Richard Jimu, Author at Malawi 24

Mission impossible: Seven arrested after failed robbery at MEC

Feb 29, 2016 24

Malawi Police officers in Mzuzu city are keeping in custody seven people after they were caught stealing seven generators from a Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) warehouse. The seven include a former guard for MEC, two… ...

Chakhwantha out on bail

Feb 24, 2016 37

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislator Peter Chankhwantha was on Tuesday night granted bail from police custody hours after he was arrested for alleged treason in an ongoing reported plot to oust Malawi President Peter Mutharika. Malawi24… ...

Malawi Hunger: Thyolo residents forced to steal from estates

Feb 24, 2016 203

People in Thyolo district the stronghold of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), have resorted to stealing from estates in order to survive the current hunger. Police in Thyolo made the revelations in a report… ...

Malawian Members of Parliament living in fear

Feb 23, 2016 323

Members of Parliament in Malawi are living in fear after reports that the Peter Mutharika led government is on the verge of netting other legislators this week over a feared coup plot against him ,… ...

Finally: Govt deploys primary school teachers

Feb 23, 2016 201

Long at last! The Malawi Government has now released a list of names of the Initial Primary Teacher Education 8 (IPTE8) and Open Distance Learning 3 (ODL3) primary school teachers to be recruited and deployed to… ...

Malawi government angered by NGOs

Feb 21, 2016 25

Government has accused Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) of causing problems in the agriculture sector since they roll out projects without consulting relevant sectors. District Agriculture Development Officer (DADO) for Chiradzulu Sheila Kang’ombe said some NGOs do… ...

Mutharika, Virginia Palmer meet over coup reports

Feb 20, 2016 119

Following government’s demand for people such as Virginia Palmer who were accused of plotting a coup against President Peter Mutharika to prove their innocence, the Malawi leader and the United States of America (USA) ambassador… ...