Month: July 2022 Posts

Kaliati hails Joyce Banda Foundation for caring for children

Jul 04, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati, has hailed the Joyce Banda Foundation for providing care to more than 70,000 children through Early Child Development Centres and other child focused interventions. The… ...

Man sentenced to 21 years in prison for raping 5 year old stepdaughter

Jul 02, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Zomba Senior Resident Magistrate Court has sentenced 45-year-old Tiyesi Makala to 21 years imprisonment with hard labour for raping his five-year-old stepdaughter. Zomba Police Station Publicist, Patricia Sipiliano, said Makala raped the child on… ...

Kaliati tells Zomba Council to formulate by -laws to protect children from abuse

Jul 02, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Minister of Gender Commmunity Development and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati, has called on Zomba District Council to formulate by-laws that should protect children from all forms of abuse. The Minister made the call at Nsondole… ...

Gwamba sentenced to 5-years in prison

Jul 01, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 9 &

The magistrate's court in Limbe, Blantyre has slapped Gwamba with a 5-year jail term for assaulting a kid physically. Joyce Gwamba, a 23-year old Manje resident is reported to have caused bodily harm to her… ...

Weather prompts debate on school uniform

Jul 01, 2022 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

The Civil Society Coalition for Education CSEC) has joined the condemnation of the unwritten “silent” policy that pupils in public primary schools are mandated to wear shorts as part of their school uniform. The cold… ...

Education authorities say learners need to access sexual reproductive health messages  

Jun 30, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

Education Authorities in Balaka district have highlighted that access to sexual reproductive health messages among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) and adolescent boys and young men (ABYM) is crucial if the two groups are… ...

Monkey Bay Police sensitize learners on negative effects of drug abuse

Jun 30, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Community Policing Coordinator at Monkey Bay Police Station, SubInspector Masautso Katemera, has called on learners in schools around Monkey Bay to desist from drug abuse and avoid destroying school property whenever they are in disagreement… ...