Month: November 2016 Posts

CHRR condemns patients queuing to access ART treatment in Chikwawa

Nov 13, 2016 Chilenje Chilenje 13 &

The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has expressed worry over increasing reports that HIV/Aids patients are forced to queue to access ARVs at Ngabu Rural hospital in Chikwawa. CHRR Advocacy coordinator, Fletcher Simwaka… ...

Lack of safety homes hampering delivery of justice in Chikwawa

Oct 27, 2016 Chilenje Chilenje 3 &

Authorities in Chikwawa have singled out the need for the construction of safety homes in the district as one way of ensuring that victims of various crimes are kept there for a smooth monitoring of… ...

Angry mob burns to death a suspected thief in Chikwawa

Oct 12, 2016 Chilenje Chilenje 29 &

Angry communities at Mapelera in Chikwawa took the law into their hands by burning to ashes a man who they suspected of intending to steal a motor bike from a motor bike taxi driver. Police… ...

Children dropped out of School to marry in Chikwawa

Jul 13, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 39 &

It has been established that forced early marriages and teenage pregnancies are still on the increase in Chikwawa and are leading to high school dropout rates in the district. According to a Mtuwe pa bwalo… ...

Chief Chapananga accused of corruption

Jul 06, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 11 &

Village headmen in Chikhwawa have accused Traditional Authority (T/A) Chapananga of fraudulently selling land and receiving bribes from other chiefs in order to promote them. According to the lower chiefs, T/A Chapananga pocketed K10,000 each… ...

Boy scouts donates to Ngabu health centre

Mar 29, 2016 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 26 &

Ngabu health centre in the district of Chikhwawa district has been shot in the arm following a donation by American Boy Scouts. The organisation has donated drugs, medical equipment, and assorted items worth K2.2 million… ...

Parents urged to teach their children sex education

Mar 27, 2016 Martha Chikoti 34 &

Traditional leaders in Chikhwawa district in the area of Paramount Chief Lundu have called on parents to talk about issues of sex in their homes in order to reduce HIV among young people. Senior Village… ...