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Nsanje school transport raises eyebrows, cyclist arrested

Oct 23, 2020 Cyrus Bengo 1 &

Police in Nsanje have arrested a bicycle taxi operator (wa Kabaza) after he was captured carrying at least eight children on his bicycle. The bicycle operator was transporting nursery school children at Sorijin in the… ...

Chilima pleads for support for children with brain injury

Oct 06, 2020 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Madame Mary Chilima, the wife of the Vice President of Malawi Saulos Chilima, has pleaded with Malawians to start supporting children with brain injury to ensure that they have good quality of life and have… ...

Boy, 11, dies in beer drinking competition

Sep 13, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

An 11-year-old boy, identified as Humphreys Chipeta, has died after drinking five bottles of Kachasu at a drinking contest in Mzimba. The boy who, according to his peers, was an avid drunkard had reached finals… ...

632 school girls get pregnant in Chikwawa

Sep 08, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Daniel Sankhulani The District Education Office for Chikwawa says 632 have fallen pregnant in the period schools were closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Director of Education, Youth and Sports in the district, Chrissie… ...

Commentators say exam calendar favours privileged students

Sep 07, 2020 Lyonike Mughogho 0 &

Commentators have argued that students from privileged families have an advantage in the impending exams. Schools have opened today only for classes that are due to sit for exams, after a five-month Covid-19 break. The… ...

Kaliati tells chiefs to dissolve all child marriages

Aug 29, 2020 Lusekero Mhango 0 &

Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare Patricia Kaliati has given Traditional Chiefs and stakeholders in Karonga a 31 August deadline to dissolve all child marriages in the district. The call comes amid the… ...

Woman arrested for stealing baby

Jul 30, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

A 25-year-old woman in Kasungu district has been arrested for stealing a four-month-old baby. Kasungu Police Station Publicist Inspector Harry Namwaza identified the suspect as Rodha Chirwa of Chingala village in the area of Traditional… ...