Month: September 2020 Posts

Father gets 16 years for impregnating daughter

Sep 13, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Mangochi Senior Resident Magistrate Court has sentenced a 44-year-old man to 16 years in prison for raping and impregnating his 15-year-old daughter. Eastern Region Police Prosecutor Sub Inspector Asma Katete identified the convict as… ...

Five people arrested for torching house in Rumphi

Sep 12, 2020 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Police on Friday arrested five men for torching a house of a fellow villager at Ntchenachena in Rumphi. According to Mnjere, the suspects are Billy Gondwe aged 63, John Gondwe aged 60, Amoni Gondwe aged… ...

Mozambican gets 12 years for child trafficking

Sep 12, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Mangochi Senior Resident Magistrate court on Friday sentenced a 28-year-old Mozambican national to 12 years imprisonment with hard labour for child trafficking. The man has been identified Jafali Pedro. During court proceedings, Eastern Region Police… ...

Man hacks teacher at school over affair with wife

Sep 12, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A man who recently returned from South Africa has hacked a deputy headteacher at a school in Dedza over claims that the teacher was in an affair with the man’s wife. Dedza police station deputy… ...

I was scammed by Bushiri, alleges South African woman

Sep 11, 2020 Sibu M. Mokoena 0 &

A mother in South Africa has accused Prophet Shepherd Bushiri of ruining her family's fortune. The woman, Felicia Sibeko, claims that the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church leader who is commonly known as Major 1… ...

25-year-old man rapes 85-year-old woman

Sep 11, 2020 Cyrus Bengo 0 &

Police in Dowa have arrested a 25-year-old man for raping an 85-year-old woman. Speaking to Malawi24, Dowa Police publicist Sup inspector Gladson Mbumpha said the suspect has been identified as Thoko Andrew from Kaziputa Village… ...

Two suspected thieves murdered in Thyolo

Sep 10, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

An angry mob at Goliati Trading Centre in Thyolo on Wednesday killed two people who were caught stealing a motorcycle. Thyolo police publicist Sub-Inspector Amos Tione confirmed the case saying the two pretended to be… ...

Man nabbed over fake K2000 banknotes in Kasungu

Sep 09, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Police in Kasungu have nabbed a man for possessing fake K2000 banknotes. Kasungu Police Station Publist Harry Namwaza identified the suspect as Filodi Goodson, 35. Namwaza said Goodson  was arrested on Tuesday, September 8 at… ...

Woman stoned to death after foiled motorbike theft

Sep 09, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

An angry mob in Dedza district has stoned to death a 24-year-old woman for attempting to steal a motorbike. Confirming the development to Malawi24 was Dedza Police deputy publicist Sergeant Cassim Manda who identified the… ...

Police fire teargas to disperse angry  mob in Thyolo

Sep 08, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Police in Thyolo on Tuesday teargassed angry villagers who stormed Molande village, Senior Chief Nchilamwera, in order to kill an elderly woman accused of practising witchcraft. The incident came after a teenage boy went missing… ...

Minibus driver fined for intimidating traffic officers

Sep 07, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

A court in Ntcheu has fined a minibus driver and has also sentenced him to six months in prison for threatening to kill traffic police officers with his vehicle. Attributing the story to Malawi24 was… ...

Motorcyclist strangled to death in Balaka

Sep 04, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

A 25-year-old motorcycle taxi operator was found dead in the early hours of Thursday along Khwisa-Binon earth road in Balaka. The victim identified as James Manjombe is suspected to have been strangled to death by… ...

Chanthunya sentenced to life imprisonment

Sep 04, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The High Court in Zomba has today sentenced Misozi Chanthunya to life in prison for killing his girlfriend Linda Gasa in 2010. Judge Ruth Chinangwa delivered the ruling today in Zomba where she also sentenced… ...

40-year-old Community Policing leader jailed for raping teen

Sep 04, 2020 Owen Ndalama 0 &

The Ntchisi First Grade Magistrate’s court has sentenced a crime prevention panel chairperson for Kakhuta village in the district to 8 years for raping a 15-year-old girl. The convict, Bunaya Jana, aged 40, was jailed… ...

Teacher, niece arrested for operating illegal clinic

Sep 03, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A primary school teacher at Chideza school in Dedza has been arrested for operating an illegal clinic where  his niece, a fake nurse, was also providing medical assistance to pregnant women. The suspect identified as… ...