Terror and grief have gripped Kantimbanya village in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Somba in Blantyre district after a 36-year-old woman Brenda Mujoza was on Tuesday gang raped and subsequently killed by her assailants. Mujoza, police and family members have disclosed, was strungulated to death on the morning of Tuesday March 29th, 2016 on her way […]
Malawi Police in Kasungu have arrested a 21 year old man for abducting a secondary school girl, locked her in in a room for five hours whilst repeatedly sexually abusing her. Kasungu police station publicist Edna Mzingwitsa said Chikwamao Mambo abducted the 17 year old girl around 8:30 Sunday evening as she was coming from […]
Malawi girls are fast becoming an extremely endangered species with the news making headlines . day in day out is that of sexual defilement and rape cases. It is evolving into a crisis that needs to be addressed, In Mulanje, a 15-year-old boy, Hassan Pathasen is currently in police custody for allegedly defiling an 8-year-old […]
Malawi Police have expressed concern over the rise in rape and defilement cases which they say topped the crime list in 2015. Nicholas Gondwa, the police spokesperson at national headquarters in Lilongwe said there were 208 rape cases in 2015 up from 190 in 2014, representing a 10 percent increase. On defilement, Gondwa said there […]
Church leaders in Ntcheu district have been cautioned on spiritual healing, a trending phenomenon that is discouraging people from taking medical drugs. Bishop Moffati Litchapa, chairperson of the district’s Interfaith Aids Committee (DIAC), said the development was “causing a lot of health complications.” He said during a two-day workshop on medication and spiritual healing that […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Patricia Kaliati has slamed the growing tendency by some men who are reportedly sleeping with their biological daughters and step daughters with the belief that they will cast out family spells and or get rich in Mulanje. Reports indicate that the tendency, coupled with lack of motivation […]
A professional radiographer at Mulanje Hospital is in the hands of police for attempting to rape a client who went to find out whether she is pregnant or not. Police told Nyasa Times Thursday that 28 year old Kenneth Mkorongo asked the client, whose name we have deliberately withheld on ethical reasons, to undress when […]
Unknown criminals have gang raped wife of the watchman after stealing cash and property in millions in Mangochi. The ruthless gang also stole a car as a get way vehicle and abandoned it at the tarmac road junction from the lodge. Guests at the Nkhudzi Bay Lodge were in for a rude awakening when the gang with pistols […]
The Balaka First Grade Magistrate Court in eastern Malawi has sentenced a 23 year old-man to seven years imprisonment with hard labour for raping his biological mother. The convict Macdonald Kusala was arrested after he was caught red-handed raping his 42-year-old mother in her matrimonial house. Police Prosecutor Inspector Isaac Mponela told the court that […]
Malawi Police in southern district of Phalombe have expressed worry over increased cases of defilement in this year’s second quarter in the district. According to Phalombe Police Station, 10 defilement cases have been reported at the station in this second quarter (April, May and June 2015) compared to seven cases reported during the same period […]
Police in Nsanje have arrested one of their own officier , Sergeant Petro Mkulalero, 32, on allegations of raping a 17 year old girl who sought refuge at Chilomo Police after running away from sex abuse at her parents’ home. The girl was running away from her parents after exchanging bitter words with them because […]
Euthini Second Grade Magistrate’s Court has referred to a court in Mzuzu a case in which Mbalachanda Police Unit officer-in-charge Paul Kuchawo is accused of rape and defilement charges following revelations that he made a 15-year-old girl pregnant. Mzimba Police spokesperson Gabriel Chiona said it is alleged Kuchawo had been in a relationship with the […]
Blantyre Magistrates Court has sentenced a 25-year-old Pork seller to 12 years imprisonment with hard labour for rape. Wellington Govati a resident of Chatha village in Chilobwe, Blantyre raped an 18-year-old Chimwankhunda Community Day Secondary School form one student on 14th October, 2014. Govati who pleaded not guilty to the rape charge was arrested on […]
Malawi Police in Neno district have arrested a primary school teacher who allegedly impregnated his in-law. Paul Steven 26 years-old has been arrested after the victim’s grandfather reported the matter to police. Steven, a teacher at Nsenjere Primary School, allegedly impregnated his 14-year-old in-law who is in standard 6 at the same school, according to […]
A bill that Malawi Parliament passed banning child marriage, raising the minimum age to 18 and updated the laws on marriage and divorce, included making rape within marriage explicitly illegal. One of the more controversial elements of the bill refers to marital rape. While confirming conjugal rights in marriage, the law states that a spouse […]
Victim Support and Child Protection Coordinator for Balaka Police Station Constable Donna Kaoloka has commended people of Balaka for reporting to the police cases on child abuse and other domestic crime that has somehow helped reduce the crimes rate in the district. Kaoloka said this following the arrest of a 33 year old man Macsome […]
The Medicines San Frontiers (MSF) has deployed about 70 health workers in Nsanje and Chikhwawa in readiness for waterborne and airborne diseases that are likely to follow the recent floods. The health workers, who include clinicians and nurses, are already on the ground in the two districts, as health and sanitation situation continues to dwindle […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati has protested against the bail given to Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Pastor Harrison Juwa, who is accused of defiling a teen girl. Kaliati said the offence is against society and serious one that did not deserve bail and urged the judiciary not to be insensitive to the […]