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Chisomo Kazisonga shining in Austria

Nov 05, 2015 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 15 &

The Malawi National Women football team captain is in a good form for her second-tier league side SV Neulengbach having scored a brace last Sunday in a 6-3 victory over FC Altera. She is being… ...

Revealed: Chakwera holding Tanzania’s aid to Malawi

Nov 05, 2015 Thula Chisamba 215 &

It has been established that leader of opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP), Lazarus Chakwera is holding some aid Tanzania has for Malawi as he waits to disentangle after being voted to rule the country.… ...

Bizarre! Spirit ‘orders’ villagers to exhume dead body in Mzimba

Nov 05, 2015 Thula Chisamba 33 &

Astonishing atmosphere swallowed up Kasindi village in Malawi's Mzimba district when people witnessed exhuming of a dead body of a man identified by village headman Kasindi as Richard Moyo who died in 2011. Information sourced… ...

Malawi Government not tabling Information Bill

Nov 05, 2015 Luke Bisani 9 &

The much awaited Access to Information Bill (ATI) will not find its way in the forthcoming parliamentary meetings as the Malawi government is not ready to present it in the house, Malawi24 has learnt. According… ...

Lightning kills three in Phalombe at a funeral

Nov 05, 2015 Geoffrey Banda 4 &

Three people have been killed and two others injured by lightning at a funeral ceremony in Phalombe district, Malawi police say. Phalombe Police Station Public Relations Officer, Sub-Inspector Augustus Nkhwazi confirmed about the accident saying… ...

Peoples Party breathes fire on JB’s homecoming

Nov 05, 2015 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 73 &

Malawi ex ruling Peoples Party (PP) has condemned the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for showing 'suspicious' interest in life its of founder and president Joyce Banda. In a press statement released on November 4 and… ...

Primary school teacher arrested for raping a pupil

Nov 05, 2015 Hajira Halilu 87 &

Police in Malawi’s capital city,Lilongwe have nabbed Sofiano Samiton, an ODL teacher at Mchoka Primary School, for allegedly raping a standard 6 pupil. National Police Publicist, Rhoda Manjolo, confirmed the development saying that Samiton allegedly… ...