Month: December 2015 Posts

Man who escaped from Mulanje Prison arrested again

Dec 23, 2015 Archangel Nzangaya 41 &

Malawi Police in the commercial city of Blantyre have arrested one of the five inmates who escaped Mulanje Prison whilst receiving medical treatment at Mulanje hospital. Limbe deputy police publicist, Pedzetsai Dzembeneko, has identified him as… ...

South Africa gets tough on illegal immigrants

Dec 23, 2015 Baxter Mkumba 112 &

Malawians traveling to South Africa have to brace themselves for hard times as the officials there have introduced stiff fines for transport operators who transport undocumented travelers into the country. According to a notice published on… ...

Malawian man jailed for raping four year-old girl

Dec 22, 2015 Thula Chisamba 94 &

As cases of rape and defilement mushrooms in Malawi , a 20 year-old man identified as Ndabandaba has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for defiling a four year-old girl in the northern region district… ...

Three men jailed for vandalizing Escom equipment

Dec 22, 2015 Archangel Nzangaya 9 &

The Neno magistrate court has given three men prison terms ranging from four and a half to six years for vandalizing Electricity Supply of Malawi (Escom) infrastructure consisting of 215 tower members. The three convicts… ...

Rapist given 21-year jail term

Dec 22, 2015 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 69 &

The magistrate court in Mzuzu has sentenced a Malawian man to 21 years imprisonment for repeatedly defiling his six year-old daughter and infecting her with Sexually Transmitted Disease (STDs). The victim died four weeks ago… ...

Angolan man stabs Malawian woman 17 times in UK

Dec 21, 2015 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 146 &

In what is being dubbed as a horror attack, a Malawian woman believed to be in her early 20s was reportedly stabbed 17 times by a sharp knife by her Angolan husband after a dispute… ...

Mob justice worries youths

Dec 21, 2015 Geoffrey Banda 9 &

Youth advocates in Malawi have expressed worry over the increase of incidences of mob justice in the country. This follows recent reports that angry people in Phalombe district set ablaze a woman who was alleged to… ...