President Peter Mutharika has promised to construct seven new Secondary schools in Dedza district. The President made the promise on Tuesday during a whistle-stop tour at Dedza’s Msikawanjala market and Linthipe court where crowds of supporters had gathered. “I am not a stranger here in Dedza because I did my secondary school education right here […]
Dedza South parliamentary candidates have pledged to improve nutrition in under-five children – which is at 42 per cent in the district – during a debate organised by Civil Society Organization Nutrition Alliance (CSONA) on Saturday. The debate, which centred on issues to do with improvement of malnutrition in Dedza District, was attended by Fatima […]
Out of at least 12 patients with kidney failure that Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) recruits every month, six come from Dedza alone, a development which has worried stakeholders in the district. KCH, situated in Malawi’s Capital Lilongwe, is a referral hospital serving districts in the country’s Central Region. The bad news from Dedza was revealed […]
An elderly couple has been crashed to death to death in Dedza when the house they were living collapsed due to heavy rains on Friday. Dedza police deputy spokesperson Cassim Manda has confirmed of the incident. He has since identified the couple as Cadison Mbalange, 80 and his wife Nachilongo Jimmy, 75. “The house fell […]
People of Kanyama in Traditional Authority Kasumbu in Dedza district will no longer have to climb trees or ant-hills to access mobile phone network following the deployment of a new network site in the area, which has had no any mobile phone network since the introduction of cell phones. Thanks to the smartphone network Airtel […]
Dedza South West legislator Clement Mlombwa has accused the Dedza Council Secretariat of mismanaging Constituency Development Funds (CDF). The Member of Parliament (MP) alleged that the secretariat is failing to disburse CDF in full, observing that this is stifling development in the district. The MP said after a full Council meeting on Friday which ended […]
Malawi Police Service in Dedza have arrested members of a certain youthful gang which call themselves satanic group for allegedly snatching people’s phones and money and burgling shops and houses during the night. According to Dedza police deputy publicist, Constable Cassim Manda, the suspects are identified as Mphatso Ng’ona 27, Lawrence Mando 18 and a […]
Member of Parliament (MP) for Dedza Central Constituency, Daniel Chiwere (Malawi Congress Party – MCP) has queried the sale of a Truck Park owned by Dedza District Council to a private trader at K15 million. The Truck Park which was once used by Mota-Engil as their base camp when doing construction works on the M-1 […]
People at Dedza District Hospital were amazed with a woman who came with a terrifying snake in a sack when she came as a guardian to a relative patient at the hospital. The woman (name withheld) came as a guardian some days ago at the hospital but had a sack which she never opened for […]
Malawi Police in central region district of Dedza have found a body of a 35-year0old woman who was reported missing last week. Dedza police station deputy spokesperson Cassim Manda identified the woman as Losida Nyadani who ame from Njerema Village in the district. He said the deceased, whose body was found in a garden on […]
Member of Parliament (MP) for Dedza East Constituency, Juliana Lunguzi has accused the Health and Environmental Committee for Dedza district council of removing her from membership. Lunguzi said for quite some time she has not been getting informed of any service committee meetings which made her conclude that she was removed from the committee. Speaking […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) search for its parliamentary candidate in Dedza central east ended abruptly as the poll team which went there to conduct the elections run for its life following political violence. Ishmael Ndaila Onani who conducted the primary polls and his team were forced to flee the place before announcing the […]
Since Malawi Congress Party (MCP) started conducting primary elections started in Dedza last month to identify candidates to represent the party in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections, only two female aspirants have won. These aspirants are Lydia Kadzongwe who has won primary elections for Dedza North west and Shyreen Gamulani who has won for […]
Malawi Police in Dedza have arrested 11 people, including two relations of an aspiring Malawi Congress Party (MCP) parliamentary candidate following a violent political violence that left many injured and property worth K600, 000 damaged during party primary elections. Dedza police spokesperson Edward Kabango said the 11 were supporters of Saveyo Kafwafwa who was battling […]
Gender minister Jean Kalirani is under intense fire from her Dowa central constituency for creating her own area development committee which works in parallel with the established committee. During a Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) moderated discussion, most people in the area say development has stalled because there are two parallel development area […]
This year’s growing season has left Irish potato farmers in Dedza reeling under heavy losses after they harvested poor quality potatoes which are said to be fetching low prices on the market. The farmers are complaining that their Irish potato crop was devastated by late blight disease which drastically reduced the quality and quantity of […]
A 38-year old man is in police custody in Dedza after he allegedly hacked his friend to death for flirting with his ex-wife. Dedza police spokesperson Edward Kabango identified the suspect as Moses Fakileni. Kabango said Fakileni divorced his wife in February, then he heard that his friend, Laurent Chikutike was telling people that he […]
A health centre in Dedza remained closed today after its medical assistant run away on May 14 when the community around the health facility were baying for his blood. Some traditional leaders said the people were angry that the medical assistant failed to come out to help a sick person on May 14, which was […]