Just like St Stephen in the Bible, a 73 year-old woman has been stoned to death after being suspected to have bewitched her granddaughter.
The deceased, Esmie Andrew, is reported to have been stoned to death by an angry mob who suspected the woman of killing her granddaughter Nyamazao Mlangali.
Confirming to Malawi24, Blantyre Police Assistant spokesperson Andrew Mayawo said the deceased’s husband reported the matter to police.
“Actually the husband Mulanje Khanawe aged 76 reported that the wife was stoned to death after people suspected her to be a witch,” said Mayawo.
He added that the police rushed to the scene and arrested five people suspected to have had a hand in the murder.
Mayawo further condemned the killing arguing that suspecting someone to be a witch is unlawful in Malawi.
Postmortem at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) revealed that the woman died due to severe head injuries. Esmie hailed from Mbala village, Tradition Authority (TA) Somba in Blantyre.
Three arrested for stealing school block materials
A Malawi 24 tamakhalani ngati munapita ku school,ngati simukudziwa za sharia law musawamanamize anthu.Online news paper kumalembanso zabodza.Anthu amatengatu zabodzazo kuika mmutu mwawo.Nanunso musakhale ngati angerezi olimbikira zabodza.Sharia law si mob justice yomwe athu amapangayo ayi.Dont be online confusionists.
Mawa mundithandizenso komweko Ku BT ndili nazonso zokwana 4 miyala yake ndaunjika kale kuyamba ndi 8:30am
Steven was killed bcoz of his strong belief in Christ,dats martydom,,sharia means law,,so admin,dis shud be mob justice,kkkk ah
oh stephen of nowadays so bad
Ufiti ndichiwanda mumalo motulusa chiwanda mukupa munthu .nanga wakupa ndimufiti akusiyana pati
Soka mtunda ndi nyanja poti oipa wasikila pompo
We malawians we have the habit of accusing grandparents are witches, because they have reached the goal_90 yrs. As said at psalm 90 .we youths cut ourselves with works of the fresh . Galatians 5*19***21
Shariah!!? Who told u? Mbuli za media zimenezi. #ban_all_unprofessional_journalists!!
Old beliefs poor old lady let the law take its justice
Machende ano nyini zano nonse mwapha
Mmmmmmm why they judge some one macimo pamene lwoso ali ndi machimoso why kodi munthu akakalamba ndi mfiti dziwa kuti lweyo ukupitaso kokalamba cilango chake ndicomwecho its not fair
Who told this story? Amene apeleka lamulo limeneli amangidwa chifukwa ndingaza zimenezo kwa anthu amene akalamba ufuti zumukudziwa kuti uli kwa ana omwewa plz god came to this people and tall true of chariya law how come
Well done she deserve what she get
They police should arrest everyone who is involved for the killing of an old women… Wicked people
Is this sharia law?
Pa anthu omwe angwila nawo nchito yomupha gogoyo akanafusidwa kuti alipo mwainu sanachimwepo ayambe kungenda munthuyu akanapezeka? Kuweluza ndi kwa yehova
Yaaaa
haibo you guys! you don’t know what’s sharia law and how it’s applied.first of all it doesn’t say stone someone because of witchcraft,secondly you can’t suspect without proof,thirdly sharia law is only for countries where is 100% sharia not 50/50 or when your mind fits in.
Yes I agre wit U bro!
views? Samuel David Kanyika
First of all the author of the article dsnt know what sharia law is…secondly witchcraft act sayz kulibe afiti…..its sad to see that ageism is still a thing in 2016
First of all the author of the article dsnt know what sharia law is…secondly witchcraft act sayz kulibe afiti…..its sad to see that ageism is still a thing in 2016
First of all the author of the article dsnt know what sharia law is…secondly witchcraft act sayz kulibe afiti…..its sad to see that ageism is still a thing in 2016
First of all the author of the article dsnt know what sharia law is…secondly witchcraft act sayz kulibe afiti…..its sad to see that ageism is still a thing in 2016
Samuel David Kanyika makes total sense… u is smart…
Wat r ur views
being a witch or not being a witch,i believe noone should have done that.nowonder why most folks are poor in that country…their brains are the size of a peanut..bloody fools
I think you people at nyasa times have alot to learn than you think.in the first place,telling people about sharia law,makes simple and tactical element that directs semblance to what a particular group of people practice.sharia is practiced by muslims residing in atotaly islamic country,which has set,sharia,God given law,as their supreme law,not i a christian dorminated circular democracy like malawi!!!
secondly,linking a babaric act like that,killing someone mercilessly ,to a religious or grouping makes you alieghnating that group’s morals to nothing other than babarism or or unhumane grouping.in short,you have categorised muslims and islam as a faith or religion that permits or tolerates mob justice.you see,a pen,or text,in whatever form it maybe,one word wrongly used can destroy or damage the reputation of a well and long established intitution.
you really need to retract this article or resubmit it with a properly designed tetle.which insensitive editor published this item?
