Defilement cases in Mangochi have increased by 78.18 percent in the year 2020 as compared to the rate of the same criminal act in 2019, Mangochi Police Station disclosed on Thursday. A report released by the station through its Deputy Public Relations Officer, Sub-Inspector Amina Tepani-Daudi, indicates that the district recorded 55 cases of defilement […]
A member of parliament has called for the castration of rapists legislation while a youth rights group is advocating for the training of girls in martial arts to stop the rising number of rape and defilement cases in the country. Neno South Constituency Member of Parliament, Mark Katsonga, has proposed castration to perpetrators of defilement […]
Malawi courts will soon have uniform sentencing of sexual violence perpetrators to ensure that the convicts in sex crimes get stiff punishment, Minister of Justice Titus Mvalo has said. Speaking during the International Human Rights Day today in Rumphi Mvalo said he will be taking to Parliament an amendment to the Criminal Procedure and Evidence […]
Speaker of the National Assembly, Catherine Gotani Hara has pleaded with the Church of Central African Presbyterian (CCAP) Synod of Livingstonia newly elected General Secretary to take a leading role in the fight against rape and defilement in the country. Hara said this on at St. Andrew’s Church in Mzuzu during a farewell service for […]
Malawi Police in Monkey Bay, Mangochi have arrested a 33-year-old man for defiling three sisters and impregnating one of them in the process. The police have identified the man as Petros, 33, from Monkey Bay in Mangochi district, saying the defilement took place in August this year. Petros is alleged to have been enticing the […]
Call it the new normal of justice delivery; a 21-year- old man, Clement Chigwe, has been killed Tuesday morning for allegedly attempting to rape a child in Msundwe, Lilongwe, Malawi Police have confirmed. According to police, the father of the alleged rape victim, took the law in his own hands and killed Chigwe upon learning […]
Adolescent boys and girls from Mtandire Township in Lilongwe will no longer have to go to a police unit or station to report cases of gender based violence (GBV), rape and defilement cases. For the past three days, mHub – which champions the development of local technology solutions – hosted a three-day day digital skills workshop for […]
United Democrat Front (UDF) Member of Parliament for Ndirande Malabada, Ismail Rizzq Mkumba on Saturday joined the nationwide condemnation of the rising cases of sexual violence by organising a demonstration march in his constituency. The UDF legislator described these acts as heinous and must be condemned in strongly terms. He joined the march from Goliyo […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima has appealed to women in the country to speak with one voice on matters affecting them as opposed to pulling each other down or succumbing to the divide and rule traps set on them. Chilima was speaking in Lilongwe Saturday when he attended an inaugural networking meeting for the Women Lawyers […]
Authorities in Chikhwawa say rape and defilement cases have soared in the past two months when the district registered 20 cases. This is despite the intense war waged by the government and rights activists against the vice. Just this week, a two-year-old year baby has been defiled in the area of Traditional Authority Makhuwira in […]
Leader of the Opposition in parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa has added his weight to the growing calls for serious remedial action against rising cases of sexual assault across Malawi. In a statement released on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, Nankhumwa says Malawi finds itself at a critical juncture with regard to its social and economic progress, when the dark vices of […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has spoken tough against rape and defilement, saying his administration will deal with perpetrators as law enforcers are urged to step up their game prevent sex crimes and hold offenders accountable. He said this on Saturday during his weekly radio address to the nation. He warned those who conceal sexual abuse cases […]
Chimbwadzi Citizen Forum of Traditional Authority (T/A) Chilooko in Ntchisi has deplored the tendency by the government ministries and parastatal institutions to transfer officers suspected to have committed sexual offences. The forum’s executive member Evelyn Malanda made the sentiments on Wednesday during an interface meeting with officials from the National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE). […]
A 34-year-old man is in police custody in Blantyre for constantly raping his own two daughters for quick get rich rituals. This cones at a time when the government and rights activists have joined hands to deal with the growing tendency of rape in the country. Limbe Police Station spokesperson Patrick Mussa has identified the […]
Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) leader prophet Shepherd Bushiri says he is neither shocked nor surprised with media reported warrants of arrest because they are just part of the larger crusade to try and persecute his name in the media by a team of same white police officers notably from the Hawks. South Africa media is reporting […]
Dowa District Commissioner (DC) Alex Mdooko has warned communities and chiefs against covering up rape cases or imposing lighter penalties on perpetrators of the offense. The DC was speaking on the sidelines of child and women rights awareness march which Girls Empowerment Network (GENet) organized at Mponela Trading Centre in the district on Monday. Mdooko […]
Sexual abuse incidences are on the rise in Machinga, with figures showing that between July and September this year, the cases increased by 54 percent. Machinga Police Station Community Policing Coordinator, Roster Milanzi said during a child protection technical working group meeting held on Monday that the period under review, 40 sexual offences were registered […]
Civic Education and National Unity minister Timothy Mtambo has warned rapists and those who defile underage girls that the long arm of the law will deal with them. Mtambo said this Tuesday during community sensitization meetings in the north. He also warned that perpetrators of sexual violence and mob justice have no place in Malawi. […]