Malawi is edging closer to a major booze crackdown after the government gave the green light to draft plans to shake up the National Alcohol Policy and overhaul the outdated Liquor Act. The move signals a fresh push to curb harmful drinking and protect public health across the country. The Ministry of Health led the […]
A pub owner who took a beer challenge contest has died due to excessive beer drinking during the alcohol drinking competition in Kasungu. Police say the 28-year-old man has died after drinking 10 bottles of beer during the liquor drinking crazy competition. The Police have named the deceased as Brave Banda, from Kamphungu village in […]
Liquor brewers in the country have resorted to retailing despite Malawi government’s directive that they are not supposed to engage in the same, Nyasa Times has learnt. The development has created fierce battles between brewers and vendors with the latter blaming the former for interfering in their businesses. According to vendors, manufacturers are not supposed […]
A third year student at Livingstonia University in Rumphi has died after drinking beer excessively on an empty stomach, Malaiw Police have confirmed. While confirming the development to Nyasa Times, Rumphi Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Tupeliwe Kabwilo identified the deceased as Emmanuel Phiri from Nkhoma Village in Lilongwe district . “He was a third […]
Mzuzu First Grade Magistrate Court Monday ordered the State to bring witnesses in a case involving an Indian National who is answering three charges related to illegal sale of liquor or else it will acquit the suspect. The court previously set Monday as a day to start hearing of the case against Kammela Nagadhushanam but […]
The Malawi Alcohol Policy Alliance (MAPA) says government and various institutions must collaborate with the alliance in an aggressive effort towards the successful implementation of the National Alcohol Policy (NAP). The consultative development of NAP began in 2007 by Drug Fight Malawi (DFM) which is the hub of MAPA, a consortium of local organizations advocating […]
Tiyese Landirani (not her real name), a Blantyre resident living in Chirimba Township is a worried mother. Her 23-year-old son started taking liquor at the age of 15 when he was in Form 2. “I did not expect it until the time when my son started smelling of alcohol each time he came back home […]
Senior Chief Kachindamoto of Dedza has called for a ban of of local brewed Midori beer to protect children and teenagers. She said alcohol has become the leading cause of deaths among young men, saying Midori is “dangerous” drink. “I am very sad to see my young people who are drinking this beer called Midori which […]
A national policy to regulate the production, distribution, sale, advertisement and consumption of alcohol has been launched in Lilongwe, Malawi’s capital on Friday. Minister of Health Atupele Muluzi launched the National Alcohol Policy which among other things will help to check alcohol abuse. Speaking during the function which took place at Kantchito Primary School Ground, […]
Ministry of Health in conjunction with Malawi Alcohol Policy Alliance will on August 18, 2017, launch the Malawi National Alcohol Policy which will among other things help check alcohol abuse. According to a press statement released issued on Monday, the launch of the policy will be held at Kantchito Primary School Ground, in the area […]
A 28-year-old man Juma Chumachiyenda has been convicted and fined K25, 000 by Nkhunga Third Grade Magistrate Court in Dwangwa for selling liquor without permit. Chumachiyenda was slapped with the fine in default to serve six months jail term after pleading guilty to the charge of Illegal Sale of Liquor under section 72(1)(a) of the […]
Unidentified man dropped dead recently at Msungwi Market in Area 25 in Lilongwe after he had reportedly taken too much hard spirits without eating any tangible food, witnesses said. The man started drinking on Monday and he spent the whole night drinking till Tuesday morning when he tried to stagger home but fell near Smoker’s […]
Ten women were arrested on Saturday in Dowa for illegally distilling and selling a local liquor spirit, kachaso. The suspects, aged between 30 and 49, were picked in a sweeping exercise conducted around Dowa Boma. Dowa Police Station spokesperson Richard Kaponda said they embarked on the exercise after they were tipped off about the suspects. […]
Malawi Girl Guide Association (MAGGA) has retaliated that there is a need for cordial working relationship between government and other stakeholders who are in the battle field fighting against drug and alcohol abuse. MAGGA national coordinator, Mphatso Baluwa, made the remarks at Bridge View Hotel in Lilongwe on Wednesday during the annual stakeholders meeting on […]
Despite the ban of packets of liquor sachets of alcohol there is still a proliferation of teenagers still struggling to finish their secondary school, says Malawi Alcohol Policy alliance (MAPA). MAPA, which lobbies for “the adoption of a national alcohol policy and formulation of by-laws”, said in Lilongwe that their organization will leave no stone […]
A 38-year-old man was on Wednesday found hanging from a tree in a woodlot at Chitekwere Trading Centre in Lilongwe after he disagreed with his wife who advised him to change his drinking habits. Lilongwe Police Station Public Relations Officer (PRO) Inspector Kingsley Dandaula said the deceased man’s wife was advising him against his drinking […]
A 75 year old woman has died in talaka after taking too much locally brewed Malawian beer commonly known as Kachasu without eating any food. Balaka Police Deputy Publicist Gerald Sumaili identified the deceased as Malita Joseph and hails from Mkweya Village in the Area of Traditional Authority Chanthunya in the same district of Balaka. […]
Alcohol and drug abuse is fueling violence related murders with the death toll rising in Thyolo. Statistics are yet to be compiled and put public by the Police but more arrests are being made in relation to the charges that are raising further alarms. The violent murders are occurring in youths aged between 20 and […]