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 […]
Malawi Police in Mchinji, a central region district bordering with Zambia, have arrested 17 teenage boys who belong to several local criminal gangs such as ‘Boko Haram’ for beating and robbing pupils in primary schools in the district. The 17 boys (names withheld for legal reasons) with ages ranging from 14 to 16 were arrested […]
The Public Service Reforms which is being initiated by the Malawi government are being frustrated by the people who are in institutions like Plant and Vehicle Hire and Engineering Services (PVHES) formerly known as PVHO, who are deliberately ignoring management and finance control initiatives that are aimed at bringing sanity to the rundown organization, Nyasa […]
Groups of unruly boys have emerged in Malawi central district of Mchinji bordering with Zambia calling themselves Boko Haram, are beating and robbing pupils in primary schools in the district. Boko Haram in an infamous Nigeria’s militant Islamist group which has caused havoc in Africa’s most populous country through a wave of bombings, assassinations and abductions. […]
A mother of seven is in Police custody at Ulongwe Police Unit in Malawi’s eastern district of Balaka for allegedly concealing the birth of the child. Police says the suspect Daliya Alick aged 32, gave birth to a baby boy on Tuesday this week and then dumped the baby in a pit latrine. Balaka Police […]
Malawi outspoken minister for gender, children, disability and social welfare, Patricia Kaliati has expressed excitement with news that President Peter Mutharika has approved a law which lifts the age for marriage from 16 to 18. The Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations Bill was ratified by parliament on February 12 and President Mutharika has since has […]
Law enforcement agencies still suspect businessman Karamat Choudhry of Shayana Supermarket was behind the cash deposit of K2 million in ACB boss Lucas Kondowe’s First Merchant Bank (FMB) account but he remains at large. Police and ACB said on Thursday they are yet to arrest Choudhry. The deposit slip indicated the money came from a […]
Malawi Police and Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) have launched a major manhunt and named their prime suspect in the investigations of a cash deposit of K2 million in ACB boss Lucas Kondowe’s First Merchant Bank (FMB) account. The prime suspect is businessman Karamat Choudhry of Shayana Supermarket. Investigators said he has been suspected after analysing […]
The Malawi police Anti-Motor Vehicle Theft unit has recovered two vehicles that were stolen and sold in Mozambique and Police spokeswoman, Rhoda Manjolo said they managed to apprehend the suspect, Binton Ganizani who has since bee convicted and sentenced to 14 years imprisonment with hard labour. Ganizani and his accomplices are said to have robbed […]
Rasford Gogoda the bogus doctor who was arrested at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe has been jailed for seven years. Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate Paul Chiotcha slapped Gogoda with a seven-year jail term on two charges of impersonating medical professional and theft. He was also caught with a laptop and some medical equipment that […]
Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has said it has obtained a CCTV footage showing a man who made a cash deposit of K2 million deposited in the bureau’s boss Lucas Kondowe’s First Merchant Bank (FMB) account. The deposit slip indicated the money came from a Mr A. Majid. But a CCTV footage which Nyasa Times has […]
Malawians living in various parts of South Africa continue to be terrified after weeks of xenophobic violence in KwaZulu-Natal amd government have confirmed that. 3 Makawians have been seriously injured . Two weeks ago locals began attacking and looting properties owned by fellow Africans calling them “kwerekwere”, a derogatory word in South Africa for African […]
The Lilongwe Magistrate Court has ordered the State to return the money and assets belonging to Principal Accountant in government, Roosevelt Ndovi, who has been discharged from charges of money laundering and unlawful possession of foreign currency. Ndovi was arrested on September 30 2013 after being found with K3 million in the boot of a […]
Malawi Police in Karonga has confirmed that on Saturday they shot a Toyota Coaster registration KA 3599 carrying illegal immigrants and then arrested 61 Ethiopians on board. Police shot the vehicle’s left rear and front tyres to force the driver to stop. The Toyota Coaster is licensed to carry 24 passengers by overloaded with 61 […]
Malawi’s ambassador to Japan, Brigadier Reuben Ngwenya is said to be enjoying an ivory tower moment and has created a demi-god status and for himself. He is reigning supreme in a pseudo-kingdom where few have access. Insiders at the embassy reveal that he has thrown all caution to the wind and is disregarding all diplomatic […]
Programmes manager for Kalondolondo, Jephter Mwanza has rated Electricity Supply Commission of Malawi (ESCOM) and Water board poor in execution of their services and emphasizing there are a number of issues that needs to be sorted out. Speaking during water and electricity services assessment review meeting at Sun and Sand Holiday Resort in Mangochi, Mwanza […]