Month: July 2021 Posts

Children on Seventh Day Apostolic pilgrimage not going to school

Jul 29, 2021 Thula Chisamba 0 &

It has emerged that all the children who are in a company of their parents on a pilgrimage of the Seventh Day Apostolic in Mzimba are not going to school. The children, more than thirty,… ...

Minister Kaliati tours construction of CBCC in Thyolo

Jul 25, 2021 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Minister of Gender, Social-Welfare and Community Development Patricia Kaliati on Friday inspected the progress of Muonekela Community Based Child Care (CBCC) in the area of Senior Chief Chimaliro in Thyolo district. Speaking during the visit,… ...

Institute of Marketing in Malawi donates to the needy in Lilongwe

Jul 09, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Institute of Marketing in Malawi has donated assorted items to Chikondano and Mphatso orphan care centre at Area 25 in Lilongwe. In an interview with Malawi24, President of the Institute, Isabel Kachinjika said that they… ...

Govt to roll out polio vaccine this month

Jul 05, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Malawi government through the Ministry of Health will this month conduct a week-long catch-up polio vaccination campaign targeting over 1.8 million children below the age of five. Confirming the development was the ministry's public… ...

Sex worker arrested for raping 2 boys in Lilongwe

Jun 29, 2021 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Police in Lilongwe have arrested 24-year old sex worker, Christina Masina, for sexually abusing two boys aged 4 and 15. Lilongwe police station Deputy Publicist sergeant Foster Benjamin has confirmed and said that Masina committed… ...

Malawi has 1.7 million desks for 5.3 million learners

Jun 28, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Minister of Education Agnes Nyalonje says there is serious of shortage of desks in primary schools across the country, where an estimated 1, 712, 683 desks are available for over 5.3 million learners in public… ...

Boy child who slept with girl child acquitted of defilement

Jun 24, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A young man aged 18 years who was facing defilement charges on allegations that he was sleeping with another child, a girl aged 15, has been acquitted. The case was brought before Senior Resident Magistrate… ...

Couple arrested for abusing child

Jun 19, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A husband and wife arrested have been arrested for taking their two-year-old child to drinking joints and for physically abusing their child. Minister of Gender, Children and Social Welfare Patricia Kaliati has confirmed the arrest… ...

Chakwera advocates for safe environment for children

Jun 16, 2021 Guest Writer 0 &

By Kondwani Magombo – MANA President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has called on all Malawians to ensure that children in the country are fully protected from all types of abuse which they face in the society.… ...

UK pledges £430 million for children’s education

Jun 13, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

The United Kingdom has announced £430 million (about K485 billion) of new UK aid to help children in 90 lower income countries, such as Malawi, access education. The funding announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson… ...

Late Belekanyama fathered my daughter, claims woman

Jun 09, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A woman identified as Sella Ishmael has claimed that former Local Government Minister late Lingson Belekanyama fathered her daughter. The woman has made the claims in a Facebook post in which she posted a collage… ...

South African woman gives birth to 10 babies

Jun 08, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A 37-year-old woman in South Africa has given birth to 10 babies– seven boys and three girls – breaking the Guinness World Record. According to new site IOL, the decuplets were born at a hospital… ...

Malawians told to remember street kids

Jun 08, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

People in the country have been encouraged to pay attention to street children’s choices and voices in order to carry out actions that are in the best interest of the children. This is according to… ...

Father rapes three biological daughters in Lilongwe

Jun 04, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police at Kawale in Lilongwe have arrested a 73-year-old man for raping three biological daughters aged between 5 and 12. Kawale Deputy Public Relations officer Mabvuto Phiri said the suspect, Malison Phiri, was on the… ...

US modifies ban on tobacco imports from Malawi

May 26, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

United States Customs and Border Protection (CPB) has modified an existing Withhold Release Order on imports of tobacco from Malawi which was issued in 2019 due to concerns over child labour in production of the… ...