A 41-year-old man has been jailed to a lengthy cumulative 58 years for a string of child sex offences against three young girls between 2016 and 2019- the punishment which has pleased women activists pleading for stiff punishment for sexual offenders. High Court in Mzuzu handed the sentence to Thomas Chavula. But Judge Thomson Ligowe […]
The debate on castration as a punishment for those convicted of child sex abuse is gaining ground. Expressing serious concern over the recent spurt in incidents of sexual assault on minor girls across the country, Senior Chief Kuntaja of Blantyre District has backed calls from various corners that all girl child abusers be castrated as a […]
Malawi Police in Mzimba have arrested a teacher who allegedly raped a student right away in administration block at school. Police have identified the suspect teacher as Goodrich Nkhoma from Kasenga, Mbalachanda. He is a teacher at Kapando Community Day Secondary School. The suspect has been detained at Euthini police station . Nkhoma was once […]
Government is moving in full swing and fast to control the escalating cases of rape and defilement in the country which now seem to be out of control. Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo Banda has disclosed that the ministry has now instituted a 15-member committee to look into the issue of escalating cases of […]
Sexual violence continues to be problematic in Malawi. There is a harrowing video clip that is making rounds on social media of a rape victim who is writhing on the floor in apparent agony. Sitting next to the victim, whose skirt is drenched in blood, is her alleged attacker who gets a mouthful from those […]
A 34-year-old man is in police custody in Dowa on allegations that he has raped three women in a marathon sex scandal, one after another. Dowa police spokesperson Gladson M’bumpha identified the suspect as Stephano Kaboko Chipiku. He said Chipiku is suspected to have raped the women aged 17, 24 and 32 armed with a […]
Pan African Parliament acting president Bouras Djamel says his delegation is to discuss with President Lazarus Chakwera and Speaker of parliament Catherine Gotani Hara to find solutions to the increasing cases of rape and defilement in the country. Djamel said this after meeting Justice Minister Titus Mvalo on Tuesday in Lilongwe. “There is need to […]
The Medical Aid Society of Malawi (Masm) says it has suspended one of its management team members over rape allegations. In a statement, Masm chief executive officer, Sydney Chikoti says the medical aid organisation has suspended its chief commercial officer, Andrew Ngomwa. This follows a defilement case that Ngomwa is currently answering. He is alleged […]
First Lady Monica Chakwera says she is shocked with the sudden rise in defilement and rape cases in the country. Chakwera said this on Sunday when she visited and cheered a 10-year-old girl at Mzuzu Central Hospital who is receiving treatment for severe injuries sustained during a defilement ordeal. The girl, who was defiled […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has reacted to demand by women in the country for harsher penalties to eradicate an entrenched culture of sexual violence by directing the Ministry of Homeland Security to lead a task force on dealing with the matters urgently. Chakwera made his directive in his Saturday radio address as earlier in the day […]
Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has commended the country’s industrious hip-hop artist and activist, Phyzix, for joining hands with the Association for Women in the Media (Awome) in publicly condemning the ongoing sexual violence campaign against women and girls in the country. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times, the newly appointed MHRC Executive […]
Girls in Chiradzulu District have been advised to keep distance from men and protect each other from perpetrators of sexual violence. This was said on Thursday during a role modeling session that was organized by Campaign for Female Education (Camfed) to encourage girls to go further with education and also interact with young ladies that […]
Malawi Police in Blantyre are looking for a man only identified as Dengadenga on the offence of “raping” a chicken. A 63-year-old farmer in Machinjiri, Blantyre reported on Tuesday to police that Dengadenga was caught naked, with bloody private parts and a dead chicken in his hands. The farmer, Henry Makoti, said he was away […]
Female journalists in the cities of Blantyre and Lilongwe have taken to the streets to demonstrate against increased cases of sexual violence and other forms of gender-based violence in the country. In Blantyre, the journalists marched from Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital through Masauko Chipembere Highway to deliver a petition at Blantyre City Council. They chanted […]
Hundreds of girls accompanied by some women have marched in the major cities in the country to send a strong message against increasing cases of sexual abuse with defilement and rape topping the list. A few men joined the girls and women in the protest marches in Blantyre, Lilongwe and Mzuzu following increased reports of […]
Two faceless women appeared on South African television channel eNCA on Wednesday and accused Malawian prophet Shepherd Bushiri of raping them. The interview came barely hours after Bushiri, the leader of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church, detailed how a conspiracy of some officers from the Hawks and some members from SANCO has been intimidating women and children to […]
The acting United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator to Malawi, Benoit Thiry, has hailed the ruling the High Court judge Kenyatta Nyirenda delivered in respect of the rape, defilement and sexual assault on Msundwe women by Malawi Police Service officers. The court ordered the police to compensate 18 women allegedly sexually assaulted by cops in Lilongwe last […]
Attorney General Dr Chikosa Silungwe has said government will comply with the High Court determination that 18 Msudwe women who were victims of sexual violence and rape in Lilongwe should be compensated for the heinous acts allegedly suffered at the hands of Malawi Police officers. Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda in a ruling championed by Women Lawyers […]