Malawi Police in Namwera in Mangochi have recovered an AK 47 rifle and unregistered motor cycle of SanLG brand which the suspects were believed to be using during their raids. Mangochi Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector Rodrick Maida confirmed the development, saying the two items were recovered around Chonde Estate in Namwera. Maida said the […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) president Atupele Muluzi has advised his members seeking public positions that they should be motivated by the spirit to serve the interests of the people for whom UDF exists for and not to “eat”. The UDF leader said this on Sunday at Malindi in Mangochi when he addressed a political rally a head of the […]
People from Mulanje and Thyolo districts who are relocated in Mangochi as part of resettlement land development programme called ‘Kudzigulira Malo’ are accused of destroying the beauty of lakeshore district, Parliament has been told. Mangochi Nkungulu member of Parliament (MP) Aisha Mambo (United Democratic Front-UDF) said in the House that the natural disasters the country has been […]
Mangochi Nkungulu member of Parliament (MP) Aisha Mambo (United Democratic Front-UDF) has told Parliament that the the lakeshore district if facing what she described as Kiyama type of hunger as fall armyworms have destroyed crops and maize fields have been wilting due to prolonged dry spells. According to Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Joseph Mwanamvekha, […]
Minister of Health Atupele Muluzi has hailed communities of traditional authorities (T/As) Chowe, Namavi and Chiunda in Mangochi District for embracing good sanitary practices, observing that this has helped the lakeshore district to be resilient against the risk of water-borne diseases and attaining Open Defecation Free (ODF) status, bringing the number of TAs with the status […]
People who consider themselves as ‘untouchables’ in Mangochi are frustrating the council’s revenue collection, Mangochi District Commissioner (DC), Reverend Moses Chimphepo has said. The DC made the revelation at a full council meeting on Saturday where committees were presenting reports on how they had performed in the first half of the 2017/18 financial year. Chairperson […]
The death of one of a 17-year-old girl at Mangochi District Hospital the patients was caused by a power outage, Health Minister Atupele Muluzi confirmed in Parliament after United Democratic Front (UDF) member of Parliament (MP) for Mangochi South, Lilian Patel, raised the issue in the House. Patel raised the issue as a matter of national importance, […]
When William Tayub, once Malawi deputy ambassador to Mozambique, visited the place he used to know for the past 40 years as Mangochi Post Office in September 2017, he was greeted by a new brand: Mlambe Centre. Like everyone, either born or raised up in the lakeshore district, Tayub has always followed the turn of […]
Mangochi First Grade Magistrate’s Court on Thursday convicted and sentenced 32-year-old serving criminal, Emmanuel Joseph, to five years imprisonment with hard labour for house-breaking and robbery. Mangochi Police Station Deputy Public Relations Officer, Sergeant Amina Tepani Daudi said Joseph’s conviction and sentence comes barely a week after a court in Liwonde convicted and sentenced him […]
Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company Limited on Friday donated learning materials and sanitary pads worth K6.5 million to selected schools in Mangochi to facilitate better learning and promote girl education. Limbe Leaf positively responded to a request by DREAM project implemented by One Community, a project focusing on reducing vulnerability of adolescent girls and young women, […]
Malawi Police in Mangochi have finally arrested, Ajidu Mdala, four months after his suspected accomplice, Yusuf Alick, was arrested for allegedly murdering a herd boy in the district. The first suspect, Alick, 19, was arrested in September 2017, while Mdala, 24, has been on the run until last Wednesday when officers from Mangochi Police Criminal Investigation […]
A strange rumour swept across Mangochi early Tuesday alleging that a newborn baby in Makanjira village closer to the border with Mozambique had prophesized death of all children who could be spared only if all of them were given some porridge. From as early as 1:00 am, in most parts of Mangochi residents started alerting […]
President Professor Peter Mutharika has promised that his government would construct the Mangochi–Makanjira Road all the way to Namwera Turn–Off to Lake Malawi past Mpilipili Trading Centre, among other major developments earmarked for the lakeshore district. Mutharika disclosed this when he made whistle-stops on his way from Chikoko Bay State Lodge in Monkey Bay, Mangochi […]
A speeding lorry ran over a 25 year-old man with disability to death on Friday afternoon at Mangochi Traffic Lights junction along the Mangochi – Liwonde Road, police have confirmed. Eyewitnesses said before the accident, Saladi Kambulire, the deceased, was cycling on his tricycle from the direction of M’baluku and he had just joined the […]
Mangochi District Council on Wednesday unanimously endorsed a bylaw aimed at protecting adolescent girls and young women in the district from hindrances that stand between them and their education. A full council meeting held at Mangochi Town Council endorsed the bylaw which has been developed with support from World Vision. The establishment of the bylaw […]
Malawi and Mozambique nationals continue to face off over a violent altercation as ne person is suspected to have been shot dead, another one seriously wounded, allegedly by Mozambican forces at Makanjira, Mangochi. The incident has been allegedly fuelled by simmering border disputes between Malawians and Mozambicans. Ministry of Defence Principal Secretary (PS) Chauncy Simwaka […]
Until the night of November 20, 2017, Mangochi had not experienced any serious attacks on persons with albinism, according to Mangochi Police Station and the district’s Social Welfare records. The few related cases that had been there were of individuals being caught in possession of human bones suspected to have been exhumed from graves of […]
A four-year-old albino boy has been kidnapped lakeshore resorts district of Mangochi, officials have confirmed. Criminals stormed into the child’s home Tumbwe village, the area of Traditional Authority Namabvi in the early hours of Tuesday morning, attacking his grandma before abducting him. Confirming the development to Nyasa Times, Whesty Mputa who is Area Civic Education Coordinator […]