Month: April 2023 Posts

Man found guilty of burning niece’s hands  

Apr 13, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

A mobile court at Senior Chief Chikowi in Zomba has found Ronnex Bandawe guilty of burning a hand of his niece aged six for allegedly stealing a cob of green maize. With funding from UNICEF,… ...

Bambo wawotcha dzanja la mwana chifukwa cha mondokwa

Apr 13, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Bambo wina ku Zomba yemwe dzina lake ndi Ronnex Bandawe wapezeka olakwa pa mlandu oti adawotcha dzanja la mwana wa zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi (6) yemwe ndi mwana wachemwali wabamboyu ati chifukwa adaba chimanga chimodzi.… ...

Blantyre district records 3000 cases of violence against children

Jan 21, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Blantyre District Social Welfare Office registered over 3000 cases of violence against children (VAC) in the just ended year. District Social Welfare Officer Stephano Joseph disclosed this on Friday during a capacity building workshop for… ...

Kalibu exploiting children

Dec 16, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) says Kalibu Academy has been abusing children at the school in form of corporal punishment. The MHRC has today released of investigations into allegations of corporal punishment and sexual abuse… ...

Deputy headteacher arrested after forcing child to kneel on concrete floor for over an hour

Oct 31, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Deputy headteacher at Majiga Primary School, Rafael Chikabwereza, has been arrested after a an 8-year-old Standard 3 learner sustained wounds on the knee due to corporal punishment which Chikabwereza handed out to the child. The… ...

Organization asks for speedy review of Ntcheu child assault case

Mar 20, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Centre for Youth and Children Affair has demanded authorities to swiftly review the child assault case in Ntcheu where Senior Resident Magistrate Joshua Nkhondo acquitted Vincent Dzimadzi, a man seen in a video clip assaulting… ...

Woman in Ndirande arrested for biting own child

Nov 03, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Police in Ndirande township are keeping in custody a 37-year-old woman for biting her 8-year-old daughter as punishment for coming home late. According to Ndirande police public relations officer Sergeant Kelvin Nyirenda, this occurred during… ...