A First Grade Magistrate court in Mwanza district had sentenced an 18 year old young man to six years imprisonment with hard labour on burglary and theft offences. Mwanza Police Public Relations Officer, Edwin Kaunda told said Ndiyiwale Thomas during the night of August 25 at Msakambewa Village broke into the house of Nailesi Mkoka […]
Health officials in Mwanza have expressed concern over the high rate of Mozambicans seeking medical treatment in the border district saying they have overwhelmed health service delivery. District Health Officer Raphael Piringu said out of four patients referred to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, two or three are Mozambicans and out of the 150 […]
Health officials have said Mwanza is topping on sexually transmitted infections and blames the construction of a rail line project in the border district as the cause of the alarming spread of the infections. Mwanza District Health Officer Ralph Piringu said in the past year alone, 14000 women and 5,000 men were infected with STIs. […]
President Peter Mutharika has fired Francis Magombo as chief Chekucheku of Mwanza. Director of Chiefs’ Administration in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Lawrence Makonokaya confirmed that Magombo has been fired. He said he presented the letter of dismissal to Magombo in the presence of clan leaders of the royal family on Thursday. […]
Mwanza District Council intends to establish a female sex workers alliance as a way of curbing the spread of HIV and Aids in the border district. Mwanza District Aids Coordinator, Pearson Mphangwe said this when he updated DACC members of the formation of the grouping. He said the formulation of the alliance would give sex […]
Malawi Police are investigating the cause of fire that gutted down a shop belonging to Josiah Soda, aged 30 and hails from Kalanga Village Sub Traditional Authority Govati in Mwanza District. The owner of the shop, who was seriously injured by the fire, breathed his last at Mwanza District Hospital on Tuesday 1st September, 2015. […]
It was all joy and excitement amongst residents of Mwanza last Friday (October 17, 2014) as Opportunity Bank of Malawi (OBM) commonly known referred to as Banki Yanga officially opened its new sales office in the border district. This was the second time within a space of a week for Opportunity Bank to expand its […]
Scores of enraged residents at Mwanza Boma have threatened to demonstrate and camp at the District Commissioner’s offices following government’s decision to ban Crown Agro Industries from selling its cheap chickens in the district. The Ministry of Trade and Industry gave Crown Chickens a stop order from selling its chickens in the district after members […]
There was pandemonium in Malawi’s boarder district of Mwanza this week when a group of irate poultry farmers and vendors raided the District Commissioner’s office pressuring it to block Crown Agro Industries Limited from selling chickens in the area. The disgruntled vendors went further to assault three employees of the company- a driver (Alex Kambadya), […]
President Joyce Banda Saturday elevated Traditional Authority Nthache of Mwanza to Senior Chief, saying the chief’s commitment towards development work in the country is the reason of his promotion. PBanda announced the elevation of T/A Nthache at Mwanza EPA ground where she held a developmental rally. “I’m elevating Chief Nthache to Senior Chief because of […]
With summer season at its prime, one of Malawi’s border districts, Mwanza, has been hit by chickenpox outbreak which according to health officials has already attacked 100 people. Chickenpox, according to various health journals Nyasa Times accessed, is a contagious viral infection in which a person develops extremely itchy blisters all over the body. It used to […]
The District Health Officer (DHO) for Mwanza, Raphael Piringu has expressed worry over sudden rising numbers of rabies cases being referred to Mwanza hospital from Mozambique and the neighbouring districts of Chikhwawa and Neno, since last month. Piringu said the hospital is recoding an average of 30 people each day suspected to having been bitten […]
The Vice President Khumbo Kachali on Thursday conducted a surprise tour of Mwanza district hospital where he inspected laboratory room, pediatric and maternity wards. Speaking when he addressed staff members after the inspection, the Vice President applauded health workers for their commitment to work and for maintaining cleanliness around the hospital premises. “I’m immensely pleased with […]