Constituents of Kasitu West Ward in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Jalavikuwa in Mzimba District have accused their councilor Suzgo Msowoya of Peoples Party (PP) of not conducting development meetings since 2014 elections. The people in the area bemoan that Councilor Msowoya has not paid them a visit since he was elected in the […]
Lilongwe South Parliamentarian, Peter Dimba, this week took Mzimba District Executive Committee (DEC) members by surprise as he asked them what was their opinion on whether the 10,430 square kilometer district should be divided or not. Dimba said this at Mzimba boma when Parliamentary Joint Committee members visited M’mbelwa District Council to find out the council’s […]
Activista, a group of youth activists under ActionAid in Traditional Authority Khonsolo in Mzimba, says some parents in the area have disowned their children for going against their will to withdraw from marriages and return to school. In an interview on Tuesday, the group’s programme coordinator Emmanuel Kadango said this is affecting the campaign against […]
Guardians at Mzimba District Hospital are at high risk of water borne diseases such as cholera, due to the bad state of the facility which lets in water when it rains. The guardian shelter, which is housing over 100 guardians, has latrines which are now full, poorly taken-care-of rubbish pit and no kitchen, making life […]
District Education Manager for Mzimba South, Fanwell Chiwowa, has blamed teachers in the district for spending weeks in towns accessing salaries while the learners in their schools are left in the cold. The District Education Manager was speaking on Friday, during graduation ceremony for 64 Female Teachers at DAPP Teachers Training College in Mzimba, saying […]
Mzimba District Health Office (DHO) has bemoaned low condom use among the youth which has contributed to an increase in teenage pregnancies in the district. Mzimba District Hospital youth friendly coordinator Gloria Ng’ambi has since said a recent demographic health survey showed that teenage pregnancies rose to 29 percent in 2015 from 26 percent in […]
Over 20 girls in the area of Inkosi Khonsolo in Malawi’s northern region district of Mzimba have been rescued from marriages and returned back to school – courtesy of a project dubbed collective efforts in being implemented by Action Aid Malawi. Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of a display of activities from schools around […]
The tussle over control of Constituency Development Fund – CDF between councillors and members of Parliament rages on in Malawi northern region district of Mzimba where councillors have expressed concern of being sidelined in the administration of the fund. The funds are meant for small projects which are implemented in constituencies across the country an […]
Police in Malawi’s northern region district of Mzimba have arrested a 35 year old man for allegedly defiling his 14 year old biological daughter at Kamwazeka village in the area of Inkosi Mzikubola. Mzimba police spokesman sergeant Peter Botha identified the suspect as Maxwell Shonga who is being kept in custody at the station awaiting […]
Mzimba South District Health Office has registered a decrease in neonatal deaths following an increase of monthly funding from MK15.7 Million to MK21.2million courtesy of Mamaye advocacy project. Recently, the Mamaye study in Mzimba South revealed that an average of 19 babies were dying per month before they reach the age of 28 days due […]
Traditional Authority Khosolo of Mzimba district has said school going children should not wear mini-skirts, saying they are distracting male teachers and fuelling earsly sexual activity amongst students. The Inkosi said the practice of wearing mini-skirts among school going children creates a burning desire in men who end up coax them into marriages. He announced […]
Legislator for Mzimba Luwerezi Deliwe Ngoma – formerly independent but now member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) – has proven herself to be a cancer that sooner than later will bring down the ruling party’s structures in the constituency to shambles if her recent doings are anything to go by. The MP, Nyasa Times has learnt, […]
Malawi Police in Mzimba are looking for criminals who have swindled students of over MK5million in traditional Authority Kampingo Sibande, Chindi and Khosolo, alleging to recruit them as security officers to protect albinos in the district. Mzimba Police Station Officer, Assistant Commissioner of Police Louis Chigadula on Tuesday, said the con-men are using Airtel and […]
An influential newspaper columnist has gone to town accusing the Peter Mutharika led administration of “ genocide” over report that 19 out 44 new born babies are dying every 28 days in the northern district of Mzimba, saying government is “doing it intentionally”. George Kasakula, editor-in-chief of Times Group writing on his ‘Hitting the nail’ […]
This year’s Ngoni Umthetho ceremony will be marked by a Hora mountain climb, Nyasa Times has learnt. Presided over by Paramount Chief Inkosi ya Makosi M’mbelwa V, the largest Ngoni group of Mzimba, will unite for days of cultural reconnaissance at the foot of their historical mountain, Hola. “We will have our brave warriors, young […]
Paramount Chief M’mbelwa the V of Mzimba has quashed a request made by Councilors to divide the district into four other districts, saying the issue requires more consultation as the district does not belong to chiefs and councilors alone. The call to divide Mzimba came as a hot cake on the agenda of a two-day […]
A senior chief of Ngoni in Mzimba has described as naïve suggestions from some quarters that the powerful Ngoni district of Mzimba be dismantled into three. Inkosi Kampingo Sibande said those propagating for the split are myopic and naïve and will regret later if they are humans. “Government does not allocate development resources in a […]
People who advocate splitting Mzimba into tuchoko-tuchoko (tiny) districts argue that because of its large size Mzimba has lagged behind in development. When we analyse development in its components we realise that these people are making misleading allegations. Development is realised through education, health, industry, physical infrastructure like roads and bridges. Educationally, Mzimba has always […]