Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati, has described as shocking and uncalled for the death of 34-year-old Lilongwe woman, Christina Rodwell, who was allegedly killed by her husband for delaying to open door for him. Rodwell died at the hands of her husband, Rodwell Mtifunsire, at Matawale Village, Traditional Authority Mtema […]
Linda Phulani an 18 year old woman who was beaten severely by her husband in Mchinji has revealed her husband John Yasini forced her to join a Satanic cult but she refused. Narrating her ordeal to the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Welfare Patricia Kaliati when she visited her on Friday at Mchinji District […]
Minister of Gender, Children and Social Welfare Patricia Kaliati on Friday visited a woman who was severely beaten by her husband at Mchinji District hospital, reiterating that government would not watch the trend continue but let the arm of law take its course on men who abuse their wives. “I visited Linda Phulani after reading […]
Malawi Police has arrested John Yasini in Mchinji after he battered his 18 year old wife whom he suspected of cheating and inflicted her with grieveous bodly harm and she is battling for her life at the district hospital. The woman Linda Phulani was severely beaten by Yasini with chains and steel rods sustaining deep […]
Blantyre-based flamboyant lawyer Ambokire Salimu was on Christmas Day picked by Police after he allegedly savagely beat up his second wife Mphatso Chimimba. Sources close to the case told Nyasa Times that Salimu, was arrested at the couple’s Namiwawa home. While details of what started the domestic violence are still sketchy, our source tells us that Salimu […]
A Lilongwe couple is admitted to Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) after the man allegedly chopped off his wife’s hand following a quarrel, provoking the wrath of the community who beat him up for the act. Kanengo Police spokesperson Esther Mkwanda confirmed the development and identified the woman as Soflet Kagwa Falawo, 39, from Mkanda Village, […]
A 34 year old woman, Christina Napose is receiving treatment at Thyolo District Hospital after being hacked by her husband on both hands and the head following misunderstandings between the two over relish. Meanwhile, Thyolo Police officer in charge, Josiah Kanthiti confirmed to have received the report saying they are searching for the husband, Benson Kalingo […]
Police in Phalombe district are keeping in custody a 15 years-old girl for allegedly slicing her husband’s private parts after he refused to have sex with her. The victim, Misheck Chinkhuku 22 and, a fisherman by trade hails from Ligomeka village T/A Jenala in the district. Phalombe Police Public Relations Officer, Augustus Nkhwazi told Nyasa […]
Police have in their custody at Nkhotakota Police Station two women for allegedly scorching a nine-year-old boy. According to Nkhotakota Police Spokesperson Kaitano Lubrino, the victim is Shukulani Sinani a standard one pupil at Nkhotakota LEA Primary School. Lubrino said Sinani disclosed to police that he was scorched by her grandmother Veronica Banda, 49, after […]
Kasungu Police have arrested a 44-year-old husband man for burning his wife with hot water which he viciously poured at her. Assistant Public Relations Officer for Kasungu, Constable Burton Mathewe identified the accused as Joseph Chunga from Mnyanja Village Traditional Authority Chitanthamapiri and the wife, also 44, Kelita Phiri of Mankhaka Village, Senior Chief Kaomba […]
At a time when the country is fighting men who abuse their spouses in gender-based violence, police in Mponela, Dowa are keeping in custody a 24 year-old woman, Linda Chikuse, who poured boiling water onto her husband’s body after finding out he had been unfaithful. Mponela police publicist Kondwani Kandiado confirmed the development to Nyasa Times Tuesday saying the incident […]
A woman police officier was so enraged by her cheating husband – another cop – that she took a hammer to his car. According to published reports, Inspector Wilson Chidati was caught red-handed with a long-time mistress by his wife, police constable Charity Kalonga. However, Chidati downplayed the matter, saying the said car, an Audi LA 4595, […]
A 40 year-old man in Kasungu is in the cooler for allegedly killing his wife over an explicit Short Message Service (SMS) found in the wife’s cellphone from an unknown lover. Davison Baisikolo strangled to death, Charity Kampaliro, who was her second wife after failing to sort out some family problems that rocked their affair […]
Malawi Police in eastern city of Zomba have confirmed that a woman on Tuesday doused her clothes with flammable liquid and set herself on fire after picking a quarrel with her husband on family issues. The woman is severely injured but circumstances leading to the self-immolation are not clear . “ We understand there was a domestic […]
The Mzuzu First Magistrate Court has disregarded pleas from the wife of a convict to pardon her abusive husband by slapping a 30 months imprisonment with hard labor sentence to a 22-year-old man who broke both his wife’s hands. The court also waved section 340 of the Criminal Evidence and Procedure Code which empowers Magistrates […]
A wife, who had both hands fractured following a beating by his husband, has asked the Mzuzu Magistrate Court to free his convicted husband claiming she will suffer if the breadwinner is locked behind bars. First Grade Magistrate Dungamise Msiska was expected to deliver sentence on August 6, 2013 but has since adjourned the case to August […]
The Mzuzu Magistrate Court has convicted a 22-year-old man for breaking his wife’s both hands after accusing her of stealing MK2,000 from the pockets of his trousers. However, the convict, Vincent Ngulube of Msamala Village, Traditional Authority Mpherembe, Mzimba District, stunned the court in mitigation when he questioned the contents of a medical report the […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda on Monday opened the One Stop Centre at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre. The centre funded by the British Department for International Department (DFID), will carter for victimized women and children. President Banda said the “One Stop Centre’’ concept emerges from the need to provide an integrated and holistic approach […]