Month: July 2022 Posts

Zomba DHO bemoans polio vaccine resistance by parents in urban areas

Jul 31, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Zomba District Health Office (DHO) says parents in low density areas and in houses surrounded by brick fences refuse to open gates to let health workers give oral polio vaccine to their children. To this… ...

Kaliati says Govt has strengthened protection of street kids

Jul 27, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati says government has reinforced efforts to protect the rights and welfare of children, including street children, in the country. Kaliati disclosed this yesterday in Parliament… ...

Authorities in Zomba concerned over child abuse

Jul 25, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Social Welfare Office in Zomba and Future Vision Ministries have bemoaned practices that trigger abuses and eventually disturb children's education. District Social Welfare Officer, Christopher Ndaona expressed the concern during commemorations of the Day of… ...

Transporters, businesspersons urged to help in fighting human trafficking

Jul 25, 2022 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

Transporters and other businesspersons especially those who offer hospitality services have been urged to help in fighting human trafficking in Phalombe district. The plea came during an interface which River of Life Organization organised with… ...

Teen prostitution in Balaka worries stakeholders

Jul 24, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

During a spot-check in various bars and lodges around Balaka township,  children aged below 18 years were seen patronising bars and lodges, smoking Indian hemp, gambling and selling their bodies. One teenage sex worker who… ...

7-year-old child dies after mother slaps her

Jul 24, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 2 &

Blantyre Police is keeping in custody a 24-year-old woman identified as Mercy Banda for allegedly killing her own 7-year-old child. The child has been identified as Dingile Banda aged 7 years and was from Kaphiri… ...

Court sends Susu to Maula Prison

Jul 18, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Chinese national Lu Ke also known as Susu has been denied bail and the Senior Resident Magistrate's Court in Lilongwe has ordered that he should be remanded to Maula Prison. Susu appeared before court today… ...