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Pressure mounting on Malawi Government to trim constituencies to 100

Nov 26, 2015 Joseph Dumbula 55 &

The Malawi Government is receiving calls from Civil Society groupings to consider slicing the number of constituencies from 193 to 100. The call has been tilted to the current economic woes and misunderstandings that have… ...

Man rapes a 15 year old girl in Ntchisi

Nov 26, 2015 Gladson Mbumpha - Citizen Journalist 74 &

Malawi Police in Ntchisi are keeping in custody a 25-year-old man for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl. The incident happened between November 11 to November 15 this year at Sabwe Village in the area of… ...

Ntchisi man jailed for 8 years after he burned his friend’s house

Nov 26, 2015 Gladson Mbumpha - Citizen Journalist 9 &

The Ntchisi First Grade Magistrate's Court has sentenced a 21-year-old Malawian man to eight years imprisonment with hard labour for arson. The court heard that Thokozani Paul during the evening of November 21 2015 at… ...

Malawi Police officers rejected a bribe from drug dealers

Nov 26, 2015 Thula Chisamba 187 &

Malawi Police officers at Dunduzu police unit in Mzuzu purportedly rejected a bribe of about MK80,000 opting instead to apprehend two thieves who were caught with various drugs worth millions of Kwacha. The two suspects… ...

Mutharika dresses down ‘talkative’ Joyce Banda

Nov 26, 2015 Happy Arnold Soko 162 &

They will never stop to exchange venom in what they say and if this is anything to go by, then Malawi President Peter Mutharika and ex leader Joyce Banda will keep not seeing each other… ...

Chanco rebuffs students on exam results over delayed fees payment

Nov 26, 2015 Richard Jimu 17 &

...bars them from accessing results despite settling outstanding balances ...verbally withdraws them to repeat next year ...stakeholders condemn the college A number of mature entry students from Chancellor College, in Malawi's old capital have woken… ...

Yabwanya now eligible to contest for FAM presidency

Nov 26, 2015 Orton Nyirenda 63 &

Barely a few weeks before the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) elections, Willy Yabwanja Phiri has been cleared to contest for FAM's hot seat after winning his appeal. Yabwanya was barred from standing due to… ...