Muslims at Balaka Mosque had a rude awakening on Friday when their prayer session was disrupted and ended abruptly after police fired teargas near the prayer centre. The police were aimed at disbursing people who were returning from the District Commissioners Office after they peacefully demonstrated against Malawi Electoral Commission [MEC] Chairperson Jane Ansah whom […]
Balaka District Hospital is expected to benefit from the Saudi Arabian surgeons who have been in the country from Monday to assist patients in need of medical operations. A medical committee of Wamy Incorporation, with support from the Al ehsan and Al bir Trust, has embarked on the exercise to provide free operation services to […]
Four people have died in a fatal road accident that occurred at Chitale near Crown Feeds in Balaka, police in the district have confirmed. The accident occurred around 21:00hrs, involving two vehicles, a small saloon vehicle registration number DA 6566 driven by Davie Gontha, whose full particulars were not advised which collided with a Scania […]
Balaka District Hospital (DHO) has been failing to provide X-ray services to patients close to a year after the machine developed a fault, Nyasa Times can reveal. A number of patients who recently visited the facility confirmed to have been refereed and traveled a distance of over 30 kilometers to Machinga District Hospital to access […]
Irate people in Nkaya, Balaka last night smashed two police vehicles after the law enforcers went in the area to arrest suspected thieves who steal from trains. Nkaya police officer in charge Nicholas Gondwa confirmed there was pandemonium in the area after the police stormed the trading centre to arrest suspects blamed for the theft […]
Senior officials at Balaka district council are scratching their heads in disbelief after K8.6 million has disappeared from council coffers. Sources at the council say the money might seem insignificant but raises questions as to its capacity to handle huge sums of district projects. A source said the missing of the money has led to […]
Group Village Headman Mpilisi and his subjects expressed their frustrations to Balaka District Health officials for failing to facilitate the opening of Dziwe Health Centre fourteen years after its construction. Through National Initiative for Civic Education Trust (NICE), the villagers had summoned the officials together with the district council staff on Wednesday to demand answers on why […]
Malawi Police in Balaka have arrested a 26 – year – old woman identified as Florence Petulo for suspecting her to have concealed birth of a child. Balaka Police Public Relations Officer, Edith Kachotsa said Petulo a divorced mother of three, fell in love with a certain man and in June, last year she became […]
Some students at Bazale Full Primary School in Balaka district have accused two of their male teachers for allegedly showing them X-rated images and pornographic video clips while the other one is accused of fondling the school girls’ breasts during lessons. The Standard 8 female learners disclosed this during a talk with their female teachers […]
Malawi Police in Balaka are keeping in custody an 18 –year – old boy identified as Tinkhani Nyundo for allegedly stabbing to death his prospective father in-law Dennis Moses. Balaka Police Public Relations Officer, Edith Kachotsa said the suspect has been in a love relationship with the daughter to Dennis Moses despite the father’s disapproval […]
Balaka First Grade Magistrate’s Court has convicted and sentenced Mastone Mussa, 31, to five years imprisonment with hard labour after he was found guilty of human trafficking contrary to Section 14 of Trafficking Act. Police Public Relations Officer for Balaka Distruct, Edith Kachotsa, said law enforcers arrested the convict on February 9 2018 at Ngwangwa […]
The Balaka First Grade Magistrate Court has slapped 43 year old man Henry Mwale with a K100 000 fined after being found guilty of reckless driving resulting into the death of a 46 year old man identified by the Police as Esau Loundon. State Prosecutor Lawrence Tchalisoni told the court that the incident happened on […]
It was all fun, inspiration and games on Thursday January 24 2018 when elite league sponsors TNM Plc, in partnership with the newly crowned 2017 champions Be Forward Wanderers donated materials worth MK2 million materials to Mwanje Primary School in Balaka. Aside from the donation, the players took time out to engage with the pupils […]
Member of Parliament for Balaka North, Lucious Banda on Friday commended government for considering to build the Balaka – Khwisa – Bilira road which is currently under construction. Banda said people used to face challenges to travel on the road especially during the rainy season whereby mad was a big challenge. The legislator made the […]
Malawi Police in Balaka have arrested and are keeping in custody Malani Zamatwaya (35) for allegedy defiling his 17 year old step daughter repeatedly over rituals beliefs. Zamatwaya has been arrested together with his wife Felia for who is charged with an offence of conspiracy to commit a felony. According to a Police report, […]
Balaka District Youth Committee has appealed to the corporate world and well wishers to rescue the Under 14 youth teams by providing them with sponsorship. The appeal was made on Saturday 6th January 2018 at a prize presentation ceremony held at Balaka Stadium. This was also part of wrapping up the 2017-18 Balaka District Under […]
Over 4000 hectares of maize field has been affected by fall army worms in Balaka with 39 percent of the crop heavily damaged, the District’s Agriculture Development Office (DADO) has disclosed. The officer responsible Denis Zingeni said this Friday when he briefed members of Balaka District Civil Protection Committee (DCPC) about the state of affairs […]
Nkaya Community Police Forum has received a timely Christmas Gift of four bicycles from Balaka Police Station in order to ease transport problems. According to Balaka Police Public Relations Officer Sub-Inspector Edith Kachotsa, the bicycles which are 30 in total were donated by UNICEF. “We received 30 bicycles from UNICEF and all the community policing […]