Month: October 2018 Posts

Tight security measures in place – MEC

Oct 31, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah says tight security measures are in place to ensure that voter registration equipment should not be stolen. Ansah said this during the National Elections Consultative Forum (NECOF) conducted… ...

Dowa rape case: Police set up task team

Oct 31, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Malawi Police Service (MPS) has set up an independent task team to investigate the rape of a teenager in police custody. According to MPS spokesperson James Kadadzera, the Inspector General of Police has set… ...

Truck driver sells 600 bags of subsidy fertilizer

Oct 31, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

A truck driver is on the run after selling 600 bags of fertilizer meant for this year's Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP). Police in Ntcheu district say they have recovered 94 of the bags. The… ...

Man fined for setting ablaze niece’s property

Oct 31, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

A 30-year-old man has been fined K283,000 for setting on fire his niece’s property in Blantyre. The man has been identified as Griffin Mtendere. The Limbe court heard through prosecutor Sergeant Mary Ndagonela that on… ...

Group obtains injunction against Gandhi statue

Oct 31, 2018 Lyonike Mughogho 0 &

A concerned group that is campaigning against the erection of a Mahatma Gandhi statue at Ginnery Corner in Blantyre has obtained an injunction against the project. The group which is operating under the banner Gandhi… ...

Journalists clean up beach on Lake Malawi

Oct 31, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Association of Environmental Journalists (AEJ) removed waste on a beach on Lake Malawi in Salima as a way of keeping the beach clean. The exercise took place on Monday and also involved students from Salima… ...

Dowa DC worried over briefcase NGOs

Oct 31, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

District Commissioner for Dowa, Alex Mdooko, has expressed concern over increasing number of ineffective Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Dowa saying their projects do not benefit people in the district. Mdooko said the organisations are good… ...