Month: February 2021 Posts

MEC says it respects court’s decision to nullify elections

Feb 05, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Romeo Umali The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it respects the court ruling that has nullified the 2019 parliamentary elections for Nsanje North, Chikwawa East and Nsanje Central constituencies. Director of Media and Public Relations… ...

Two minibus drivers jailed over demos

Feb 04, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A court in Blantyre has sentenced two minibus drivers to 9 months in prison for proposing violence during the recent protests held by minibus drivers and conductors in Blantyre. The demonstrations which took place on… ...

Four women fined for selling alcohol

Feb 03, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Four women in Dedza have been fined K30,000 each for selling alcohol at around 10AM. The women are Juliet Tobias, 20, Caroline Henry aged 18, Sofireti January aged 63 and Stella Falamani 56 both from… ...

Man fined K350,000 over Facebook post

Jan 30, 2021 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Kasungu First Grade Magistrate's Court has fined 37-year-old Joseph Nkhoma K350,000 for insulting police officers on his Facebook page. The court through State Prosecutor Sub-Inspector Romus Amini heard that on January 22, 2020 Nkhoma wrote… ...

Prosecutors want more than 14 years in prison for rapist

Jan 30, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The case of convicted rapist, 38-year-old Leonard Kanyama, in Chikwawa has been referred to the Chief Resident Magistrate Court in Blantyre as prosecutors want more than 14 years in prison for the convict. Kanyama was… ...

Man gets 21 years in prison for raping 14-year-old child

Jan 30, 2021 Lameck Kamtoseni 0 &

A court in Ntcheu has sentenced a 43-year-old man to 21 years in prison for raping a child aged 14 on three occasions. The man identified as Elias Chilemba committed the offence on October 26,… ...

Man jailed 10 years for sexually abusing 14-year-old girl

Jan 29, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Topson Banda. Nkhotakota First Grade Magistrate court sitting in Dwangwa has sentenced a 21-year-old man to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour for sexually abusing and impregnating a 14-year-old girl. The incident happened between… ...