Stories of blood-sucking have resurfaced in Makwale and Mulora villages of Traditional Authority (T.A.) Mabuka in Mulanje. The reports follows a 24 year old woman’s claim that she experienced blood-sucking ordeal last week. Mary Pandamanja, from Mulora Village claimed that she had her blood sucked at her house as she was sleeping. During the same […]
Nyika Media Club, a grouping of media professionals in the Northern Region, has criticised the attack of three British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) journalists and three other members of their crew in Karonga’s ‘Benghazi’ area on Friday on suspicion that they were bloodsuckers. Irate villagers at Mwasota e in the area of traditional authority Kyungu , armed with pangas, […]
The Chikwawa Second Grade Magistrate’s Court has ordered three men to pay a fine of K150 000 and K60 000 each for malicious damage and inciting violence or in default serve 24 months and 15 months imprisonment, concurrently. The convicts, Kasisi Katunga, 32, Chalamanda Giliwadi, 39, and Chikafa Kachingwe, 63, from Salumeji Village in T/A […]
Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security Cecilia Chazama has said Malawi security agents are jointly conducting “Operation Bata” to a wave of alleged vampire attacks that have triggered deadly vigilante violence in Malawi, which has now ensured stability in the affected areas. The latest bout of vampire rumours allegedly originated in Mozambique and spread […]
Britain’s Got Talent third place finalist, Daliso Chaponda says Zimbabwe, Escom, Vampires and My Pussy My Pride are some of the comedy skits he will dish out at his 5th Presidents of Laughrica show in Malawi. Chaponda disclosed during an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times on Thursday. The funnyman says there a lot of bizarre, crazy […]
Malawi Police in Chikwawa have arrested 49 year-old Shadreck Mbwenza for allegedly accusing a Blantyre-based pastor of being a bloodsucker and a satanist. The suspect, who hails from Timbenao village in the area of Traditional Authority Chapananga in the district, was arrested on Monday, November 6. According to Foster Benjamin, spokesperson for Chikwawa Police, Mbwenza […]
Rumors circulated in the south of Malawi, a small, landlocked country in east Africa, that the population was being stalked by anamapopa, a local term meaning “bloodsuckers” and often translated in English as ” vampires.” Anamapopa bear little resemblance to the vampires of Western lore—for starters, they’re not undead or fanged. Instead, they’re said to be […]
Malawi Police in Nsanje have arrested two people for suspecting them to have been spreading rumours on blood sucking in the district, the Police spokesman in the district Agnes Zalakoma has confirmed. Zalokoma identified the two suspects as Madalitso Hamuza, 23 and Ali Simbi, 25, both coming from Ndenguma Village in the area of Senior […]
Catholic University of Malawi (Cunima) has said blood sucking dilemma needs multiple approach to be resolved. Director of Academic Affairs at the university Rev Fr Dr Dominic Kazingatchire observed this after a public lecture jointly conducted by Anthony Mtuta and Sangwani Tembo who are Catholic University assistant lecturers in Anthology at the university campus hall […]
Let it be stated at the outset: we are not the only superstitious people on earth. The spirit of Santa Claus still haunts the most developed nations. And we are not the only ones who construct law and order out of a modern version of ‘superstition’. In developed countries the electronic ufiti eye of the […]
Malawi Police have arrested thirteen people and have since been remanded at Zomba Prison for allegedly inciting violence over a blood sucking rumor in Zomba. Eastern Region Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Inspector Joseph Sauka confirmed on Wednesday. Sauka said the suspects already appeared in court and are currently on remand since their case has been […]
As widespread claims of bloodsuckers continue to haunt southern region districts, some of the country’s donor partners and the clergy have rubbished such claims as mere myths that should not be believed at any cost. The Germany government, Danish Church Aid (DCA) and the Norwegian Church Aid (NCA), jointly with the Evangelical Association of Malawi […]
I felt compelled to say something about the “Opopa Magazi” (Vampire) trending story. Malawi is always in the limelight on not so good stuff – if it’s not the vampire story, it’s Albinos or cash-gate or the “human hyena” infecting women with HIV and the list goes on and on! The Sociologist in me asks […]
Some civil society organisations (CSOs) and human rights activists have condemned the sensationalising of rumours of blood sucking on both main stream and social media with the devious intent of instilling fear and despondency among the public. Chairperson of Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC), Robert Mkwezalamba told reporters in Lilongwe on the ongoing rumours of blood […]
The Catholic University of Malawi has organized a public lecturer on blood suckers this Friday afternoon at Assembly Hall at the campus. The public lecturer whose topic is: Blood Suckers: The People’s Medium of Expressing the Impact of Inequalities and Anti-Social Behaviours in Malawian Society, will have Anthony Mtuta and Sangwani Tembo as speakers. The recent lynchings of strangers […]
Blantyre Third Grade Magistrate Court in southern Malawi has convicted and sentenced 28 year old James Linyada to 18 months imprisonment with hard labour for proposing violence. Linyada was arrested on October 20 after he stopped a Kabula Police Unit female Police Constable Happy Kwisongole who was going home from work, and called her a […]
Two Salima based businessmen nearly got killed and burnt by an angry mob in Chilipa, Mangochi, on suspicion that they were bloodsuckers owing to their being strangers in the area. According to Mangochi Police, the two men, Petrol Malasha, 58, and Mathias Sankhumbe, 38, went to Chilipa on Sunday in search for traditional charms called […]
Malawi Police say they number of arrested suspected members of vigilante mobs that have been killing people they believe are vampires has reached 200. Information minister Nicholaus Dausi told Reuters that the government will put soldiers on the streets to stem the vampire rumours that have resulted in at least nine deaths. killed since mid-September […]