A 44 year-old primary school teacher, Oliver Jinazale, from the lake shore district of Nkhotakota has committed suicide by hanging following family disputes. According to the Deputy Public Relations Officer for Nkhotakota Police, Paul Malimwe, the deceased who hailed from Makuta Village in the area of Senior Chief Malengachazi in Nkhotakota, had quarreled with his […]
A married man in Lilongwe has committed suicide by jumping into Likuni river after being caught having sex with another woman. Malawi Police have identified the man as 39-year-old Chingoma Ngwizi of Tambala Village, Traditional Authority Malili in Lilongwe. Lilongwe Police station spokesperson Kingsley Dandaula said t on the night of July 7, the deceased […]
Barely two weeks before the commencement of the Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations, a form four student at Bembeke Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) in Dedza has committed suicide. The deceased, Ousmane Zingwe, 20, hanged himself in Bembeke Market. Confirming the development, Sub Inspector Edward Kabango from Dedza Police Station said the deceased […]
Two women from two different villages in Mchinji found their husbands hanging dead when they committed suicide by hanging in two separate incidents. The deceased identified as Rodrick Banda, 32 and John Shuko, 25 who hailed from different villages of Chimuti under traditional authority Zulu and traditional authority M’duwa respectively, themselves to the roofs of […]
A 38-year-old man in Ntcheu district has committed suicide after he severely injured his wife who was in a process of divorcing him. Police have identified the deceased as Titani Bauleni. He hanged himself to a tree in a forest and was found by passersby in the early morning hours of Tuesday 9thMay, 2017. According […]
A Malawi College of Accountancy (MCA) student on Wednesday 15th March, 2017 committed suicide in Ndirande Township, Blantyre. The 22-year-old Daniel Munthali was found hanging at around 6 O’clock in the evening. Blantyre Police Public Relations Officer, Elizabeth Divala said on the material day the deceased was driving a family car registration number SA6814, a […]
A 58-year-old man in Phalombe district on Wednesday March 1 beat up his wife to death and later hanged himself in his bedroom, Malawi police have confirmed. The deceased have been identified as Ethel Kachepa, 49, of Nyangu village and Lifred Mukhweya of Nakoma village, both from T/A Mkanda in Mulanje district. The incident occurred […]
A 68-year-old Village Headman Eneya II of Ntcheu district has committed suicide after complaining of body pains, police have confirmed. The deceased real name Edwin Bello killed himself by hanging in the wee hours of Wednesday (January 18th, 2017). He was one of village headmen in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Kwataine in the district. Ntcheu […]
Residents of Airport Development Limited (ADL) houses in Lumbadzi, Lilongwe, were Tuesday morning shocked to find the body of their fellow employee, hanging to the roof of his house, decomposed. The deceased, Dennis Chauluka, was an Assistant Telecommunications Engineer who had just finished his training on January 6 and, according to Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) […]
A standard 7 pupil from Ngulube Full Primary School at Chinsapo 2 in Lilongwe is in Police custody for attempting to kill himself. Lilongwe Police Station Public Relations Officer (PRO) Inspector Kingsley Dandaula identified the boy as Lawrence Changapalibe 15, from Chaoneka village in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Changata in Thyolo district. The […]
The Malawi Police Service has decried the general increase in suicide cases in the country, emphasizing that killing oneself is not solution. There has been an increase recently of suicide cases with people killing themselves due to various personal reasons. Speaking on Tikhale Tcheru TV programme beamed on MBC-TV on Saturday afternoon, the Regional Detective […]
A well-known Lilongwe man Johnstone Sendeza overwhelmed by unbearable challenges in his business life commited suicide and left a heartbreaking note to his wife Sendeza was found hanging in a toilet by his sister, politician Jean Sendeza. In his suicide notes found after his death, sean by Nyasa Times, Sendeza wrte his fiancé whom he was […]
Two women in Mangochi have died in separate incidents where one was killed in cold blood while the other committed suicide,Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector Rodrick Maida has confirmed. According to Maida, Ajida Yunusu (30) is believed to have been murdered between Mbuzi village and Kambiya hills on her way to buy some accessories. Maida […]
A 30-year old tobacco farmer in Dowa has commited suicide for not making profits in the leaf sales. Police spokesman at Dowa , Richard Kaponda, confirmed the man, identified as Mandaachepa Kandikana Kachipere, of Kauma village in Traditional Authority (T/A) Msakambewa hanged himself on Saturday 23 Juky.. Kaponda said Kachipere went to Kasungu in 2015 […]
A Malawian man identified as Daud Mwasinga has killed himself at Hillbrow in South Africa, Nyasa Times has established. According to our source, the husband was suspecting that his wife was having a secret affair and that the baby they had belong to the secret lover. The source revealed that on Tuesday night, the man took the […]
Two students have committed suicide on different places and different reasons in Dedza. Dedza police spokesperson Edward Kabango confirmed. “It’s indeed two students belonging to catholic faith have simultaneously hanged themselves for unknown reasons. The medical reports have shown that the two have died of suffocation due to strangulation following their hanging”, said Kabango. He […]
A 14 year-old Burundi national on Sunday (10th January, 2015) was found hanging from a roof of a house at Falls Estate location in Lilongwe. Lilongwe Police Station Public Relations Officer (PRO) Inspector Kingsley Dandaula said the Police have identified the deceased as Cynthia Nibyabandi who until her death was staying with her parents at […]
Thyolo has been singled out by the police as the leading district in suicide cases in southern region and law enforcers are attributing this to rising marital problems in the tea growing district. Southern region police spokesman James Kadadzera said the commercial city of Blantyre is closely trailing Thyolo in suicide cases. “Suicide notes we […]