February 2017 | Malawi 24

Chikhwawa youth in alcohol abuse

Feb 28, 2017 Luke Bisani 88 &

...Police confiscate Mkalabongo In a move to ensure low consumption of alcohol among the youth in Chikhwawa, Police have confiscated liquor in the district. The Police conducted a sweeping exercise on 27 and 28 of… ...

Do what Malawians say, Mutharika told

Feb 28, 2017 Luke Bisani 36 &

Amid political hitches that President Peter Mutharika is facing, a political scientist Wonderful Mkhutche has urged the Malawi leader to act in the interest of the general public and not individuals. This comes at a… ...

Dry spell victims facing starvation, Muslims warn

Feb 28, 2017 Chilenje Chilenje 7 &

Following the dry spells that have hit the Lower Shire districts of Nsanje and Chikhwawa, the Muslims Association of Malawi (MAM) has warned that people of the two districts will die of hunger if they… ...

Mutharika rewards Msonda

Feb 28, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 120 &

President Peter Mutharika has rewarded former spokesperson for People's Party (PP) Ken Msonda following his move to the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). The president has appointed the politician as a member of the Public… ...

FDH prohibits hats in banking halls

Feb 28, 2017 Lyonike Mughogho 28 &

FDH Bank no longer condones wearing hats within its banking halls, Malawi24 has learnt. According the bank's management, hats should be taken off upon stepping into the halls. Through written texts pasted on walls, FDH… ...

Nthalire CDSS alumni geared to support school

Feb 28, 2017 Bright Malenga 9 &

Years after leaving Nthalire Community Day Secondary School (CDSS), former students have teamed up to form Nthalire CDSS alumni association aimed at giving back to the school as an appropriation. The association is in its… ...

An ode to heroes of Malawi

Feb 28, 2017 Lyonike Mughogho 20 &

We all dream but what follows separate boys from men, girls from women. Malawi as a country is blessed with distinguishable figures whose efforts in representing the nation at an international level call for more… ...

Man hangs himself over marital issues

Feb 28, 2017 Bright Malenga 38 &

A 47-year-old man on Saturday committed suicide by hanging himself in his house after quarrelling with his wife in Dowa district. The man JohnWell Saweluzika became violent after disagreements with his wife. Dowa police spokesperson… ...

Sukez urges youths to venture into business

Feb 28, 2017 Patience Mandala 7 &

Youths in the country have been asked to utilise several trainings offered by different organisations to venture into entrepreneurship. This was said on Saturday by one of the well-known video directors Gift Sukez of HD… ...

ECM launches Hope for Youth Project

Feb 28, 2017 Prince Hendreson 1 &

…as Bishop Mtumbuka bemoans plunder of public resources The Catholic Education Commission (CEC) of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) in partnership with the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) on Monday, February 27, 2017,… ...

Soul Savers Sunday School donates towards Mponela Hospital

Feb 28, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Children from Lilongwe’s Soul Savers Church have donated assorted items including soap, sugar and flour to Mponela Hospital last Saturday. Speaking during the donation, Soul Savers Church overseer, Pastor Steve Wingolo, said it is one… ...

Devotion: Your source of light matters

Feb 28, 2017 Pastor Daniel Walusa 11 &

Psalm 119:105 “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path”. The light that you are using can guide or mislead you. For example when you put on a white… ...

Train carrying diesel derails in Blantyre

Feb 27, 2017 Martha Chikoti 36 &

A train transporting diesel from Blantyre to Limbe overturned on Monday morning after it derailed at Makata Industrial Area in the city. According to owners of the train Central and East African Railways (CEAR), 240,000… ...

Zakazaka to facilitate Fifa course in Zim

Feb 27, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 9 &

Football Association of Malawi (FAM) Competitions and Media manager Gomezgani Zakazaka has been appointed by Fifa to lead the Fifa connect workshop in Zimbabwe on March 1 and 2. Zakazaka, who is set to leave… ...

Kondi Msungama’s camp ready to obtain an injunction against Bullets polls

Feb 27, 2017 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 34 &

The decision by Nyasa Big Bullets Board of Trustees to have the positions of General Secretary and Treasurer scrapped off in the main executive committee ahead of next month’s polls has irked Kondi Msungama’s camp… ...