Month: March 2016 Posts

Malawians give thumbs up to mob justice

Mar 03, 2016 Luke Bisani 52 &

Malawians have talked up mob justice arguing that the practice will help reduce crime in the country. The development comes after an angry mob burnt seven people in Nsanje district for being found with human… ...

Messenger arrested for stealing drugs

Mar 02, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 52 &

A messenger working for Pharmacy, Medicines and Poisons Board in Lilongwe is in police custody after he was found with drugs valued at MK1, 356,080.00. Lilongwe Spokesperson Kingsley Dandaula identified the messenger as Charles Kumpita,… ...

Man hacks uncle to death

Mar 02, 2016 Luke Bisani 68 &

Malawi Police officers in Dedza district are keeping in custody a 25 year-old man for killing his uncle with a panga knife. The suspect, Chifundo Metusalemu hacked his uncle, Yohane Matukuta, 58, after the uncle… ...

16 years in stock for man who raped stepdaughter

Mar 02, 2016 Bright Malenga 22 &

A 37 year-old Malawian man has been sentenced to 16 years imprisonment for raping his stepdaughter several times and impregnating her. Lilongwe Police Public Relations Officer, Kingsley Dandaula, identified the man as Lingisoni Ndelemani. According… ...

Mission impossible: Seven arrested after failed robbery at MEC

Feb 29, 2016 Richard Jimu 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… ...

Thugs abduct albino boy in Machinga

Feb 29, 2016 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 66 &

A boy with albinism has been abducted after thugs invaded his parents’ house on Friday night, injuring the child’s mother who was the only other person in the house. The incident happened at Mpakati Village,… ...

Two convicted over Indian hemp trafficking

Feb 28, 2016 Macdonald Kaleso 30 &

The Nkhunga first grade magistrate court in Nkhotakota has sentenced two men to three-and-a-half years in prison with hard labour each for trafficking Indian hemp. The duo, Patrick Sopa Mana, 32, and Gift Kapalamula, 25,… ...