March 2016

MEC to demarcate constituencies this year

Mar 02, 2016 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 32 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says the process of demarcating constituencies in the country will begin soon. MEC chairperson Maxon Mbendera made the remarks when he officially received 24 motorcycles from Malawi National Statistical Office… ...

Man hacks uncle to death

Mar 02, 2016 Luke Bisani 68 &

Malawi Police officers in Dedza district are keeping in custody a 25 year-old man for killing his uncle with a panga knife. The suspect, Chifundo Metusalemu hacked his uncle, Yohane Matukuta, 58, after the uncle… ...

Mpulura warns Epac again over unsettled dues

Mar 02, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 22 &

Veteran coach, Leo Mpulula says he will soon take action against Lilongwe based football club Epac in order to get the five-month salary arrears the club owes him. The coach, who got sacked at Epac last… ...

Malawi, Mozambique on stocktaking

Mar 02, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 33 &

Officials from Malawi and Mozambique are expected to meet this week in Tete to discuss issues of trade and investment. The meeting will being held in the spirit of the Bilateral Trade Agreement which was… ...

16 years in stock for man who raped stepdaughter

Mar 02, 2016 Bright Malenga 22 &

A 37 year-old Malawian man has been sentenced to 16 years imprisonment for raping his stepdaughter several times and impregnating her. Lilongwe Police Public Relations Officer, Kingsley Dandaula, identified the man as Lingisoni Ndelemani. According… ...

Abdul Qadir Enterprises rated worst Blantyre building

Mar 02, 2016 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 4 &

A Malawian-Asian owned building that houses Abdul Qadir Enterprises has been named as the worst building in Blantyre. The Guardian, a United Kingdom publication, has named the shop which is located in Limbe as the… ...

Chilima gets another beating

Mar 02, 2016 Aubrey Makina 65 &

...his reform message is nonsense The trouble Malawi vice president Saulos Chilima got himself in over the weekend at the Malawi Law Society (MLS) annual general meeting refuses to leave the assumed brightest star in… ...

Jacob Zuma survives impeachment

Mar 01, 2016 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 70 &

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has survived a no-confidence motion in Parliament intended to impeach him over corruption accusations. Democratic Alliance (DA) proposed the motion on the heels of the Rainbow nation’s economic crisis which… ...

Govt to arrest kind-hearted people

Mar 01, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 269 &

Government in conjunction with the Malawi Police Service (MPS) says they will be arresting people who will be giving money to street beggars. According to principal secretary in the ministry of gender, children, disability and… ...

Seven burned to death in Nsanje

Mar 01, 2016 Mike J. Kangwele 117 &

Seven people who were found with human bones in Nsanje today have been burned to death by an angry mob in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Tengani in the district, Malawi24 has learnt. According to reports,… ...

Pilirani Zonda forced out of Flames camp

Mar 01, 2016 Richard Jimu 65 &

Defender Pilirani Zonda has been forced out the Malawi national football team camp after he sustained a thigh injury during training. The Big Bullets player will with the injury miss out on the Flames games in a crucial… ...

Cashgate: Kalonga case adjourned to Wednesday

Mar 01, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 9 &

The High Court in Lilongwe has adjourned a case involving convicted former tourism assistant Leonard Kalonga to Wednesday 2nd March, 2016 to read the submissions on key allegations made by defence lawyers. Kalonga was convicted on… ...

Gombwa, Mvula now on bail

Mar 01, 2016 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 86 &

The Blantyre High Court has now granted bail to two of the four suspected robbers, Chipiliro Gombwa and Dumisani Mvula on their serial charges which include murder and robbery. Court granted the bail to the two after… ...

Blantyre DC suspends officials over incompetency

Mar 01, 2016 Mwayi Mkandawire 38 &

Blantyre District Commissioner (DC) has suspended three officials including a Director of Finance for failing to properly do their jobs. DC for Blantyre, Charles Kalemba said he suspended his Director of Finance (DOF), Assistance Director… ...

Opposition parties slapped in the face!

Mar 01, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 29 &

The Malawi Government has asked opposition parties to stop criticising it and instead to start presenting solutions to the problems facing Malawians. This follows remarks made by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson Jessie Kabwila who… ...