Month: August 2020 Posts

Two traditional leaders arrested for ordering burial of murdered person

Aug 04, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Police in Kasungu have arrested two traditional leaders for ordering burial of a murdered person without reporting to police. Public Relations Officer for Kasungu Police Station Harry Namwaza has identified the leaders as Senior Group… ...

Kabaza Taxi operator killed in road accident

Aug 02, 2020 Martha Chikoti 1 &

A 32-year-old man in Mangochi has died after his motorcycle hit the rear part of a motor vehicle which was in motion. Deputy publicist for Mangochi Police Station, Sub Inspector Amina Tepani Daudi, identified the… ...

A con man, the Eiffel Tower and lady Karma

Aug 02, 2020 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

History is littered with infamous con men. Gregor MacGregor and Victor Lustig are perhaps the most legendary. MacGregor, a Scot, is best known for a scam where he invented an entirely non-existent country and was… ...

The mystery behind the gruesome murder of Issa Njauju! A whistle-blower’s account

Aug 01, 2020 Wise One From the East 0 &

First published in 2016* Advisory: Wise One from the East, like you, has unanswered questions about the gruesome murder of Issa Njauju who at the time of his death was Malawi Anti–Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director… ...

Dowa chiefs demand improved services from police

Jul 31, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Traditional Authorities Mponela, Dzoole, Kayembe and Chakhaza in Dowa have called on law enforcers to offer improved services in quest for winning back public trust. The chiefs made the appeal on Thursday, July 30, 2020… ...

Bushiri wants all charges dropped: Major 1 disagrees with Court’s decision

Jul 30, 2020 Sibu M. Mokoena 0 &

Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has applied to have his money laundering and fraud charges in South Africa dropped. The Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church leader appeared before the Pretoria High Court on Monday this week with… ...

Foreman, two guards arrested for stealing cement

Jul 29, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Police in Likoma are keeping in custody three men for stealing seventy bags of cement worth K630, 000. The suspects have been identified as William Edson aged 32 (foreman), Sydney Mphande aged 45 (security guard),… ...

Bushiri’s mask breaks the internet: Prophet introduces Major 1 face-shield against Covid-19

Jul 28, 2020 Sibu M. Mokoena 0 &

Prophet Shepherd Bushiri was trending on social media after a video showed him donning a face mask yesterday when he left the Pretoria High Court for his money laundering and fraud trial. The Enlightened Christian… ...

Two charged with theft of government intelligence computers

Jul 27, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

  Former National Intelligence Services director and a former State House ICT chief have been charged with theft of government inteligence computers. The ex-intelligence chief Kenam Kalilani and former Chief ICT officer for State Residences… ...

This is unfair – Bushiri

Jul 27, 2020 Sibu M. Mokoena 1 &

Prophet Shepherd Bushiri says the postponement of his money laundering and fraud trial to October this year is "unfair". Together with his alleged partner-in-crime and wife, Mary Bushiri, the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church leader… ...

DPP’s reign was as bad as colonialism, lock them up!

Jul 26, 2020 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

The trajectory of an average Malawian family’s rise from poverty to affluence used to be predictable. A family invariably started humbly. Then it tried this and that business before specializing in one. What followed was… ...

Armed robbers steal face masks at Water Board office

Jul 18, 2020 Owen Ndalama 0 &

Police in Kasungu are hunting for armed robbers who broke into Santhe Water Board office and went away with cartons of face masks. The robbers also stole other items and all the stolen items are… ...

Two jailed for stealing K16 million at filling station

Jul 16, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Nkhata Bay First Grade Magistrate's court has sentenced two criminals to 14 years in prison each for stealing money at Meru filling station in the district. The two stole cash amounting to K16, 570, 000… ...

Who is next to be arrested? Malawi Twitter trolls Tadikira Mutharika

Jul 15, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi Twitter has been trolling former President Peter Mutharika’s stepson, Tadikira Mafubza Mutharika, as the next person who will be arrested. The Lazarus Chakwera administration has been rounding up people who were allegedly behind the… ...

Man jailed 8 years for attempting to sell his uncle

Jul 14, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Salima First Grade Magistrate Court has sentenced 29-year-old Simisi Dzovuta to eight years in prison for putting his uncle up for sale. The man attempted to sell his uncle for K3.5 million. The State Prosecutor,… ...