Month: August 2018 Posts

Tension as thieves storm Mzuzu main townships

Aug 31, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Tension arose at Mchengautuwa in Mzuzu on Thursday morning when a mob wanted to set alight a thief caught stealing in one of the houses in the township. What started as a promising day, turned… ...

Thugs kill woman at her home

Aug 31, 2018 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Thugs on Wednesday night killed a 46 year old at her home in Mzimba. Police public relations officer Peter Botha identified the woman as Juliet Kamanga. According to Botha, Kamanga’s 13-year-old daughter heard people trying… ...

Malawian nurse rapes pregnant woman

Aug 30, 2018 Bright Malenga 2 &

After years of working as a nurse, 28-year-old Arthur Moses Chiulika will spend 5 years of his life in prison for raping a woman. Chiulika who was based at Chinyama health centre in Mulanje was… ...

Maize thieves get five years in jail

Aug 29, 2018 Mike Lyson Zgambo 2 &

The High Court in Mzuzu has sentenced Eric Banda aged 45 and Colless Phiri aged 31 to 5 years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing bags of maize. The court through state prosecutor Chawinga heard… ...

Man gets five years for trafficking 19 people

Aug 28, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Dowa First Grade Magistrate Court has sentenced a 29-year-old man to five years in prison with hard labour (IHL) for trafficking 19 persons. The court heard that the convict Nika Nthara trafficked 19 persons… ...

Man fined in Lilongwe for stealing water

Aug 27, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

The Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate Court has convicted and fined Hanna Sitima for stealing water through illegal connections. Sitima, 48, was arrested on Tuesday 27th March, 2018 during an operation by Lilongwe Water Board (LWB)… ...

Son murders biological mother in Nkhotakota

Aug 25, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

A 27-year-old man identified as Richard Kamwendo is behind bars in Nkhotakota for murdering his biological mother. Nkhotakota police deputy spokesperson Paul Malimwe said the suspect who used to stay with his grandfather was on… ...