The bus, police intercepted in Lilongwe two days ago full of passengers, with some standing, on its way to South Africa, is apparently one of the human trafficking implements used by a syndicate involving some big businessmen in Malawi. Investigations by the Lilongwe News Agency (LINA) have revealed that among the 73 passengers, there were […]
Reports in Malawi say Malawi minister of gender Patricia Kaliyati has ordered authorities in Ntcheu district to reopen a Mama’s Shabeen, a brothel closed last month. A blogger Moses Masiye, has quoted Kaliati gIving the directive after the owner of the brothel Rabecca Bakuwa dressed in ruling Democratic People’s Party (DPP) regalia at a youth open […]
A couple that stunned residents of Zomba city for selling a seven year old relation to a businessperson in the city has been convicted of human trafficking and subsequently sentenced to prison by the Chief Resident Magistrate Court. The court heard that Jonathan Mkoma and his wife Veronica Malikebu sold the boy whom they had […]
Malawi Police have arrested a 19 year old Joseph Andiwochi and is under custody in Machinga for allegedly kidnapping a two year old albino girl in the district. His two accomplices Kamanga Likhutu, and Sinoya Likhutu, who kidnapped the minor at her home, at Muluku village, Sub Traditional Authority Mchinguza in the district, are still […]
Malawi young girls are selling their bodies in shebeens to earn money and Minister of Gender Patricia Kaliati has since said her ministry would investigate the matter and ensure that the perpetrator faces the law. Some teens as young as 16 openly admit to prostituting themselves to “sugar daddies” for cash. The shocking revelation follows […]
As Members of Parliament (MPs) are expected to conclude business this Friday, the Malawi Network Against Child Trafficking (MNACT) has requested law makers to pass the Trafficking in Persons Bill. The Bill seeks to prevent, fight and eliminate issues pertaining to trafficking in persons and also increase participation of communities in understanding the issues, and […]
A Network Against Human Trafficking is urging Malawi Members of Parliament to pass legislation on human trafficking which is expected to be tabled in Parliament this Thursday. Addressing the news conference at Norwegian Church Aid offices in Lilongwe, Wednesday, Habiba Osman, taskforce chairperson for the Network Against Human Trafficking, said that human trafficking is a form […]
A Malawian man has been arrested for human trafficking in Johannesburg, South Africa Press Agency (Sapa) reported on Friday. He was arrested on Thursday but crime intelligence and the department of home affairs, spokesperson Hangwani Mulaudzi shielded the name of the suspect. “The 38-year-old man told undercover police that he was selling four males and […]
For five months of 2014, two young Malawian girls—age 12 and 13—were forced to work as prostitutes in a Blantyre bottle store after being lured from their homes in Zomba with K500 and the promise of well-paid household jobs. In September, one of them had secretly stored up K6 000 for transit and had the […]
Two Malawian men who tried to sell sale three family members including a two-year old child in July 2013 at Jendausiku , Enukweni area in Mzimba District are going to prison for seven years Senior Resident Magistrate Court in Mzuzu convicted them. According to police spokesman Maurice Chapola, the court heard that the second convict, […]
Underage girls have been “rescued” from at a bottle store in Blantyre’s Ndirande Township as police investigate claims they were forced into prostitution. Police said the bottle store was also being used as a brothel and the rescued girls were in Standard Four and Six respectively. According to police, the suspect in the sex slavery […]
Members of Parliament (MPs) will discuss the Trafficking in Persons Bill, according to Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security Principal Secretary Beston Chisamile. Chisamile said in Lilongwe Tuesday night at an interface meeting organized by Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) with parlimantary committes on Defense and Security, Legal Affairs and Social andCommunity Affairs. “There have been […]
Police in Phalombe district have rescued five children from the hands of two traffickers who were on their way to Mozambique. The children aged between 13 and 17 are currently being kept at Phalombe Police Station waiting to be taken back to their respective homes. Phalombe police Public Relations Officer, Augustus Nkhwazi told Nyasa Times […]
One evening while attending a trafficking in persons workshop organised by the Southern Africa Network Against Trafficking and Abuse of Children (SANTAC) in South Africa, I sat on a table next to some journalists from SADC Countries. While it was not my intention to eavesdrop, I keenly followed their conversation, which centred on those countries […]
Malawi Government has condemned the reported Chitipa slavery deal where a Tanzanian is suspected to have sold five Malawian boys to work on a farm in Tanzania. Minister of Information, Tourism and Civic Education Kondwani Nankhumwa condemned the slavery deal after press reports indicated Thomas Ndimbwa, 30, of Izuba Village in Ileje District, Tanzania is alleged to […]
The Blantyre Magistrates Court has convicted and sentenced to 72 months (six years) imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) Lloyd Binzi for attempting to sell his step-son at a value of K2 million, an offence which is contrary to Section 263 of the Penal Code. Binzi 25 years-old and a resident of populous Ndirande Township was […]
Police in the Malawi’s eastern lakeshore district of Mangochi have arrested a Mozambican citizen who wanted to sell human bones to a businessman at K900,000. Jairos Duwa 37 years-old and hails from Bawa village, T/A Mandimba in Mozambique was arrested on Thursday evening (February 20th) in Namwela, Mangochi following a tip-off. Mangochi police Public Relations […]
A magistrate court in Malawi’s lakeshore district of Nkhotakota has sentenced two women to four years imprisonment with hard labour for attempting to sell a fellow human being. The court has also freed a man whom the women implicated in the deal. The duo was arrested on February, 3 2014 after a Nkhotakota based businessman, […]