Month: February 2023 Posts

Kotanna Chidyaonga: Ntilosanje sues  Malawi Police, demanding K300 million

Feb 16, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Late Kotanna Chidyaonga's former boyfriend Timothy ‘Timmy’ Ntilosanje has sued the Malawi Police, demanding K300 million for false imprisonment and defamation. Ntilosanje is also accusing police of malicious imprisonment and wants police to pay aggravated… ...

Malawi mass graves: Pathologist Dzamalala withholds autopsies of 30 migrants over payment

Nov 10, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Pathologist Dr. Charles Dzamalala is yet to release autopsy reports of 30 migrants, who were found in mass graves in Mzimba last month, because he is yet to receive payment for the work. This is… ...

Legal expert wants retrial of cases in which Dzamalala’s reports were used

May 17, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Days after the Medical Council of Malawi (MCM) found Pathologist, Dr Charles Dzamalala, guilty of medical negligence over Kottana Chidyaonga's postmortem report, a legal expert says there is need for retrial of all cases in… ...

Dr Ruth Chimutu suspended for three months over Kottana’s death

May 11, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Kottana Chidyaonga The Medical Council of Malawi (MCM) has suspended Dr Ruth Chimutu for three months after the council found her guilty of negligence for allegedly administering the drug that led to the death of… ...

Pathologist Dzamalala found guilty for concluding that Kottana died of poison

May 10, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 3 &

The Board of the Medical Council of Malawi (MCM) has found Pathologist, Dr. Charles Dzamalala, guilty after he was charged with medical negligence and unprofessional conduct over a postmortem in which he concluded that 23-year-old… ...

MBS under fire for allowing substandard spirit, sanitizer on market

Nov 20, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) has come under fire for certifying rectified alcohol and hand sanitizer which is allegedly substandard and harmful to people. This is according to a letter by Health And Civic… ...

Kottana’s murder case: Dzamalala under investigation

Jun 24, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Medical Council of Malawi (MCM) is investigating pathologist Charles Dzamalala over his conduct in Kottana Chidyaonga’s postmortem. Chidyaonga died aged 23 last year in January and the people who took her to hospital said… ...

Kottana Chidyaonga’s death case takes new twist: pathologists ‘fight’

Jan 23, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The death case of Kottana Maria Chidyaonga, a 23-year-old lady who died on 4th January, has taken a different direction as pathologists disagree on the real cause of the death. In the past week, Dr… ...

Kottana Maria Chidyaonga anachita kuphedwa

Jan 16, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Dotolo oyeza mitembo m'dziko muno, a Charles Dzamalala, watsutsa zoti malemu Kottana Maria Chidyaonga adamwalira chifukwa chakulumidwa ndi njoka koma wati anadyetsedwa mankhwala. Kottana wa zaka 23 adamwalira loweruka pa 4 January chaka chino. Usiku… ...

Kottana Maria Chidyaonga was poisoned – Dr Charles Dzamalala

Jan 16, 2020 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 0 &

...says there was no scientific evidence of snake bite... A final autopsy report by a Forensic Pathologist Dr Charles Dzamalala on the body of 23-year-old Kottana Maria Chidyaonga, who died on 4th January, indicates that… ...

Justice delayed in Masambuka case

Jun 16, 2018 Luke Bisani 0 &

...govt fails to pay doctor Justice in the murder case of person with albinism MacDonald Masambuka is being delayed due to Malawi government’s failure to pay a medical doctor. Media reports show that government is… ...