Month: December 2015 Posts

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… ...

Man handed 3-year jail term for operating illegal clinic

Dec 19, 2015 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 0 &

The Mulunguzi senior magistrate court in Zomba has sentenced 56 year-old Malawian Samuel Mukhwiri for illegal possession of medical drugs and for operating a private clinic without a licence. The accused was caught on 8… ...

Man commits suicide over village bank money

Dec 18, 2015 Thula Chisamba 0 &

After getting tired of accusations that he swindled village bank money, 35 year-old Malawian Donfore Simkonda has committed suicide by hanging himself to his kitchen roof in Nkhatabay. Police publicist for the district, sergeant Ignatius… ...

Police arrest man who hacked an albino in Phalombe

Dec 17, 2015 Geoffrey Banda 46 &

Malawi  Police in Phalombe district have finally managed to arrest a suspect who had been on the run over the hacking of a 17 year-old boy with albinism on November 29, 2015. Phalombe Police Station public… ...

Primary school teacher rapes 3 pupils

Dec 17, 2015 Archangel Nzangaya 285 &

Malawi Police in Blantyre city are keeping in custody a teacher for being suspected to have sexually assaulted his three standard eight students. Reports reaching this publication show that the suspect, Harry Thokozani, 47, who is… ...

Malawian man handed 84 month jail term for rape

Dec 16, 2015 Thula Chisamba 71 &

The Mzimba first grade magistrate court has sentenced 35 year-old Khumbo Soko to 84 months imprisonment with hard labour for defiling his brother’s eleven year-old daughter. State prosecutors told the court that despite the case… ...

Fake seeds land Dedza woman in the cooler

Dec 16, 2015 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 19 &

Malawi Police in Dedza district on Tuesday locked up a woman for being found with fake maize seeds in her shop. Dedza police confirmed the arrest of the suspect identified as Lucy Simengwa Mwitha, 25,… ...