January 2022

Six arrested for possessing pangolin

Jan 29, 2022 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Rumphi Police have placed in custody six men for allegedly possessing a live pangolin. The suspects were arrested during the night of 28 January, 2022 at Sameda Lodge. At the material time, Rumphi Police detectives… ...

Heroes welcome for Flames

Jan 29, 2022 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 0 &

The Malawi National Football Team arrived to a heroes' welcome at Chileka International Airport on Friday despite failing to progress to the last eight of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations currently underway in Cameroon.… ...

Malawi Govt forgets to announce deputy minister’s appointment

Jan 28, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Malawi Government says the name of a deputy minister was omitted by human error from a cabinet list announced Friday morning. President Lazarus Chakwera, over the past two days, has been making ministerial appointments following… ...

Seven people fined K7000 each for not wearing masks

Jan 28, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Dowa First Grade Magistrate's Court on Wednesday ordered seven people to pay a fine of K7000 each or in default serve one month imprisonment with hard labour for not wearing face masks. The court… ...

Floods kill 20 people in Malawi

Jan 28, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Twenty people have died while 1,130 have suffered injuries due to floods caused by Moderate Tropical Storm ANA. The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) says two persons have been reported missing in Phalombe District.… ...

Chakwera fires Malawi Finance Minister

Jan 28, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has fired Felix Mlusu as Minister of Finance and has taken away Economic Planning from a portfolio held by Vice President Saulos Chilima. The Vice President used to be Minister of Economic… ...

Fatsani? That movie is a 1 out of 5 – below par!

Jan 28, 2022 Contributor* 1 &

This is a third draft. The other two, I deleted because for the first one, it was what I would even consider too hard for a film industry in its infancy; the second one? It… ...