Residents in Karonga on Tuesday woke up in shock after the district council demolished shops belonging to vendors plying their trade in undesignated trading areas. Steve Simsokwe, chairperson of Karonga district council said the operation is in preparation for the council to become a municipality. He said the council is working with the police to […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera on Wednesday welcomed Karonga-based fearless activist Steven Simsokwe to the rank and file of the party after he has joined frontline politics. Chakwera welcomes Simsokwe in Mbande area in Karonga north west constituency at a rally which was also graced by different party officials such as the second […]
Rights activist and executive director for Karonga Youth for Justice and Development (KYJD), Steve Simusokwe, has reiterated that the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is “a disappointment,” and has since called upon Malawians to sit back in reflection to elect transformative leaders in next year’s tripartite elections. Simsokwe made the call last Friday in Nyungwe, […]
Northern Region Water Board (NRWB) customers in the lakeshore district of Karonga say they will stage a demonstration soon to lay bare their frustrations regarding the manner in which the government owned utility company treats them. The demonstrations, which are going to be spearheaded by one of the district’s vocal civil society organizations (CSOs)—Karonga Youth […]
Hundreds of Karonga residents responded to the protest organized by the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) on Friday where they petitioned the country’s President Peter Mutharika through the office of the District Commissioner (DC) on the way the country is being governed. The protest which started around 8:30 am and ended around 10 am started at Karonga roundabout going straight to the […]
Youths in the northern region have vehemently attacked Paramount Chief Kyungu for calling government critics ‘fools’ saying the word was an insult and too strong to come out from him as a senior traditional leader. Kyungu made the remarks on Sunday during the official opening of Karonga stadium. While backing the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) under […]
Government’s fierce critic, the Reverend Levi Nyondo of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) in the Synod Livingstonia has ranked fearless youth activist Steven Simsokwe as best freedom fighter in the northern region especially in the year of 2017. Nyondo said this during the burial ceremony of Magomero Nyasulu, one of the senior Church member […]
Malawi Police in the northern border district of Karonga on Wednesday detained the fearless youth activist Steven Simsokwe for campaigning against the relocation of a refugee camp from Dzaleka in Dowa to Katili in Traditional Authority (T/A) Kyungu in Karonga. According to the police, the development comes after Simsokwe organized a massive sensitization campaign against […]