Malawi’s integrated mobile network and ICT service provider TNM has donated K385,000 towards the purchase of artificial limbs (leg and arm) to a crocodile attack victim in Nsanje, Lovemore Mofolo. The victim lost the use of his right arm and hand, and was later amputated. Speaking during the cheque presentation, TNM’s Senior Manager Consumer services […]
Nsanje youth have expressed discontent over efforts being employed by government and development partners towards youth development claiming not much is being done on the ground. The youth blame the situation on inadequate resources being pumped towards the same by the local government which is impacting negatively on efforts to ensure that the district’s youths […]
People of Nsanje are up in arms against officials from Nsanje District Hospitals for allegedly charging for health services. Some people from Nsanje and Chikhwawa said the situation is very critical when they are referred to use the X ray facilities. One woman from Nsanje claimed she was asked to pay K500 for the service […]
Eric Aniva, the Nsanje man who confessed to defiling young girls and sleeping with widows in a sexual cleansing ritual when he was HIV positive on Friday walked out of Nsanje principal magistrate court after two state witnesses took to the dock. Principal resident magistrate Innocent Nedi adjourned the case to September 16 when the […]
A Nsanje woman who claimed to have 13 months pregnant is in great anguish as the health facility medics are refusing to induce labour on her as the pregnancy has gone on too long . Cecelia Chifunga has been going to Sorgin health facility to access antenatal services but has been denied by the authorities […]
As government says will not complete the dragging of Ruo river in Nsanje district this year which changed its original course during the January 2015 floods, Nsanje full council want it done this year. This comes after Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) Public Relations Officer Jeremiah Mphande in an interview said government requires ample time to […]
Blantyre Chief Resident Magistrate Thom Ligowe has taken over the case of Nsanje ‘hyena’ man Eric Aniva charged along side his accomplice-Vito Nkhalamba on sexual offences after First Grade Magistrate Anderson Masanjala recused himself. .Judiciary Spokesperson Mlenga Mvula confirmed the appointment of Judge Ligowe to proceed with the case once it resumes on August 25, […]
Erica Aniva, who has hit local and international headlines for sleeping with over 100 widows and young girls in an outdated cultural cleansing ritual came out of the court in Nsanje puffing but his case still looks smoky. Judiciary spokesperson Mlenga Mvula has said the court is yet to identify another magistrate after First Grade […]
Malawi Police arrested a second man in lower shire district of Nsanje who was plying his trade as a ‘hyena’ having sex with underage girls to initiate them into womanhood. Vito Nkhambala, in his early 40’s was arrested after Eric Aniva, 45 sparked social media outrage when he told local and international media that families […]
Nsanje Magistrate’s Court on Friday denied bail to Eric Aniva, the Nsanje man who confessed to defiling more than 100 adolescent girls as part of initiation rites into womanhood and sleeping with widows in a sexual cleansing ritual when he was HIV positive. Aniva, 45, was nabbed last month, when President Peter Mutharika ordered his […]
Stakeholders in Nsanje district have responded angrily to British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) recent report entitled ‘the man hired to have sex with children’ which portrayed that some men are hired to sleep with underage girls through a sexual cleansing ritual called ‘kusasa fumbi’. A report published on BBC on July 21, 2016, which quoted Eric […]
President Peter Mutharika has ordered a thorough investigation into allegations that parents and village elders were handing over girls, as younger as 12 to sleep with 40 year old Eric Aniva who has since been arrested. Aniva, in his own confession to BBC and other local media organisations, said he had slept with 104 young […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has ordered the arrest of Eric Aniva, an HIV-infected man in Nsanje district of the southern Malawi who has the job of devirginising girls who had just their first menstruation. Aniva, a Malawian in his forties, is what’s known as a ‘hyena’ – a man paid to have sex with young […]
Friends of Aids Support Trust (FAST) has embarked on a campaign in Nsanje district mobilizing men to take a leading role in the fight against gender based violence and new HIV and Aids infections. Score Project Officer, Mweta Katemba said in an interview they are rolling out the project following rampant reports of GBV cases […]
As the hunger continues biting hard the Lower Shire districts, women and children are on risk of crocodile attacks as they are always found in shire river searching for water plants called Nyika to feed themselves as they run away from police torture in ADMARC markets. A visit by the Malawi News Agency along the […]
Nsanje Secondary School students are being subjected to pathetic learning environment despite the institution existing for 50 years. Resident female students sleep rough ina dilapidated hostel which used to be a biology laborotary. The classrooms are crumbling, nearly 320 students have to relieve themselves in the open because the toilets are not functioning. The library […]
First deputy speaker Esther Mcheka Chilenje has asked the government and other well wishers to come in swiftly and save the situation at Nsanje Secondary School where the building is in dilapidated state and students, including those in Form sit on the floor when learning. She was speaking on Saturday when the school was commemorating […]
Malawi Police in Nsanje have arrested, John Dedza Mchambalinja, 23, for allegedly burning to death Fombe Nyamatcherenga, 23. Nsanje police Criminal Investigations Officer, Assistant Superintendent John Timbenao said the victim was burnt to death Friday May 6, 2016 at around 10pm. Timbenao said the development followed an incident in which the victim allegedly attacked the […]