Malawi President Peter Mutharika has expressed grief after 15 people died in two separate road accidents in Blantyre on Saturday while more than 15 others were seriously injuries. The first accident occurred at around 15:30 p.m. when a minibus traveling from the border district of Mulanje to Limbe in Blantyre had a burst tyre and […]
Eight people have died while six others have sustained serious injuries in a fatal road accident involving a minibus which happened at Domasi area which is a few meters away from Kamuzu Bridge in Chikwawa, Officer in-charge for Chikwawa Police Station Davie Chingwalu confirmed and said the accident happened at around six o’clock in the evening. This reporter witnessed […]
One person has been confirmed dead while four others have sustained injuries after a minibus they were traveling in on their way to Nsanje from Blantyre overturned on Khulubvi Highway Monday morning. The deceased has been identified as Memory Msonthi, Procurement Officer for Care Malawi whose baby sustained minor cuts according to preliminary medical investigations. […]
Lilongwe City Centre commuters had a rude awakening Wednesday morning when they were greeted by a sight of a ‘parked’ Toyota Corolla on the Capital Hotel roundabout on the Presidential drive. Police who were on sight and other onlookers had no idea what happened as to who the owner of the vehicle was. Photojournalist Naomie […]
Five people have died this morning and others sustained various injuries after the vehicle they were traveling in landed on an electric pole at Salima Turn-off in Ntcheu district, police have confirmed. A Chitipa District Agriculture Office’s vehicle, Toyota land cruiser registration number MG 5559 and was driven by Sekani Ngulube Gama 32,who hailed from […]
Two unknown people, a girl believed to be between 11 and 13 years old and a man aged between 50 and 55 years old have died this afternoon while seven others sustained minor injuries after the vehicle they were travelling in overturned at Kanyimbo village along Dedza- Ntcheu M1road. Police have confirmed the incident and […]
A truck belonging to Lake Oil Transportation Limited which was carrying diesel fuel Wednesday plunged into Jalawe Bridge in Rumphi along the M1 Road, seriously injuring the driver in the process. The front of the tanker was also extensively damaged. Rumphi Police Spokesperson, Victor Khamisi, who was part of the team that visited the scene […]
One female passenger has died and seven others escaped with injuries when an ox-cat they were traveling in was hit by a Scania Lorry last night at Chinsonthe village along Salima- Balaka M5 road. The lorry registration number BLK 3212 was driven by Jackson Chidima 40, and it was heading to Balaka from Salima direction, […]
A speeding vehicle allerged to have been driven by an intoxicated driver on Tuesday 17th July 2017 killed one Police Officer and injured two others at Dowa Turn-Off Road Block. Dowa Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Richard Kaponda confirmed the sad development to Nyasa Times. According to Kaponda, the driver identified as Clement Wyton was driving a Mecedes Benz […]
Parliament on Thursday afternoon virtually turned into a shrine as Christian and Muslim MPs from both sides of the House prayed for an accident free nation. This come amid growing incidents of accidents that has so far claimed 900 lives between January and June. The latest being in Lilongwe on Thursday near Bingu Stadium where […]
Founder and overseer of the Soul Savers Church, Pastor Steve Wingolo, says increased occurrence of road accidents in Malawi need special prayers describing it as Satanism attacks. According to Wingolo there is need for Christians to hold hands in prayer and rebuke the work of the devil. “As Christians we need to come together in prayer and rebuke this evil […]
Malawi Police in Mzimba have charged a driver with reckless driving causing death after he killed a pedestrian on Saturday. This comes amid concerns of rising deaths on the roads of Malawi. Mzimba police spokesperson Peter Botha said Fletcher Mwafulirwa will appear in court this week for plea after he allegedly killed Phaniso Hunga in […]
Many Malawians debated at length following the ugly protests by minibus drivers and conductors in defiance to new regulations and their stiff fines if not followed. Commenting on Facebook, Mankhokwe Namusanya said the extreme punitive measures cannot protect people from accidents and the harsh fines and sentences are not deterrent factors to minibus drivers and […]
Forty-eight candidates from Edingeni Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) in Mzimba failed to sit Friday’s Malawi Schools Certificate of Education (MSCE) examination papers after they involved in a road accident on their way to the examination centre. Eleven candidates have since been admitted to a hospital after sustaining injuries. While the Police were yet to […]
A driver and bodyguard to Minister of Civic Education, Culture and Community Cecilia Chazama died in a road fatality in Blantyre on Monday. The two died when the Land Rover registration BK8251 which they were travelling with from Blantyre swerved at Kaphikamtama village along the M1 road going towards Zalewa Roadblock in Neno. According to […]
As Malawi continue to experience rising occurrence of road accidents, on Monday a Chinjoka Bus Servicen landed in the valley of Bua River in central region district of Nkhotakota as the driver was avoidning a head on collisison with an oncoming track on a single lane bridge. Ministry of Information and Communications Technology Nicholas Dausi […]
The Mangochi First Grade Magistrate Court has slapped Rukundu Amiabo, 25, with a K1.2 million fine or in default spend eight years Imprisonment with Hard Labour (IHL) for driving recklessly contrary to section 126(1)4(b) of the Road Traffic Act. According to the Deputy Public Relations Officer (DPRO) for Mangochi Police Station, Amina Tepani Daudi, on […]
Members of Parliament (MPs) want tough laws to give motorists a greater incentive to drive carefully and government to investigate the rising road carnage. The causes include speeding; drinking and driving; poor signs; tired truck drivers; poorly trained drivers of public minibuses, a lack of public awareness, resulting in pedestrians darting across highways; people crossing […]