Month: August 2020 Posts

Man gets five years in jail after assaulting friend over greeting

Aug 22, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

A court in Mponela has sentenced 33-year-old Zakeyo Kapingasa to 5 years for hacking a friend because the friend did not greet him. The Mponela First Grade Magistrate Court heard from the state Prosecutor Sub… ...

Man jailed 4 years for stealing goats

Aug 22, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

The Mponela First Grade Magistrate Court has sentenced 24-year-old Mickson Machilika to four years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing two goats. The court through the state prosecutor Sergeant Richard Sakala heard that on August… ...

Court rejects Chisale’s application against further arrests

Aug 20, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed Norman Chisale’s application for an injunction to stop the Malawi Police from arresting him. Supreme Court Judge Lovemore Chikopa has rejected the application today. Justice Chikopa said such… ...

Four acquitted in Kottana Chidyaonga murder case

Aug 19, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The High Court in Lilongwe has found four suspects with no case to answer over the death of 23-year-old Kottana Chidyaonga. The four are Chidyaonga’s boyfriend Timothy Mtilosanje as well as Ekari Chaweza, Gilbert Kamaliza… ...

YAS asks MEC to challenge ‘exaggerated’ legal bill

Aug 18, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Youth and Society (YAS) has asked Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to challenge High Court Registrar’s ruling that the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) should pay K7.3 billion to Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima and President Lazarus… ...

Man gets 12 years for raping six-year-old child

Aug 16, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Mangochi Senior Resident Magistrate's court on Friday sentenced 33-year-old Wyson Juma to 12 years in prison with hard labour for raping a 6-year-old girl. Mangochi Police Station Deputy Publicist Amina Tepani Daudi said Juma… ...

Chakwera and Chilima’s lawyers get K323 million

Aug 13, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Days after being awarded K7 billion, lawyers for President Lazarus Chakwera and Vice President Saulos Chilima have also been awarded K323 million in legal fees. Senior Deputy Registrar of the High Court, Justus Kishindo, has… ...