camps is just as harmful as child marriage and must end if the nation is serious about protecting girls’ rights, a teenager who escaped being a child bride said. Memory Banda, 18, said the tradition of early sexual initiation, seen as a way of preparing […]
Two independent medical doctors had concluded that businessperson and Cashgate suspect Oswald Lutepo is fit and well to stand trial and observed in their assessment that he has been faking his mental illness to escape prosecution. In the assessment submitted to High court in Zomba, College of Medicine (CoM) psychiatrist Felix Kauye and Jennifer Ahrens […]
Fiscal police in Blantyre on Thursday summoned for questioning a Pakistan businessperson Karamat Choudhry of Shayana Supermarket in connection to the mysterious man that deposited K2 million into the bank account of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general Lucas Kondowe. Choudhry has been names a prime suspect after analysis of the mobile call log and second […]