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Chiumia under fire! ‘Mutharika is not Malawi’s life President’

Aug 08, 2016 168

Sports Minister Minister of Sports and Culture Grace Chiumia has come under fire for declaring Peter Mutharika, the country's 'life president'. Chiumia declared Mutharika a life president when she spoke during Mulhakho wa Alhomwe fundraising dinner in… ...

Confirmed: DAPP Malawi loses donor over abuse of funds

Aug 05, 2016 46

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has stopped supporting Malawi’s Development Aid from People to People (DAPP) following reports that the organisation was using the funds to support an organisation run by fraudsters. Media reports also… ...

Mtawali in court! Sues Malawi’s FA president Walter

Aug 04, 2016 67

Ex Malawi National football team, coach Ernest Mtawali is in court, and this time he has sued Football Association of Malawi (FAM) President Walter Nyamilandu and others for defamation, Malawi24 can confirm. Mtawali who was… ...

Happening now : Sana Cash n Carry workers seal shop

Aug 02, 2016 1

Infuriated by their employers failure to settle their gratuity for the past six years and the sell of the shop to other businessmen without their consent, workers at Sana Cash n Carry Shop at Ginnery… ...

Albino killings continue in Malawi: 8 year old girl abducted for ‘sale’

Jul 31, 2016 104

People living with albinism in Malawi continue to be hunted with the latest news involving an eight year old girl who was abducted by a man who worked with the girl's brother on the plot… ...

Namibian student makes it possible to call anywhere without using airtime

Jul 31, 2016 379

A Namibian secondary school student has invented a phone that allows people to call anywhere in the world without using airtime. Simon Petrus, who studies at Abraham Iyambo Senior Secondary School in the country’s Ohagwena… ...

Light sentence: Man gets 3 years for rape

Jul 30, 2016 0

The Karonga First Grade Magistrate's Court has sentenced a 23-year -old man to three years in prison for raping a mentally challenged girl. The rapist, Afe Mwandemira, forced himself on the 15 year-old girl on… ...

Nankhumwa warns chiefs against corruption

Jul 27, 2016 28

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Kondwani Nankhumwa has warned chiefs against being involved in corruption saying the vice negatively affects the country’s development. Nankhumwa made the remarks during the installation of two people… ...

Eric Aniva Malawi HIV positive man given K2000 to sleep with children

Mutharika goes angry! Orders arrest of ‘sex machine’

Jul 26, 2016 339

President Peter Mutharika has ordered the arrest of Eric Aniva, a 40 year old Malawian man who is infected with HIV and has over the past years been paid to sleep with young girls in Nsanje district, Malawi24… ...

Diverson Mlozi inspires Bullets to victory over Silver

Jul 24, 2016 82

The forward came off the bench to seal an all important 2-1 come back for Nyasa Big Bullets over league leaders Silver Strikers at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre on Sunday in the TNM Super league.… ...

Confirmed: Police arrested 14 Polytechnic students during demos

Jul 24, 2016 16

Up to 14 students from the Polytechnic are in police custody after their arrest during demonstrations that were held at the university on Friday and will appear before court this Monday, police say. The students have… ...

HIV positive man given K2000 to sleep with children

Jul 22, 2016 131

A 40-year old man who is infected with HIV has said he is tired of being given money to sleep with children. The man identified as Eric Aniva revealed that he has slept with over… ...

VIDEO: Police beat Chanco students

Jul 21, 2016 168

A video clip that Malawi24 has in possession has revealed just one the ways Malawi Police officers have failed to reform and are still using outdated and violent tactics in emergency situations. In the recent… ...

Government settled 1.4 billion MSB loan for Goodall’s business partners

Jul 20, 2016 51

The Peter Mutharika administration over the past year paid back a loan which a non-existent firm called Sterling Timber International received from the now sold Malawi Savings Bank (MSB) with the help of Finance Minister… ...

Prophet fathers child with church member’s wife

Jul 18, 2016 89

A popular prophet in Blantyre has broken the home of one of his church members after having a child with the wife of the congregant. According to reports, the prophet, David Mbewe, who prophesies at… ...