Thats what we are good at nothing. We rush into conclusions without real evidence. Look People, we have very very crucial issues in our hands .If we can react the very same thing on our goverment the way it run things, so much would have been anticipated but we waste our time on stupid things that matter less in our life.
Koma Malawi 24, mwala osambila!
As amwn we hav dat law bt we’re not using.Sakuyenera kuphedwa
Last Dayz
Yes kumatero nthawi zina.osamamvere makapewa akuti ufiti kulibe.sanaonepo mavuto.
Zikuonjeza zaufiti tango ganizani inetu munthu wina 2times akundiuza kuti amandiloza eg kundigwetsa panjinga 5times -kundikomokesa at Bank ,open kubwela kuzandiuza pakhomo and saying sandisiya koma opanda chomulakwila .Yes God is great do not judge them pansi pompano ena akupasidwa jehena
Ndinkhani yaboza iyi guys
mukuti ndishaliya amalawi24 ndindani anakuwuzani kuti yimeneyi ndishaliya mukunkhala ngati simunapite kusukulu bwanji? fusani ena odziwa akuwuzeni
That’s better
You want or not witchcraft is killing people, and old people are the best actors although some people who has never met this act take them innocent but they are deadly for reasons or not, l lost my uncle, my mother. mukazalozedwa mpamene muzavomereze mumayenda m’mbali akazakuikani cholasa.
M’bale wanga uyu GOLOZELA, adachita cho lasa ngati GALUUU!!!
Ok better
Gentlemen, lets not argue as if takulira ku UK; are you saying the community is damn foolish for stonning the woman solely by implicating her due to old age? Or may b she was stonned due to prejudice towards the old aged guyz? If so; why is it that out of all grannys and granddads who are in that community, its her alone? Why not her commrades too?(i believe there are still some living in that community). Anganga awa tiunikepo, kkkkk. Am not buying the idea of stonning witches and wizards bt rather we should find better and physiacal harm-free approach to such issues. But dubbing malawians; ‘the stone aged pipo, uneducated, feeble-handed, etc’ i think its rudeness and ignorance too coz if u r buying the concept of the English, then we couldnt hav klnown the word ‘witchcraft’ had it been it doesnt exisist in their cocci. Mind you; in ago centuries, magic was being perfomed live in public bulidings in an English land. Its only in these recent years where by they involving tricks instead of real magic(the likes of Diamond, the trick master). Witchcraft is real, whether in Africa or whites’ land. Its only that is mostly practiced in outskirts. Magic was like culture by then. So because zachikhalidwe zinatsalira mwa akulu(just like Ingoma, Mganda) thats why anthu akalewo ndi amene akugwidwa ndi ufiti. Sikuwanamiziranso ayi, kkkk.
Nkhani yabwino mfiti zikuonjeza mfiti zonse zimphedwe sizikufunika dziko muno
Too bad
Musalowetse malamulo opusa my dziko lathu la Malawi coz izi zikubwela chifukwa cha asilamu amene adzadza kumeneko so malamulo anuwo ndi awuchitsilu sitikuzifuna ife zimenezo muwone nazo kolowela
Asilamu atan???
Why confusing issues
I have never seen a moron like you. Dont rush to vomit your rubbish before getting the nitty gritty of what transpired. Next time read the post before commenting
Exodus 22:18-20Contemporary English Version (CEV)
18 Death is the punishment for witchcraft.
19 Death is the punishment for having sex with an animal.
20 Death is the punishment for offering sacrifices to any god except me.
Its indeed brother
Mau amene wanenawa uzawakumbukira ndikuzilirira tsiku likubwera…
That’s inhuman
Stephano was not involved in witchcraft so don’t compare him with this woman.
