October 2020

Malawian footballer commits suicide in UK after being released by Manchester City

Oct 26, 2020 Lyonike Mughogho 0 &

Malawian youthful player Jeremy Wisten has taken his own life in the United Kingdom having fallen out of favour at Manchester City. The 17-year-old was released by Manchester City Academy after a four-year spell, a… ...

Man rapes three children

Oct 26, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A man aged 60 is in police custody at Nkhunga Police Station in Nkhotakota for raping three children aged between seven and eight. According to Deputy Publicist for Nkhunga Police Station Sergeant Thandiwe Maseko Mshanga,… ...

Communities accuse Chief Kabunduli of selling forest land

Oct 26, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Community members at Msongwe in Nkhatabay have accused Senior Chief Kabunduli and his wife Sub T/A Thula of selling Kaning'ina forest land which the communities say belongs to the government. The community members have formed… ...

Malawi Judges get Chatham House Prize

Oct 26, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi’s Constitutional Court Judges who nullified the 2019 Presidential Elections have won the prestigious Chatham House Prize. The five Judges are Healey Potani, Ivy Kamanga, Dingiswayo Madise, Redson Kapindu and Michael Tembo. In a letter… ...

Talking Blues: Team Chakwera debuts in insalubrious corruption-tinged headlines

Oct 25, 2020 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

If rhetoric was all we needed to beat corruption, once we clear the backlog of cases Reyneck Matemba is reeling under, we would have had no reason to keep the Anti-corruption Bureau and the Corrupt… ...

MCP’s Mwalwanda touted as development conscious candidate

Oct 25, 2020 Jordan Simeon-Phiri - MEC Stringer 0 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says its parliamentary candidate in Karonga Central, Leonard Mwalwanda, will bring development to the constituency with the help of President Lazarus Chakwera. The remarks were made on Saturday during political campaign… ...

Mpungwepungwe ku malo ogulitsira fetereza otchipa ku Zomba

Oct 25, 2020 Owen Ndalama 0 &

Anthu ochokela m’midzi ya mfumu yaikulu Mulumbe komanso Chikowi ku Zomba ati ku malo omwe fetereza otsika mtengo akugulitsidwa m’bomalo kukumakhala mpungwepungwe chifukwa cha kusapezeka kwa apolisi. Fetereza otsika ntengoyu wayamba kugulitsidwa dzulo m’madera ena… ...

Two children drown in Kasungu

Oct 25, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Two children aged 10 and 13 drowned on Saturday in separate incidents in Kasungu. The boy aged 10 drowned in Loti dam while the girl drowned in Lisasadzi river. Kasungu Police Publicist Station Harry Namwaza… ...

North based Super League players, officials tested for Coronavirus

Oct 25, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

In readiness for the resumption of football in Malawi, Super League players and officials in the Northern Region have been tested for Coronavirus. Sulom executive member Henry Banda who was monitoring the test on Thursday… ...

Bushiri racing against time as he faces new fraud accusations

Oct 25, 2020 Sibu M. Mokoena 0 &

It never rains but pours for Prophet Shepherd Bushiri in South Africa where the Department of Home Affairs says the couple's permanent resident permits are fraudulent. The Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church founder who prophesied… ...

Malawian students in India plead for financial assistance

Oct 25, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

About 198 Malawian students in India have asked the government for financial assistance saying they are struggling due to the Coronavirus pandemic. According to one of the students Jairos Phiri, prices of essentials and rentals… ...

Chiefs in Karonga demand health centre

Oct 25, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

People living at Mpata in Traditional Authority Kyungu in Karonga district have demanded a health centre, saying K190 million was allocated for the facility in the budget in 2012 but government did not construct the… ...

MEC warns candidates against inciting violence

Oct 25, 2020 Elijah Phompho - MEC Stringer 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has warned contestants in the November 10 by-elections against perpetrating any form of violence saying such candidates shall be penalised. Commissioner Steve Duwa sounded the warning last Friday when the… ...

Thyolo records 2,085 teenage pregnancies

Oct 24, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Thyolo District Hospital recorded 2,085 teenage pregnancies from March to June this year. This was disclosed on Thursday at Matapwata CCAP in the area of Senior Chief Chimalilo, during an interface meeting where Blantyre Synod… ...

Nankhumwa says Chakwera-initiated prayers have contributed to decrease in Covid-19 cases

Oct 24, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa has hailed President Lazarus Chakwera for initiating prayers against Coronavirus, a decision which he says has led to a decrease in cases in Malawi. Speaking in Parliament on Friday, Nankhumwa… ...