Mangochi’s Zitherepano Entertainment Club is where fun seekers and imbibers will flock to this coming Friday, September 20 2019 to celebrate the club’s 22nd anniversary with The Black Missionaries and Anthony Makondetsa spicing up the event. The Club’s Managing Director, Victoria Kingston (Member of Parliament) in an interview on Wednesday said that everything was set […]
Annie Shawa King, who contested the May 21 2019 tripartite elections as an independent shadow councillor for Chilipa Ward in Mangochi South West Constituency; but never decaled a winner, on Monday defied the odds when she donated 100 bicycles and 150 mobile phones worth over K5 million to the constituents. Speaking in an interview after […]
A Magistrate Court in Mangochi has sentenced a woman to two years in jail with hard labour without an option of a fine for scalding her son’s hands with hot water. The court heard that Zeria Kasiya scolded both hands of her five-year-old son and some parts of the body after he misused K100 out […]
Some Malawians in Mangochi living in the border with Mozambique are demanding compensation from a Mozambican road contractor who had damaged crops as he was looking for gravel for construction of a road in his country. The subsistence Malawian farmers from chief Katuli’s area in Mangochi accused Malawian authorities of failing to act to facilitate […]
Sixteen-year-old Arthur Chibondo from eastern district of Mangochi smiled from ear to ear when he learnt that he scored six points in the 2019 Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations, and so uniquely the only one to have achieved that feat. Chibodo has become an instant role model and trending on social media after […]
Civil Society Organizations (CSO) network in Mangochi have written a Second Grade Magistrate Court to hear a fraud case involving Mangochi District Council workers in an open court. Augustine Mizaiah to hear a fraud case involving Mangochi district council works in an open court. The CSO’s Chairperson Aggrey Mfune, who is signatory to the letter, […]
A newly established social and developmental oriented grouping called Forum for the Social and Economic Development of Mangochi (FOSEMA) will on Saturday August 31 2019 be launched and on the same day hold its first ever electoral conference. As the saying goes, East or West home is best, residents, authorities, sons and daughters of Mangochi […]
Fire has razed down one of Mangochi District Hospital stores blocks, located near the administration block, authorities have confirmed. The fire is suspected to have been started by ground workers who were burning waste near the building on Thursday around 11:30am, according to acting Director of Health and Social Services for Mangochi District Council, Dr. […]
Malawi government says it is impressed with the projects that the Icelandic International Development Agency (ICEIDA) is implementing in Mangochi in the areas of health, education, water and sanitation, women and youth economic empowerment. Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Ben Malunga Phiri, made the remarks on Tuesday during a familiarization tour of projects […]
People living in the areas earmarked for the International Airport and 5-star hotel projects in lakeshore district of Mangochi have expressed unwillingness to evacuate the areas saying doing so would heavily affect their livelihoods. The residents expressed the fears during community sensitization meetings that the Mangochi district council and a team from Lilongwe conducted in […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Mary Navicha says she is shocked with the conduct of a Mangochi woman who scalded her five year-old son for allegedly misusing K100. Zeliya Kasiya allegedly scalded both hands of Dalitso Banda on July 19 2019 after the minor ‘misused’ the money at the market where he was […]
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Saturday welcomed independent legislator for Mangochi-Masongola, Ishmael Sainet Grant Rashid into the blue camp. Some DPP parliamentarians who graced the occasion at Namwera Trading Centre included Shadric Namalomba (Mangochi South-West), Victoria Kingston (Mangochi Central), Francesca Theula Masamba (Mangochi East) and Ajilu Richard Kalitedere (Machinga North East). Two ministers that were […]
Mangochi Town Council elected United Democratic Front (UDF) councillor, Edna Josi Yusuf, as Chairperson of the Council in a highly contested election against her fellow UDF councilor, Rashida Jawadu Kapichila. In a house with seven UDF councilors, two Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) councilors, one Independent councillor and two parliamentarians, the election ended in a tie […]
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) councilor, Allan Sam M’madi, is Mangochi District Council new chairperson following elections the council conducted recently with United Democratic Front (UDF) councilor, Fatima Chilawi, is deputy chairperson. M’madi got the seat after polling 20 votes against his rival independent councilor, Hassan Chikuta, who got 12 votes. On the other hand, […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator for Mangochi central constituency, Victoria Kingston, has said the State of the Nation Address (Sona) President Peter Mutharika delivered in the House it is “a clear indication” that in the next five years, the country will transform “very fast.” Kingston, in her contribution to Sona titled Consolidating our Gains […]
President Prof. Peter Mutharika has said his strong desire to turn lakeshore district of Mangochi into the tourism capital of Malawi like Mexico’s Acapulco by constructing state of the art international airport, a mega city and five-star hotel. He made the revelation on Sunday at St. Augustine 3 Primary School ground in Mangochi where he […]
Officials in the lakeshore district of Mangochi are worried that incidents of sexual harassment are on the rise in the district. Youthnet Counseling (Yoneco) official Fanny Chirembo said the trend is now worrisome and attributed this to a law which allows only resident magistrates to hear the cases. “In Mangochi, we have one resident magistrate […]
Malawi Police in Mangochi has recovered stolen house property worth millions following the arrest of two men suspected to be robbers. Mangochi Police Station Deputy Public Relations Officer (DPRO), Sub-Inspector Amina Daudi confirmed the development and identified the two suspects as Francis Notice, 24, and Shadrek Daniel, 25. The two are believed to have committed […]