Prostitutes in the northern Malawian city of Mzuzu are accused of killing two clients by drowning them in a dam on Saturday after they failed to pay for sex, according to police . The deceased, Malumbo Chamvula and Osward Tembo both 20 and hailing from traditional authority Mtwalo in Mzimba district met their fate at […]
Malawi Police Service in the central tobacco growing district of Kasungu on Friday morning withdrew 11 teenage girls from various resthouses within the Municipality in an exercise aimed at fighting child prostitution which police said is rampant in the district. The girls whose ages ranged from 13 to 16 were briefly held at Kasungu Police Station […]
Sex workers deserve as much respect as any other professional, newly elected president of the National Sex Workers Alliance Lorreta Mkulichi says. Speaking at the end of a two day sex workers meeting at Lilongwe Hotel, Mkulichi noted that sex work is like any other career. “It’s my body and I use it as a […]
A Lilongwe-based business guru is throwing in millions of kwacha in an odd business never heard of in Malawi history, strip tease club and escort agency thanks to the current government’s stance on human rights and freedom. The mogul (name withheld) says he has been encouraged by the recent announcement by Minister of Justice and […]
Over 50 sex workers from the country’s hotspots converged at Lilongwe Hotel for two days where they formed a nationwide sex workers alliance and elected a national working committee. Although sex work is illegal in the country, human rights lawyer Chrispin Sibande said since the Constitution guarantees every citizen the right to association and opinion, […]
Pakachere Institute of Health and Development Communication (PIHDC) will launch a national wide Alliance of sex workers in Malawi on November 7, 2012 in Lilongwe. Sex workers Alliance is a platform of sex workers where they can share and discuss issues affecting their day to day lives. Speaking to Malawi News Agency (MANA) on Thursday, […]
Ancient empires often fell after being attacked by external adversaries. Malawi is declining because she is fighting herself, at least, in large part. A country that had been standing firmly for as long as we can remember is gradually being knocked to its knees. It may soon be brought to the ground, but we should […]
A man from area 36 in Lilongwe, Elemiya Chizeze, was killed following a dispute he had with a sex worker he had hooked at a drinking joint in the area on the night of 2nd to 3rd October 2012. According to information from Lilongwe police station Chizeze (24) went out for a drink on the said date […]
A sex-worker shocked listeners on Zodiak Broadcasting Station’s (ZBS) N’chani Kodi aMalawi programme when she claimed she has slept with young people as young as 12 years old. She told presenter Trinity Mbalaza during her visit to Salima’s Kamuzu Road. The woman (name withheld) also said she is happy to be have romps with other women’s’ […]
Sex workers in Malawi’s commercial capital, Blantyre have now resorted to putting on Islamic headscarf in a bid to attract new clients a development that has attracted concerns among Muslims community. Nyasa Times has established that most of them are doing this to attract levellers mostly Asian Muslims and other libidous prominent Malawian Muslim clerics who […]
Commercial sex workers in Mangochi have teamed up to promote issues of safe sex as their contribution to the reduction of HIV and Aids prevalence rate in the district. The commercial sex workers have since warned men who prefer unprotect sex that they will not be “serviced” without the ‘rubber’. “Much as we agree that […]
People around one of Malawi’s popular business spots, Lunzu Trading Centre in Blantyre, woke up to shocking news Sunday morning when a commercial sex worker was found dead with her private parts cut off. The sex worker, 29-year-old Bernadeta Lozanyamba, was found in a pool of blood in her room. Southern Region Police Spokesperson Nicholas […]
One of the country’s English theatre groups, Solomonic Peacocks has taken a step further in its quest for theatrical advancement by featuring a former Zambian ex-sex worker, Precious Kawinga in a new play, Seal of Confession. Apart from the play, Kawinga and Solomonic have partnered to work in a project aimed at reforming commercial sex […]
Sex workers who would like to see government legalise the trade will live to regret as government has no plans to draft a policy to legalise prostitution in the country. Government has since maintained its stand that prostitution is illegal. Public Relationship Officer (PRO) for the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Apoche Itimu said […]
Unless government include high risk groups in national HIV programming and funding priorities, Malawi will not achieve anything in the fight against further spread of HIV, Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) alerted district officials on Sunday. CHRR Programs Manager, Timothy Mtambo, made the remarks in Salima on Sunday, when the organization briefed District […]
A sex work situation analysis report has revealed that sex workers (SWs) are afraid of undergoing HIV testing for fear of the consequences of being found HIV positive. The report which was launched in Lilongwe on Wednesday says the culture of silence is one of the contributing factors to shunning HIV testing among SWs apart […]
A former Zambian sex worker, Precious Kawinga has partnered with a local theatre company, Solomonic Peacocks Theatre in a project aimed at reforming commercial sex workers in Malawi. Kawinga, who was one of the contenders in Zambia’s Africa Unite Television, Ready For Marriage reality show forged the partnership with Solomonic Peacock last month and is […]
It’s payday for sex-starved woodmen in Malawi. That only means one thing: the line at the “nondescript shack” gets extra long. Consider the dramatic opening of this story in The Nation: “Something raw is happening behind the scenic beauty of Malawi’s Chikangawa Forest — scores of men are queuing for sex with a single woman […]