Malawi Police in Phalombe district on Friday arrested a 48 year-old man for allegedly beating his wife to death. According to police, the man, identified as Ganizani Salondwa beat his wife Esther Salimu 26, to death with a wooden brick mould (Chikombole) on suspicion that she was cheating on him. Pholombe police publicist, Augustus Nkhwazi […]
Four people have been arrested in Blantyre after being found in possession of surgical medical drugs and cannabis. Police arrested Flora Salijeni 26, and Christopher Mikayele 20, who were in possession of 37 cartons of surgical medical drugs. Blantyre police publicist, Elizabeth Divala said the two have been charged with bringing in property dishonestly from […]
A 24 year-old man pleaded guilty on Thursday to the charge of selling body tissues. Charles Nyasulu was arrested when he tried to sell a woman’s uterus at K30,000 to a traditional doctor in Mbayani Township in Blantyre on Wednesday. Nyasulu admitted to the charge of selling body tissues contrary to Section 16 (a) of Anatomy Act […]
The United Nations Special Representative to the Secretary General on Violence against Children (VAC) Ms. Marta Santos Pais has asked Malawi to prioritize all forms of violence against children should be a priority for all in Malawi to combat negative consequences which violence has on children’s wellbeing and social progress. Santos Pais said this on […]
Blantyre Magistrates Court has jailed a 27 year-old man who earlier this month defiled two girls at once. Issah Rajabu defiled two girls aged 12 and 8 on 19 march, 2015 in Chilobwe Township. He was on Monday convicted after he pleaded guilty to two counts of defilement under Section 138 (1) of the Penal Code. Magistrate […]
A member of staff at Neno District Hospital, Kondwani Namagonya, has by a hair’s breadth escaped a six year jail term after he was found guilty of assaulting a fellow member of staff. Instead of the jail term, Namagonya paid a K50 000 fine. According to court details, Namagonya beat up a junior staffer – […]
Reuters news agency has corrected a news item that had erroneously reported that the Global Fund had cancelled US$574 million of grants to Malawi. In an update, Reuters reported that Global Funda has redirected the funding away from Malawi’s National Aids Council (NAC) after allegations of financial mismanagement, including the purchase of vehicles that were […]
Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested former Accountant General David Kandoje, one of the key officers in the ongoing Capital Hill cashgate investigation. ACB confirmed the arrest of Kandoje. “We have arrested Mr Kandoje on cashgate related issues. We are interested to question him,” ACB spokesperson Egritta Ndala told Nyasa Times on Thursday. She said […]
Tanzanian on Wednesday donated 1,200 metric tons of maize and 66 tons of medicine to the government of Malawi to assist thousands of people who were affected by floods in the country. Speaking to Nyasa Times after presenting the donation at Songwe boarder in Karonga the northern part of Malawi, the Tanzanian High commissioner Patrick […]
The Ministry of Local Government has confirmed the suspension of Blantyre City Council (BCC) Chief Executive Officer, Ted Nandolo, for allegedly implementing salary increments without following required procedures. Nandolo reportedly affected the salary increment for workers without government approval. According to city bylaws, once councils make decisions on issues like salary increment, it is supposed […]
The rising wave of abductions and killings of albinos in the country, more especially in the Southern Region Districts of Machinga, Balaka and Mangochi have compelled Machinga East Member of Parliament, Esther Jailosi Jolobala to ask the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) to intervene. The three districts are under CCJP’s Mangochi Diocese; where […]
There is no case for alarm. This is an assurance coming from Deputy Registrar of the High Court Justus Kishindo who has said the Judiciary has all information and records records on the shooting of Malawi’s former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo and money laundering (cashgate) intact despite a court clerk claiming she […]
Paramount Chief Kyungu, the most senior traditional leader in the districts of Karonga and Chitipa, has blamed the abysmal standards of services being offered at the Karonga District Hospital on abuse of hospital resources at the institution by staff. Kyungu first unleashed the venom last Friday before Pres Peter Mutharika at Ngara in the district where he […]
Head of State Peter Mutharika is being accused of lying in his presidential declaration of assets, overestimating the value of his house which is located in Missouri in the United States of America. A house Mutharika said he bought at the price US$750 000 in 1982 – according to his assets declaration made public mid this […]
A man who earlier this month defiled two girls at once has been convicted by Blantyre Magistrates Court. Issah Rajabu 27, defiled two girls aged 12 and 8 on 19 march,2015 in Chilobwe Township. He has since pleaded guilty to the charge of Defilement under Section 138 (1) of the Penal Code. Rajabu, according to […]
Case records on the shooting of Malawi’s former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo and money laundering (cashgate) has gone missing with a court clerk claiming she has been robbed of the recorders and other documents involving various cashgate cases. The court clerk claimed thieves have made away with two recorders that contain court […]
Passport applicants in Blantyre are being forced to pay for free application forms as the Immigration Department is unable to produce the forms. The visit to the Immigration Department’s offices in Blantyre by Nyasa Times reporter noted that for almost two months now applicants are being turned back due to lack of application forms. The […]
A businessman of Lebanese origin, Jalal Jawad, plying plastic manufacturing trade in Malawi’s commercial capital Blantyre Monday night had his car – a VVTI Corolla registration number MJ 6648 – robbed by unidentified armed robbers and has since called on Malawians to help him trace it. Jawad, of ATC Industry Limited in Limbe, told Nyasa Times that his misfortune […]