December 2020

Man gets five years in jail for raping four boys

Dec 04, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The First Grade Magistrate's Court in Dowa has sentenced 21-year-old Innocent Poita to five years in prison with hard labour for sodomising four boys aged between 10 and 17. The court through state prosecutor Sub… ...

Angry villagers vandalise Conforzi Plantation’s office

Dec 04, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Angry villagers of Msulupi on Tuesday maliciously damaged Namadzi Division office under Conforzi Plantation Limited as they demanded release of fellow villagers who were allegedly caught encroaching into the estate's land. The two suspects who… ...

Mob kills murder suspect in Dedza

Dec 04, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A mob in Dedza has murdered a man after accusing him of stoning a woman to death in the district. Dedza police deputy publicist Sergeant Cassim Manda said the man Bikiyele Alfred aged 37 was… ...

Police intercept bags of flour in Mulanje

Dec 04, 2020 Owen Ndalama 0 &

Police at Muloza in Mulanje on Wednesday intercepted 70 bags of bread flour that were being smuggled from Mozambique. Sub Inspector Gresham Ngwira, public relations officer for Mulanje Police Station said that the police mounted… ...

ACB appeals to Malawi Prison Service not to pardon corruption convicts

Dec 04, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Synd Kalimbuka The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has asked Malawi Prison Service not to be considering inmates convicted of corruption cases when it comes to pardons as one way of showing seriousness in fighting corruption… ...

Here tonight, there tomorrow: Chakwera nicknamed Siku Transport

Dec 03, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has been nicknamed Siku Transport by some quarters of the society. People calling Chakwera as Siku Transport claim the President has been all over the place these past few months. According… ...

Mutharika launches legal action against ACB

Dec 03, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Former President Peter Mutharika has taken the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to court for refusing to unfreeze his bank accounts. ACB director Reyneck Matemba said at a press briefing today that Mutharika wants the bureau to… ...