Kkkkkk nane ndimadabwatu kuti
Zikugwirizana bwanj
Fodya anthu amenewa
Fodya anthu amenewa
Amchita bwino
Kkkkkkkkkkk nde afiti amapha kuposaso Aids iyaaa ngati analidi mfiti aziona kkkk it means she was well known with witchcraft up to reach the extent of stonning her to death, the Govt must pass the Bill so that the suspected must be arrested instead of stonning them to death, burnning to death, panga to death etc, i salute witches, they r killers
If she were ur grand palent what could be ur reaction on this matter ulibe umunthu l we
Umati Ithyoke Mnyanga! Chili Pa Nzako.Mwina Inali Image Chabe Yagogoyo,mfiti Yabisala.
No ladies, even if it were ma biological mother; bt wit that tenderncy, she better go. For th community to reach h extent of stoning ha to death, there must something. I believe sizinangoyambira pa granddaughter, she has killing. Mind u, witchcraft z real only that the thing lacks physical proofs. Am not a pro-stonning guy but rather i was just saying; chinthu chomwe chikuchita zoipa has to b critisized without bias. Thus whether its ya mom, dad, uncle blah blah. All in all, the community hasnt done a gud thing.
Kupha basi afiti ndi achabe koopya maka akazi samva chisoni komanso iwe ukuwaikira kumbuyowe ukazalozedwa mpamene uzaziwe kupweteka kwa moyo
Even can be my relatives if he/she is a witch is better to go coz they r killers, if u defend them amayamba kukulozaso iwe mwina ana ako such people deserved stonned to death ndindani anawaphunzitsa kuti azisakaniza mitengo ndikuphera aziona ena anawaotchera mnyumba ku karonga uku aziona
Afiti ndi anthu oipa oipa amathaso kupha mwana wawo oti amawathandiza yemwe zitsiru zapa Dziko ndipo ambiri amagendedwaso ndi azibale awo akanyanyala ndi mchitidwe wawou
Aliyense yemwe anatenganawo gawo pokupha masten wa. Akuyenera kumangidwa life in prison. Mulandu okhuza ufitingovuta kupereka umboni bcoz munthu wa normal sungadziwe kuti uyu ndi mfiti. Pokhapa s beyond guys. Anthu amenewa afufuzidwe ndipo mulandu okupha akawasegulire.
Mwatolozedwa ndithu mpaka kupha nkhalamba mulindisoka ndithu muzafa imfa yowawa
Malawi 24, sharia Law ndiye kuti chani? Vuto lokuba language ya maiko ena ndi limenelo. Mistake imakhalapo heavy, tangoonani kuti ms Judge alipo angati pa article-yi. Kenanako muzalembapo Tshivenda apa, chifukwa mau ena amafanana ndi chichewa. Ngati simukudxiwa tanthauzo la liu, muzifunsa anzanu kapena kungosiya osalembapo kanthu. Musamakhale ngati madolo apa.
Good job
Wat u mean bro??
Killing witches
Eshiii don’t say dat bro. Kukalamba does not mean munthuyo ndi mfiti. And ufiti munthu wa normal sungauone daswhy ku court amati mulandu opanda umboni. Just imagine kungomuganizira mpaka kuchotsa umoyo wamunthu so sad. Amalawi tili ndi habit yoti aliyense okalamba ndi mfiti lets think ifeyo mulungu atatisunga mpaka that age. Ndikumazaganiziridwa like this then kuphedwa ngati chiweto. Sibhoo usayamikira zoyipazi zopanda umboni izi zamasenga
Koma ine ndimakhulupilira kuti ufiti ulipo chifukwa mafedwe a bambo anga inali mphamvu ya afiti omwewo
Yap ulipo even me i believe. But this s not solution yomugenda munthu. Bcoz ndi zamasenga
Am agree with u chikopa coz ufiti ulipodi anthu ena akusowa mtendera chifukwa cha ufitiwo so zili boh mfiti ziziphedwa kumene
Mfiti zokhazokha zimadziwana mwene, sizisowekeraso physical proof. Thts y amugenda
Kodi opanga masengawo samakwa pokupha m’masengamo? Nanga ogendawa alakwanji poti nawonso amachotsanso moyo womwe mfitiyo inkachotsa?
Kkkkkkk, 50:50 campaign
Kkkk zoona #Noel
Kkkkkkkkkk. Msiyeni namalenga aweludze. Yemwe sanachimwepo amugende mzimayi yu.
Kkkkk pamenepo nde bwana #Issa mukufuna mutigonjetse kkkkk
Kkkkkkkkk mwatelo bro.
