Malawi police headquarters has demoted Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) officers working under the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for engaging in human trafficking deals, Nyasa Times has established. Impeccable sources at police’s Area 30 say the officers have since been reverted to general duties. “They let three Bangladesh nationals enter the country without their passports being stamped by […]
A Malawi Police Officer stationed in the central region at the Kabwazi Police Unit in Dedza, George Kambuwa Saidi who shot himself dead during the morning hours of Saturday April 11 2015, did not leave any suicide not. National Police spokesperson Rhoda Manjolo said the motive behind the suicide of Constable Saidi, who is from […]
A father of 11 children in Luwinga Township in northern Malawi who was working a security guard is under police custody after he allegedly abandoned the children to stay with a new wife in another location within the Mzuzu city. Mzuzu Police deputy public relations officer Patrick Saulosi disclosed that Feston Simbeye was arrested Friday for allegedly […]
Deputy senior station officer in charge of Chichiri Prison senior superintendent Evance Kataira Chisi has been charged with the murder for shooting his two sons Stafford Chisi aged 23 and Russell Chisi aged 29 on Friday. Southern Region Police Spokesperson Nicholas Gondwa said Police has launched an investigation but they have pressed murder charge. “Chisi […]
A hearing impaired couple on Saturday tied knots amid cheers from both families during a colorful wedding ceremony at Lilongwe’s Mtima Moyera Catholic Parish. Middle aged Misozi Mwambo and his wife Lydia attracted applause from both family and church members as they smooched to signify their unity. Neither the bride nor the bridegroom could hear […]
No excused for not using condoms on the basis that they reduce sexual pleasure, now have all the reason to smile as the Manyuchi condoms by a local reproductive health firm Banja La Mtsogolo (BLM) have been rebranded to a Tseketseke for Life [Taste of Life]. About 10 years ago BLM launched Manyuchi condoms and soon […]
An inquisitive wife in Blantyre on Wednesday conducted a finger index examination on a teenager daughter to prove her curiosity that her husband had quenched his lust on their daughter when the wife was away. The woman, Mary Chilakolako, had briefly gone out of the house and upon return got surprised to discover strange wet marks and […]
As Malawi government postponed its plan to torch ivory stockpile worth $7.5 million but a large shipment of illegal ivory was smuggled out of the country only to be seized by Australian Customs officials while en-route to Malaysia. More than 110kg of ivory, valued at more than 385 000 US dollars and believed to have […]
The High Court in Zomba has dismissed an application by Telkom Networks Malawi (TNM) for a judicial review on matters surrounding the implementation of the Consolidated ICT Regulatory Management System(CIRMS ) project – also known as the spy machine. Though the Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA), won all cases both at High court and Supreme […]
Prophet Trevor Kautsire has lamented that prophets of God are breaking prophetic ethics on privacy and delivery but said he is not targeting at any particular Man of God. “We have left people either offended or annoyed while the immature Christians are amused by the information recklessly being dished out. I believe it is time […]
Defence counsel in the shooting of former budget director in the Ministry of Finance Paul Mphwiyo on Friday took turns to poke holes in a call log testimony of three Airtel Malawi officials . The three Airtel Officials, Revenue insurance and fraud management section employee Khumbo Mfune, Senior Radio and Transmission Manager Loyd Gowela and Blandina Noniwa […]
Malawi Police in Blantyre are keeping in custody deputy senior station officer in charge of Chichiri Prison senior superintendent Evance Kataira Chisi for shooting his two sons Stafford Chisi aged 23 and Russell Chisi aged 29 in the early hours of Friday at his home in Blantyre’s low-density Sunny Side suburb after a family quarrel. […]
Mobile telecommunications operator Airtel Malawi gave testimony in the shooting of former budget director in the Ministry of Finance Paul Mphwiyo on call logs which showed that shooting suspect McDonald Kumwembe was within Malawi before and after Mphwiyo’s shooting on September 13 2013 contrary to his passport details. Furthermore, the testimony from an Airtel Malawi […]
As the Paul Mphwiyo shooting trial continued on Thursday, defence lawyer Ralph Kasambara blasted the state prosecutors for what he has described as the continued flip-flopping in court. Former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara is charged with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder alongside Macdonald Kumwembe who Mphwiyo identified as the […]
Lead investigator in the ongoing Paul Mphwiyo’s murder case, Kankwala Chilinda has revealed that there is currently no evidence linking Oswald Lutepo to the attempted murder of former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo. Lutepo is yet to enter his plea but the rest – including former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph […]
Civil society organisations (CSOs) met the UN rights committee in Geneva, Switzerland on Wednesday during the pre-session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and reported on the human rights situation in Malawi, mainly focusing on the discrimination of sexual minorities. Centre for the Development of People (Cedep) executive director Gift Trapence pleaded with the committee to impress on the […]
Sate witness Charles Chalunda has clarified in court that the person he had been conspiring with to kill former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo was Pika Manondo and not businessperson-cum-politician Osward Lutepo. This was after Chalunda had been persuaded to testify by defence lawyer John-Gift Mwakhwawa and Enock Chibwana from the prosecution team […]
Malawi Blood Transfusion Service (MBTS) has sounded a panic button, saying blood shortage has reached alarming levels in hospitals because only a few people come to the centers to donate blood. MBTS Lilongwe Center disclosed that they are collecting only around thirty units a day from a required amount of around 1000 units a day. […]