An eighteen year old boy is in Police custody at Balaka district for allegedly offering for sell his 10-year old blood brother. Station Operations Officer for Balaka Police Station Assistant Superintendent Gideon Chisale says the suspect Sole Sekani 18, who is a fourth born in a family of eight wanted to sell his 10 year […]
Police in Malawi’s eastern district of Balaka are keeping in custody a husband and a wife for allegedly neglecting to provide medical attention to their child on religious grounds. The suspects Isaac Chindimba 48, who is biological father and Martha Banda 42, a step mother both members of Apostolic Faith failed to take their sick […]
The Balaka First Grade Magistrate court in eastern Malawi has sentenced Frank Stephano Dimba 32 to 7 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling a 10 year old girl. Dimba pleaded guilty and was therefore convicted on his own plea. In his submission before the sentence, Prosecutor Constable Aida Mzama asked the court to consider […]
The Balaka First Grade Magistrate has ordered a 42 year old man to pay a fine of K102, 500.00 or in default serve 12 months imprisonment with hard labour for causing death by reckless driving. Police Prosecutor Sergeant Hunter Masamba told the court that the suspect Francis Mzunga hit a 20 year old pedestrian Shaibu […]
The Balaka First Grade Magistrate in Malawi’s eastern district of Balaka has sentenced a 40 year old man to 6 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling his 6 year-old-step daughter. Police Prosecutor Constable Christopher Nyirongo told the court that the suspect Isaac Mphepo defiled his 6 year old step daughter , on the night […]
Reports of defilement cases are refusing to die in eastern Malawi district of Balaka district despite several arrests and penalties imposed on the culprits. The district’s police publicist sub-inspector Joseph Sauka told Nyasa Times the 40-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly defiling an 8-year-old girl of his neighbour. Sauka says the suspect Davie Mkolimbo […]
Reports of Malawi’s eastern district of Balaka indicate that some children are still in initiation camps five days after the opening of school calendar a development that has forced the Police in the district to summon Traditional Leaders and initiation counsellors. Addressing the chiefs and initiation counsellors on Thursday at Balaka Police Station, the Station Officer for […]
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), in partnership with Help, Educate, Love, Protect Malawi (HELP), have formed an initiative to improve education in areas around Liwonde National Park by setting a modern primary school, Nanthomba Full Primary School, in Senior Chief Kalembo’s area in Malawi’s Southern Region district of Balaka. The initiative is aimed at […]
A standard 5 pupil of Mfula Junior Primary School in Malawi’s eastern district of Balaka district has died after committing suicide by hanging himself to the roof of his mother’s house. Balaka police spokesperson sub-inspector Joseph Sauka says the mother of the deceased Dyna Jonathan, told the police that deceased was left home alone after […]
A 38-year-old man in Malawi’s eastern district of Balaka has been sentenced to 40 months imprisonment with hard labour for stealing a bull. Police Prosecutor Sergeant Hunter Masamba told the Second Grade Magistrate court that the suspect Evance Fatsani stole the bull which belongs to Mrs Catherine Mwadzera on 6th August, this year at Kuthambo village […]
The First Grade Magistrate’s court in Malawi’s eastern district of Balaka has sentenced a 26-year-old man to 72 months imprisonment with hard labour for defiling and impregnating a 15-year-old girl. Police Prosecutor Constable Christopher Nyirongo told the court that the suspect Oscar James defiled the Standard 5 pupil when he offered her a lift when […]
Barely a day after Police in Malawi’s eastern district of Balaka arrested a 23 year old man for allegedly defiling his own 3 year old daughter; another 40 year old man has been arrested for defiling his 6 year old step daughter in the same district. Police says the suspect Isaac Mphepo, defiled her step […]
Police in Malawi’s eastern district of Balaka is keeping custody a 23 year old man for allegedly defiling his own 3 year old daughter at his home when his wife went to fetch water. Balaka police publicist, Sub Inspector Joseph Sauka, the victim’s mother was surprised when she noticed that her daughter was walking with […]
Three families have been rendered homeless in Malawi’s eastern district of Balaka district after their houses were demolished following chieftaincy wrangle that erupted at a funeral ceremony. The incident started on Wednesday 13th August, 2014 at Chitale in the area of Group village headman Phillip Mbewe after a 28 year old man who went to the […]
Police in Malawi’s eastern district of Balaka are hunting for unknown criminals who have stolen a motor vehicle at gun point at Mangochi Turn off in Balaka district Sunday evening. Balala police spokesperson Sub-inspector Joseph Sauka says the suspects who were four in number, were offered a lift by Richard Khoza 34 who works for Balaka District […]
Police in Malawi’s eastern policing region have embarked on a road safety campaign with an aim to curb increasing incidents of road accidents in the region. Speaking at the eastern town of Balaka after holding similar functions at Phalula, Senzani, Manjawira and Chingeni Trading centres, Head of Traffic Police in the region Dorothy Kawale said […]
Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has criticised a Magistrate’s ”unduly lenient” sentence of a Balata based man Richard Mandala Chisale after being found guilty of two charges of abduction and defilement. The Zomba Resident Magistrate Court convicted Mandala and slapped him with a 42 and 36 months Imprisonment with Hard Labour (IHL) sentence. Mandala Chisale […]
The First Grade Magistrate’s court in Malawi’s Eastern district of Balaka ordered 26 people to pay a fine of K1, 000.00 each or serve 1 month imprisonment with hard labour for being found loitering at night within Balaka Town. Police Prosecutor Sub Inspector Mercy Chande told the court that the suspects were arrested after being […]