Paramount Chief Lundu has ridiculed late President Bingu wa Mutharika for using presidential powers to rename lower shire district if Chikwawa to Chikhwawa. Lundu ordered the name to revert to Chikwawa which President Joyce Banda and her Minister of Land and Housing, Henry Duncan Phoya supported. “The other president [Bingu wa Mutharika], I don’t know […]
Chikhwawa District Council is bitter with Chikhwawa Police for “arresting” and ‘ill-treating’ some members of its staff following the theft of about K2 million from the council’s confers. The council including the District Commissioner, a Mr A.B.C Mdoko is also suspecting some of the law enforcers of having a hand and shielding the robbers who […]
President Joyce Banda on Wednesday inaugurated the Majete 1 Epicenter and the Maternity Unit of The Hunger Project Malawi in Chikhwawa in which the Joyce Banda Foundation donated equipment worth K12 million (about $30 000) to the facility. The Malawi leader commended the effective partnership between and among the private sector, public sector, and non-profit […]
People in Chikhwawa district have expressed concern over lack of security due to armed robbers who have currently dominated in terrorizing many areas of the district. Over thirty thugs on Sunday stormed Maperera Trading Centre under Chief Makhuwira and robbed business people’s stores and went away with money and property worth over K1.2million. According to […]
President Dr. Joyce Banda has reiterated that without a good road network, the Malawi economy would not function properly as roads are the most important mode of transport for Malawi as they carry over 90 percent of goods and passengers. The President made the observation when she officially opened the 46km Chikhwawa–Ngabu section of the […]
Over 500 farmers in Chikhwawa have appealed to President Joyce Banda and human rights activists to intervene in their dispute with former legislator Clement Khembo whom they accuse of kicking them out from their ancestral land. The development follows the acquisition of an injunction by the former legislator restraining people of Traditional Authority Ngowe from […]
As the battle rages on in the prestigious Presidential Cup, one Super League giant from the capital city of Malawi, Lilongwe, Blue Eagles was shown an exit door after been beaten 1-0 to little known Chinkhwawa United at Kalulu Stadium in Nchalo. The Cops were beaming with confidence on their way to the Lower Shire […]
The foot and mouth disease outbreak which threatened at least 70,000 heads of cattle in the cattle heartland of the Lower Shire Valley of Malawi has been declared over by Ministry of Agriculture. According to a statement issued by Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Erica Maganga, said they have also “successfully completed vaccination” of […]
Erratic water supply that has affected the southern region district of Chikhwawa during the last two months has resulted in the area recording an unprecedented number of cholera incidents, officials have said. Since the start of rainy season, the district has recorded 58 cases of cholera out of the national statistics of 59, Ministry of […]
Chikhwawa police station on Sunday arrested a 36-year-old man for sexually assaulting his own biological daughter and broke her virginity. The police spokesperson, Sunday Nguluwe identified the man as Maxwell Migano of Mafumbi Village Village, T/A Makhwira Chikhwawa district. He defiled her 13 year old daughter. The father is reported to have shared with his […]