Kkkkk ndithudi bro kkk
SO IS THAT SHARIA OR MOB JUSTICE????????? ZIKUGWIRIZANA PATI
Pepani sitimat #sharia_law becoz #SHARIA=ARABIC…LAW=ENGLISH.’. Lake =english Nyasa=YAO
malawi 24 plizz b lyk profesional journalist nt lyk citizn try tu b fynding heading that will match with stry n interest tu pipo nt lyk dat
Lamulo ili liunikidweso bwino coz ufitiwo ndiye ulipodi kumalawi kuno,Opha mzake nayeso aphedwe
zayambika liti zoti ochimwa aphedwe,, kodi alipo amene sanachimwepo apa, atola mwala angende tione, osamangodziwa kuweluza azanu pamene inuyo muliso ochimwa, kuweluza mkwanamalenga!!
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malawi24 adim plz wake up,,,’sharia’ in arab region means law in english or ‘lamulo’ in chichewa,,,,its jst totology to say sharia law,,ask the so called ”arabs” in fact u mean ‘mob jastice’ not sharia,,,mudaphuzra ya muluzi?
zomvetsa chison cz amene agendawo nawonso akukula.muyezo omwe umamuyeza nawo nzako nawenso uzakhala chimozimozi,tipepha mulungu achitepo kathu ndianthu oyipa ngat inu
Sharia Law Or Mob Justice???
Shalia mean law in arabic so to say shalia law doesnt make sence to me at all
Our generation wil never reach 60yrs, becoz we believe that any old person is a witch. What evidence do u have? N’anga ndimunthu wamba. He is not part of commision of oath. Anthu mukumwalira ndi Edzi then acuse old pple. Kodi umbuli udzata liti aMALAWI. Ok ngati anali fiti bwanji osapanga mankhwala kuti amene alodza afe.
Is not all about sharia,this is mob justice act don’t confuse people wena adimn of this page
Ndibodza shalia sinakambepo za izi kupha pot mukumuganizira za ufut
Bible says vengeance is not ours but God’s…woe to everyone involved in that particular mob justice.If it is God who gives life,let Himself claim it in His own time…who are us to send our fellow human beings to early graves?
Exodus 22:18-20Contemporary English Version (CEV)
18 Death is the punishment for witchcraft.
19 Death is the punishment for having sex with an animal.
20 Death is the punishment for offering sacrifices to any god except me.
That was according to the law,we are under grace…grace says go & sin no more…
The law wanted to persecute the woman caught in the act of alduterly,but grace said go & sin no more…Jesus came to put law to an end ,we no longer live in it
There was a reason why Jesus didn’t want to pass judgment to the woman. U know why #Kelving_Solongwe? ‘coz he knew he wanted to be trapped. The law applied to both men and women alike. But from the scene, did u notice that there was no man involved? Was she masturbating herself? No! It was a trap to catch him as that was their aim. Thus why he knelt down and wrote something. #Kelvin wud u pliz tel us what he wrote? If not, why? The bible composers dd not tel us what he wrote down there. Were all those gathered around blind to not see what he wrote? No! But they deliberately left us in the air. Remember Jesus said, ‘…… I have not come to change/or end the law but to fulfil it’, so wud u pliz show us where exactly Jesus said ‘I have come to put the law to an end’????
For Christ is the end of the law for the righteousness to everyone that believeth.
For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doesth those things shall live by them.#Romans10vs4-5
Ndimalakalaka agogo anga alipo ine koma inu mukuchita kugenda ngati mbalaa mwazi wao uli manja mwanu noonse mwachita izi. Muuse mu ntendere gogo
Thanks to those who paid her wages (stones) physical treatment.not magic. Even Bible said the wages of sin is death.
Kulakwa mwampheranji Munthu? Inu nde olungama?
Vuto c inu koma abusa a Ku chechi kwanu ndi omwe sadziwa sharia
chaaaa kulakwa uko kumaweluzana tokha
Pasafe munthu koma nkhalamba kuigwira ufiti, what about those small ones?. Masiku ano akuopsya ndi ana. Ndimamva chisoni pa Malawi aziGogo kulibe akutha kumwalira chifukwa cha umphawi , ena akuphedwa kungowaganiz ira kuti ndi mfiti. Chifukwa choti akalamba.
who tod u that sharia z kling u hv t b profeshono thats y in parliament the bill concerning media z stagnant bt the police has to tek action, am sad
I agree with you brother
Mbuli za media zimenezi. #ban_all_unprofessional_journalists!!
sharia law???..remove that word…kulakwisa zi2 kmeneko
It’s mob justice not sharia law.
