Tag archives: Road Traffic Department

Killer taxi driver fined K80,000 to avoid jail in Malawi

By Nyasa Times Reporter

A Magistrate Court in the northern city of Mzuzu has ordered a man convicted with causing death by dangerous driving to pay K80,000 or face a eight months jail sentence with hard labour. Hestings Mwayisangu, 30, was in court for causing the death of Cobby Nyirenda of Zangunya village , T/A Wasambo in Karonga District, by […]

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Malawi police work not to prevent accidents but to raise money – motorists

By Nyasa Times Reporter

The traffic police in Malawi don’t work to prevent road accidents but to raise money, some motorists have said. Describing the speed trap as a classical example, the motorists alleges that the traffic officers, who are often seen in ‘dark corners’ especially at Universal Trading Company along the Chipembere Highway in Blantyre, southern Malawi and […]

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