Malawi24 Correspondent

Rapist jailed for 10 years

Aug 05, 2016 31

The Blantyre Magistrate has sentenced a man to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour for raping a five year-old girl. The convict, Anthony Joliji aged 50, was arrested for forcing himself on the child in… ...

Lucius angers fellow promoter

Aug 04, 2016 38

Lucius Banda has been accused of sabotaging other promoters’ events after he scheduled the much anticipated Busy Signal concert on the same weekend as another big show. On September 3 Lucius’ Impact Events will host… ...

Malawi Secondary School fees catalyst for rising dropout

Aug 04, 2016 66

Many children in rural areas are dropping out of school due to prohibitive fees in the country’s secondary schools, it has been revealed. A Malawi Red Cross Society community volunteer made the revelations when speaking… ...

Hazel Kumwenda takes the spotlight as Malawi’s Face of the Week

Aug 03, 2016 23

Hazel Kumwenda, a student pursuing her studies at the Malawi College of Accountancy, is the country’s face of the week, a true reflection of beauty and brains. She is 23 years old. The budding model joins… ...

Rampant corruption rocks Malawi: Maulana implicated

Aug 01, 2016 67

President Peter Mutharika was forced to effect the dismissal of Ignacio Maulana from his position at the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) after the former army commander opposed a corruption deal involving cabinet ministers and top… ...

Malawi U-17 finish third at Cosafa tournament

Jul 31, 2016 52

The Malawi national football team Under-17 side beat Kenya 2-0 to finish third at the Cosafa U-17 tournament in Mauritius. Malawi who had earlier beaten Kenya 5-0 when the two teams meet in group stage… ...

Marketers’ conference to discuss digital marketing

Jul 31, 2016 0

Marketers in the country will convene in Mangochi in September to discuss the impact of social media and other digital platforms on their work. The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Malawi chapter says the annual… ...

Comrades! Pope Francis falls down like Robert Mugabe

Jul 30, 2016 346

Pope Francis missed a step and fell to the ground before celebrating a Mass in Poland. In a dramatic moment, the 79-year-old Francis, walking in his long robe with an incense holder in his hand,… ...

Junior Flames give away lead to fall to Namibia

Jul 30, 2016 30

The Malawi National football team Under-17 side lost 5-6 on post match penalties to Namibia in the semifinals of the Cosafa tournament on Friday. Both sides had battled out to a 1-1 draw with Elderly… ...

‘Malawi President is the worst hyena than Aniva: Mutharika is promoting child pornography’

Jul 30, 2016 151

Malawi president Peter Mutharika has come under fire for being a patron of a cultural group that promotes practices that have been described as constituting child pornography and child sexual abuse likened to the conduct… ...

Corruption lands Bisnowaty in hot soup

Jul 30, 2016 39

Member of the Malawi Parliament (MP) for Lilongwe City Central David Bisnowaty is in trouble after his donors dumped him following reports that implicated him in a multimillion corruption scandal. It was reported earlier this… ...

Get ready: ‘The World ends today’

Jul 29, 2016 571

The world ends today, according to a group called End Times Prophecies which released a video in which they claim that the World will end on July 29, a day they say Jesus will return… ...

Mphwiyo shooting: Kasambara, Manondo, Kumwembe to be sentenced next month

Jul 27, 2016 23

Malawi's former Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara, Pika Manondo and McDonald Kumwembe who have been found guilty of conspiracy to murder former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo in 2013 will be sentenced on, August 22, 2016… ...

Chakwera meets with UNIMA students: says Fees must fall

Jul 27, 2016 326

Opposition Malawi Congress Party leader Lazarus Chakwera has joined the chorus of University of Malawi students and other commentators in advocating for the fall of the University of Malawi fees which were raised to a… ...

Village Reach Country Director Carla Blauvelt with Airtel MD Charles Kamoto

Airtel-Village reach boost Malawi Healthcare access with Chipatala Cha Pa Foni

Jul 27, 2016 4

Airtel, Malawi’s leading mobile telecommunications provider and NGO VillageReach are announcing the official launch of Airtel Chipatala Cha Pa Foni (CCPF) or “Health Center by Phone.” The launch represents an expansion in the range of… ...