It will be like this until the time Jesus will find us.
mungakalambe chonchi
apolice amange miyarayo basi ufiti ukusautsa kwambili mmalawi muno.Deal
Man nanunso ngati ukukusausani kangogulani wanu basi, nanunso muone ngati atakugendani simumva kuwawa. Mukulankhula zoduka mutu bwanji, kwanuko muliko anyamata okha-okha makolo kulibe nkhalamba kulibeko mungamve bwanji atakhala agogo anu?
sikutanthauza kuti azigogo okha ayi koma aliyetse kaya mmene ulili owe or ine ngati nchitidwe ndi uwu chilango chake chikhare chani ngati kupolince akuti ufiti kulibe,samara mwana wakwathu siukuziwa chomwe ukunena.ukazaziona uzakhara chete kusowa chochita.as am saing now its three months mine brother missing up to now through this system. e
Ufiti uliko, they r killers mwina iwe kusutsana ndi zaufiti sunalozedwepo kapena ungomva kuti azako akudandaula nawo koma amapha ndithu kusiyanaso ndi Edzi and zonse zimachitika chifukwa Boma likuti ufiti kulibe
Asiyen ena akufuna kudzitenga nga ndi anzeru akazamlodzera wake mwana ndipamene azadziwa
Stupid, who told u that sharia punish a suspect? Sharia punish a convict not a suspect as you are telling people here!
True
civic education needed through out the country
Inu ndye osalakwa amene mumaponya miyala inu pa maso pa mulungu ndinu okhulupilika? kutrko nanuso mulungu azakuweluzani inu mwaweluza mzanu pokuponya miyala iye azakuponyani mung,anjo ya moto God watching u becareful my friends.
Exodus 22:18-20Contemporary English Version (CEV)
18 Death is the punishment for witchcraft.
19 Death is the punishment for having sex with an animal.
20 Death is the punishment for offering sacrifices to any god except me.
nasruddeen yahya abbie,to hell with you.death is punishment for everysin .and God alone punishes not those poor malawian people..
yes munthu akakalamba bac ndimfiti kumupha by stoning so sad malawi, arrest them all. Shupit
Who told you that stoning a witch is Sharia?
Exodus 22:18-20Contemporary English Version (CEV)
18 Death is the punishment for witchcraft.
19 Death is the punishment for having sex with an animal.
20 Death is the punishment for offering sacrifices to any god except me.
He missed this
Umbuli Ndiumene Wavuta Ose Amangidwe
Just like Steven in the Bible? I dis-agree on that.
Hhe he he
Arrest Everyone Involved…rewardingly ignorant from that community….malawians we have a stone aged tendency kuti munthu akakalamba kwambiri ndi mfiti….mudzienda maiko a anthu ochita bwino mukaone nkhalamba zoopsa…and because of financial constraints our government….timaenela kumakhala ndi ma homes for the old…..to keep such old people from…malignant communities!
Ukazalozedwa uzasiya kuwaikira kumbuyo atakuloza chifukwa choti sunapange odi iwo ali kuchimbudzi
a kananji am sure you’re one of them….do not take the law in your own hands!!
We would appreciate if u did not use term “Sharia law”
Sharia law doesn’t say that
Now that’s bad smh…
Very Sad.
kodi munthu akakula ndi fiti bax kulakwa kwakulu
koma u kno what sharia law is.. kapena mungotchula. ..
Its very pity and sad
Very bad indeed
Ufiti Umachitikira Mu Mzimu,ndipo Olozedwayo Amaphedwa Kuzela Ku Mzimu,tikanakonda Pomabwezera Muziphana Mu Mzimu.
WAT IS THIS, U MEAN FITI NGATI YAPHA MUNTHU IMAPHA MZIMU OSATI THUPI?
No, I Mean Kuti Tikamanena Kuti Munthu Amulaza,that Action Imakhala Yopanda Umboni Cz Imachitikira Mu Mzimu Not Ku Thupi. Thats Y Boma Limati Ufiti Kulibe Cz Zinthu Izi Zimasowa Witness Chfukwa Sizichitikira Ku Thupi
Mob Justice Is Also Justice
thats too much mmmh
Kulakwa Jst Knw That Kuweluza Nkwake Namalenga, Amene Agendawo Aweluza
Exodus 22:18-20Contemporary English Version (CEV)
18 Death is the punishment for witchcraft.
19 Death is the punishment for having sex with an animal.
20 Death is the punishment for offering sacrifices to any god except me.
Mmmmmm mhu!
full filling Gods words
mmmmmmmm…So sad
anadziwa bwanj kuti gogoz ndi mfiti,
Nsambi
this is very bad
No is bad
Kulakwa.