A mausoleum for Malawi’s most celebrated music icon, Soldier Lucius Banda will be officially unveiled this Saturday, 22 August, in his home town Balaka at Sosola village. The Lucius Banda Mausoleum has been built by his family and close friends as a way to celebrate his legacy. Mrs. Sunganani Banda, Lucius Banda’s widow, said: “I […]
Malawi Police in Balaka have arrested at least 40 people following a wave of violence, looting and property theft that erupted at Mponda earlier this week, as fury over alleged human trafficking spilled onto the streets. Balaka Police Spokesperson Gladson M’bumpha revealed that 31 men and nine women have since been rounded up and slapped […]
Chaos erupted in Balaka after an enraged mob torched and destroyed property worth millions, targeting a local businessman they accused of detaining a woman against her will. Witnesses say the crowd descended on the trading premises with fury, smashing structures and setting vehicles ablaze as rumours spread that the missing woman had been found inside […]
A couple in Balaka is facing murder charges for failing to look after their sick daughter. Police in the district have charged Alick Joseph and his wife, Eliza Wilson with man slaughter for failing to supply food and other basic necessities to their two-year-old biological daughter. According to police reports, the child was suffering from […]
Balaka district chief agriculture, extension and natural resources officer Denis Zingeni has bemoaned the prolonged dry spells the district has experienced. Zingeni said during a District Civil Protection Committee meeting that 7 467 hectares (ha) of maize crop, three ha of cow peas and four ha of groundnuts have been affected. He said: “This year we […]
Residents of Khwisa Trading Centre in Balaka foiled an attempted theft of an Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) Limited transformer in the district last week. Malawi Police Service in Balaka have since arrested two suspects and seized a motor vehicle they were reportedly driving in Escom public relations manager Innocent Chitosi confirmed the incident, […]
Vendors in Balaka have been seriously criticized for not participating in the clean-up campaign exercise in which members of the public are supposed to sweep and clean all surroundings as a way of sustaining the environment. President Lazarus Chakwera on November 10, 2020, launched the national clean up campaign in Lilongwe and it was staged […]
Njira documentary on integrated watershed management projects has inspired catchment management committees in five micro-catchment areas of the Enhanced Public Works Programme (EPWP) in Phalombe. After watching the documentary, which portrays best practices from Balaka and Machinga districts on Friday, the committees pledged to produce successful outcomes in the projects. Sombani Micro-catchment leader Eunice Nasiyaya […]
All 146 patients have been evacuated after fire gutted part of the 200 capacity Balaka district hospital Friday morning. There was pandemonium at the hospital as some patients temporarily forgot their pain and jumped out of their beds to save their lives not from the disease they were suffering from but from the fire. The […]
Balaka District Commissioner (DC) Emmanuel Bambe has lamented escalating levels of poverty and destitution, which he said are negatively contributing to rising cases of school dropouts, early and child marriages in the district. Bambe made the remarks on Friday when he closed a four-day training targeting executives and members of Girls Empowerment Club at St. […]
Even with bags on their heads, people in Balaka went home shocked with Prophet Shephered Bushiri’s generosity of selling them maize at a ridiculously low price. Some even went home confessing that if it wasn’t for Bushiri’s cheap maize in their area, they could have languished with hunger. In random interviews with Nyasa Times, several […]
Balaka District Council on Friday organized and launched the first ever clean-up campaign within the districts central business area in a bid to advance hygiene and sanitation practices. District Commissioner (DC) for Balaka, Emmanuel Bambe said the exercise would be happening every month, saying issues of hygiene and sanitation were paramount as they concern the […]
District Commissioner (DC) for Balaka Emmanuel Bambe on Tuesday, hailed all teachers in the district for peacefully demonstrating and refraining from using school leaners in the process. He said it was worrisome that in some areas, school children were at the centre of the demonstrations, a situation which he said fuelled violence against innocent road […]
Balaka Second Grade Magistrate’s court has granted bail to two health surveillance assistants (HSAs) for allegedly stealing about 200 mosquito nets, property of Malawi Government. Chikumbutso Malinga, Medical Assistant at Kwitanda Health Centre said the two HSAs (working at the health centre), Rodney Kamaliza, 26, and Acklen Mdoka, 40 are suspected to have stolen the […]
A five-year-old boy died on Friday in Balaka after a wall of the house he was sleeping in fell on him. Confirming the incident on Saturday, Balaka Police publicist Felix Misomali identified the boy as Jeremiah Nantumbule of Bimbi Village in Traditional Authority Kalembo’s area in the district. Misomali explained that Nantumbule together with his […]
Malawi Police in the Eastern Region of Balaka have arrested Staford Koloviko aged 32 for gruesome murder when he is suspected to have chopped off the head of 39 year old Gomiwa Chathapo. According to Police, the incident happened during the wee hours of Monday, August 12 2019. Reports indicate that the two had a disagreement and were involved […]
Malawi Police in Balaka have arrested Maxwell Issa, 18 for allegedly abducting a 14-year-old girl (name withheld) within the district for a period of four months. Balaka Police Station Public Relations Officer (PRO), Felix Misomali said the mother of the girl reported that her daughter left home on April 3, 2019 in the evening for […]
Communities in Traditional Authority Chanthunya in Balaka have hailed Women’s Legal Resources Centre (Wolrec) for a business fair which has potential to connect them to markets. Speaking on Tuesday during a business fair at Kankao Trading Centre where farmers under Wolrec clusters showcased their produce, Alinafe Cluster chairperson Joseph Njolomole said fairs are essential tools […]