Malawi Police in Blantyre have arrested a church guard who was caught red handed defiling a 15-year-old girl within church premises where he guards. Blantyre police public relations officer, Augustine Nkhwazi identified the suspected sexual offender as 31-year-old Clement Selenje. Nkhwazi said Selenje is a security guard at St. Michaels and All Angels CCAP church […]
The debate on castration as a punishment for those convicted of child sex abuse is gaining ground. Expressing serious concern over the recent spurt in incidents of sexual assault on minor girls across the country, Senior Chief Kuntaja of Blantyre District has backed calls from various corners that all girl child abusers be castrated as a […]
Government is moving in full swing and fast to control the escalating cases of rape and defilement in the country which now seem to be out of control. Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo Banda has disclosed that the ministry has now instituted a 15-member committee to look into the issue of escalating cases of […]
Malawi Police in Blantyre have arrested a 38-year-year-old man on suspicion that he defiled a standard three learner through magic. The incident happened in Namiwawa, Blantyre. Blantyre Police Spokesperson Dorah Chathyoka has confirmed the arrest of the man over the “magic rape.” According to Chathyoka, the victim started screaming in pain when the suspect, Grant Mdyamizu, was […]
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mary Kachale has appointed four lawyers to prosecute the infamous Chikwawa sexual violence case. The four women lawyers are legal practitioners from Women Lawyers Association of Malawi who decided to join the state in prosecuting Leonard Kanyama, 38, who is suspected to have defiled an 11-year-old girl and inflicted wounds […]
Karonga Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a man to 14 years imprisonment for defiling a girl four times his age. State prosecutor Wilfred Khuniwa told the court that in September the convict, aged 28, called the seven-year-old into his house where he defiled her. In mitigation, the man asked for leniency, saying he was an orphan. […]
Sexual violence continues to be problematic in Malawi. There is a harrowing video clip that is making rounds on social media of a rape victim who is writhing on the floor in apparent agony. Sitting next to the victim, whose skirt is drenched in blood, is her alleged attacker who gets a mouthful from those […]
Pan African Parliament acting president Bouras Djamel says his delegation is to discuss with President Lazarus Chakwera and Speaker of parliament Catherine Gotani Hara to find solutions to the increasing cases of rape and defilement in the country. Djamel said this after meeting Justice Minister Titus Mvalo on Tuesday in Lilongwe. “There is need to […]
The Medical Aid Society of Malawi (Masm) says it has suspended one of its management team members over rape allegations. In a statement, Masm chief executive officer, Sydney Chikoti says the medical aid organisation has suspended its chief commercial officer, Andrew Ngomwa. This follows a defilement case that Ngomwa is currently answering. He is alleged […]
Malawi Police in Thondwe, Zomba have arrested Evance Chetonde Maiden, 80, for allegedly defiling his eight-year-old granddaughter. Zomba police deputy spokesperson Patrick Maseko alleged that on May 11, 2020 at around 06:00 hours, the grand daughter and her friend went to the house of the grandfather to fetch firewood. “When the two got into the […]
First Lady Monica Chakwera says she is shocked with the sudden rise in defilement and rape cases in the country. Chakwera said this on Sunday when she visited and cheered a 10-year-old girl at Mzuzu Central Hospital who is receiving treatment for severe injuries sustained during a defilement ordeal. The girl, who was defiled […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has reacted to demand by women in the country for harsher penalties to eradicate an entrenched culture of sexual violence by directing the Ministry of Homeland Security to lead a task force on dealing with the matters urgently. Chakwera made his directive in his Saturday radio address as earlier in the day […]
A court in Chikhwawa has adjourned a case in which a 38-year-old man is accused of defiling an 11-year-old girl in the district. The Chikhwawa First Grade magistrate’s court on Thursday adjourned the case of Leonard Kanyama to November 18, 2020 after the state said the case would be handled by the director of public […]
Lilongwe Magistrate Court has convicted and sentenced a Christian pastor Harrison Dickson Nkhoma, 59, to 14 years imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) for defiling a 12- year-old girl. According to Spokesperson for Lingadzi Police Station in Lilongwe, Salome Zgambo, the court heard through police prosecutor, Sergeant Sautso Kamoto that the convict is a pastor of […]
Female journalists in the cities of Blantyre and Lilongwe have taken to the streets to demonstrate against increased cases of sexual violence and other forms of gender-based violence in the country. In Blantyre, the journalists marched from Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital through Masauko Chipembere Highway to deliver a petition at Blantyre City Council. They chanted […]
Hundreds of girls accompanied by some women have marched in the major cities in the country to send a strong message against increasing cases of sexual abuse with defilement and rape topping the list. A few men joined the girls and women in the protest marches in Blantyre, Lilongwe and Mzuzu following increased reports of […]
Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati on Monday visited the young girl who was defiled in Chikwawa last week. The minister who was accompanied by the Chikwawa Chapter of UTM Women for Change, expressed shock at this barbaric and animosity act. She warned men who are involved in this behaviour to […]
A 60-year-old man in Nkhotakota is currently in police custody at Nkhunga Police Station in the district after defiling three minors all aged between seven and eight. The suspect, Gomani Adriano who hails from Mulasa Village in the area of Traditional Authority Chikumbu in Mulanje District is reportedly said to have been married before. On […]