Month: February 2016 Posts

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… ...

Angry mob mercilessly beat madman

Feb 28, 2016 Lyonike Mughogho 111 &

A mob in Mzuzu yesterday gave a madman in the city a good beating, seriously injuring him such that he had to be taken to hospital by police officers. According to as source, the madman… ...

Mzuzu council to pull down billboards

Feb 13, 2016 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 12 &

The Mzuzu City Council (MCC) has warned billboard owners that their adverts will be pulled down for non-payment of site permit rental fees. In a statement signed by MCC chief executive officer, Mcloud Kadam’manja, institutions… ...

Govt hailed for public works programme in Mzuzu

Feb 05, 2016 Thula Chisamba 18 &

The Malawi Government has been applauded for enabling local authorities to facilitate successful Public Work Programmes (PWP) across Mzuzu city. The remarks were made by beneficiaries of the project's first phase who received their wages… ...

Kabanza owners battling teargas and riot police in Mzuzu

Jan 22, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 85 &

There is pandemonium in Mzuzu as Kabanza owners have closed the road leading to Mzuzu Airport. Reports say the police wanted to stop the Kabanza owners from operating within the city and this led to… ...

Police cast net wider after murder of a girl in Mzuzu

Jan 07, 2016 Thula Chisamba 24 &

Malawi police are investigating the murder of a girl who was found dead at Chibavi ground in Mzuzu city on Monday. Police publicist for the city Martine Bwanali said that the girl might have died… ...

Malawi banking its future on drug addicts

Dec 25, 2015 Thula Chisamba 50 &

Education authorities in the northern region have noted with great concern the habits of students in the region who are fast becoming drug addicts. They have told Malawi24 that they often receive reports from most… ...