Malawi24 Correspondent

Government commends businessperson for creating pine forest

Jun 26, 2021 0

Government through the Forestry Department has commended businessperson for planting pine trees on 120 hectares of land. Officials from Forestry Headquarter visited the 120 hectares of Pine trees at Kavuzi. Chief Forestry Officer responsible for… ...

Minister kisses personal assistant

Jun 25, 2021 0

A cabinet minister has been caught with pants down as images leak showing him intimately kissing a personal assistant United Kingdom Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been accused of abuse of office and of breaking… ...

Police in Mangochi recover stolen items worth K1.5 million

Jun 25, 2021 0

Officers at Namwera Police Post in Mangochi have recovered stolen items worth K1.5 million and have arrested five suspects. According to Mangochi Police Publicist Station Sub Inspector Amina Tepani Daudi, unknown criminals had been terrorizing… ...

Motorcycle taxi operators warned against aiding returnees to sneak into Malawi

Jun 25, 2021 0

Dedza Station Officer (SO), senior superintendent Alexander Kaonga, has asked taxi and motorcycle operators to stop the habit of assisting returnees to get into the country using uncharted routes, saying this has a potential of… ...

Mwase names COSAFA provisional squad

Jun 25, 2021 0

Flames coach Meck Mwase has named a 39-man provisional squad that will go in camp at the Mpira Village in Blantyre on Monday June 28,2021 in preparation for the 2021 COSAFA Cup to be held… ...

Form 4 student commits suicide in Chitipa

Jun 25, 2021 0

Written by Joseph Mbughi A Form Four student aged 18 years was found hanging from the roof of her bedroom on Wednesday at Eyaya Mangoline in Chitipa. According to Chitipa police station public relations officer… ...

Kabambe demands K75m from Lilongwe Water Board

Jun 25, 2021 0

Former Reserve Bank Governor Dalitso Kabambe is demanding K75 million from Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) as damages for defamation. Kabambe through his lawyers T.F & Partners has written the board about the demand from damages.… ...

Malawi Health Equity Network calls for strict adherence to Covid-19 preventive measures

Jun 24, 2021 0

Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN) has called for strict adherence to preventive measures to stop further spread of the Covid-19. Malawi Health Equity Network board member, Dr Fred Mwathengere, has said that with third wave… ...

Boy child who slept with girl child acquitted of defilement

Jun 24, 2021 0

A young man aged 18 years who was facing defilement charges on allegations that he was sleeping with another child, a girl aged 15, has been acquitted. The case was brought before Senior Resident Magistrate… ...

Kottana’s murder case: Dzamalala under investigation

Jun 24, 2021 0

The Medical Council of Malawi (MCM) is investigating pathologist Charles Dzamalala over his conduct in Kottana Chidyaonga’s postmortem. Chidyaonga died aged 23 last year in January and the people who took her to hospital said… ...

Chakwera says conflicts have impoverished Africa

Jun 24, 2021 0

President Lazarus Chakwera says conflicts over natural resources have left Africa poor while people from other continents are benefiting from the same natural resources. Chakwera made the remarks after arriving from Mozambique where he attended… ...

Covid-19: Malawi records 119 new cases, four deaths

Jun 23, 2021 0

Malawi has registered 119 new COVID-19 cases, four new deaths and 12 new admissions, the highest number of new cases, admissions and deaths since March 2021. The country has also recorded 39 new recoveries. Of… ...

Peter Mutharika, former president of Malawi

Mutharika regrets not stopping post-election protests

Jun 23, 2021 1

Former President Peter Mutharika says he should have forcefully stopped the post-election protests which were held over a period of ten months following the 2019 elections. Mutharika was speaking in an interview with Pan-African Visions… ...

Namadingo attacked

Jun 23, 2021 2

One of Malawi's top musicians, Patience Namadingo, has received a bashing over remarks that he made that he sees skinny women as men. Speaking in a recently released video, Namadingo said: "When it comes to… ...

MRA intensifies crackdown on EFD offences

Jun 22, 2021 0

Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has sealed a total of eight establishments in Blantyre and Limbe since Monday over non-issuance of EFD (Electronic Fiscal Device) receipts. The development follows commencement of an operation by the Authority… ...