Month: June 2023 Posts

22 people die in Karonga accident

Jun 04, 2023 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Twenty-two people have died while others have escaped with different degrees of injuries after the lorry they were travelling in, while returning from a football match, overturned at Tenenthe Hills in Karonga District The accident… ...

Several people dead following accident involving Nyungwe FC

Jun 04, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Karonga based side Nyungwe Football Club was involved in an accident on Saturday which has claimed lives of several people. The accident occured at Tenenthe along Karonga-Chitipa Road as the team which boarded a lorry… ...

Woman found dead in forest in Mzimba  

May 31, 2023 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A woman’s decomposing body was found under a tree in a forest yesterday at Kagugu Gondwe village, Traditional Authority Mabulabo in Mzimba. According to Police, on May 30, 2023 Enestina Mvula who is the reporter… ...

Six bodies recovered in Nsanje following boat accident

May 17, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police have recovered six bodies in Nsanje today following a boat accident which happened on Monday after the boat carrying 37 people was reportedly hit by a hippopotamus on Shire River. The accident happened at… ...

Three die in Ntcheu road accident

May 17, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Three people including two family members have died while two other people have sustained injuries following a road accident at Lizulu trading centre in Ntcheu. Confirming the development to the local media was Ntcheu Police… ...

Switzerland gives Malawi over K560 million for Cyclone Freddy, Cholera

Apr 26, 2023 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Swiss Embassy has announced two grants worth US$550,000 (over K560 million) to address the immediate humanitarian needs resulting from Tropical Cyclone Freddy’s devastating impacts and nationwide cholera outbreaks. The US$550,000 assistance is part of… ...

Chakwera  pays tribute to Khondowe

Apr 20, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says Mathews Eliazere Khondowe who died on Tuesday aged 90 was visionary, development conscious, hardworking and lived his life with total humility, all of which are worth emulating. The president was speaking… ...

Malawian man commits suicide in South Africa

Apr 05, 2023 Baxter Mkumba 0 &

According to an audio clip circulating on social media, Banda visited his cousin in Middleburg on Sunday and was supposed to go back to his workplace. Together with his cousin and other friends, they started… ...

Kotanna was killed by cocaine-laced termik, argues AG Nyirenda

Apr 02, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Attorney General (AG) Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda has argued that 23-year-old Kotanna Chidyaonga died due to temik which was laced with cocaine. Nyirenda has made the argument in his defence submissions following a lawsuit by Kotanna’s… ...

One-year-old child drowns in bucket of water Rumphi

Apr 02, 2023 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A one-year-old child has drowned in a bucket of water at Kamzowole Village under Traditional Authority Mwalweni in Rumphi. She has been identified as Menas Kondowe. Reports indicates that on Friday, March 31, Menas fell… ...

Malawi Police officer found hanging in his house

Mar 31, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A police officer identified as Lenford Ngomba was found hanging in his house on Thursday afternoon in Chitipa. The officer was stationed at Chisenga Police Unit in Chitipa district. Chitipa Police Station Officer, Leonard Chipa… ...

Cyclone Freddy survivors at Nanchidwa camp say they are being neglected

Mar 29, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Survivors of Cyclone Freddy who are at Nanchidwa camp in Mulanje say they have not been receiving relief items. One of the survivors Emmanuel Elijah made the remarks when Centre for Democracy and Economic Initiatives… ...

Malawian Prophet nearly died after fasting for 40 days

Mar 28, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A Malawian prophet in Chiradzulu identified as Ellason Zande nearly died after fasting for 40 days following "God’s instruction". The prophet who leads Nazareth Church of All Nations claimed in an interview with MIJ Online… ...

Talking Blues: The folly of treating the symptoms but not the disease

Mar 27, 2023 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

“The conditions of Malawi, the poorest country in English-speaking Africa, have been gradually worsening over the last 40 years. This is in part due to global climate change, but also to too much Aid, which… ...

Fear stopping people from seeking cholera treatment

Mar 26, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Cholera patients continue to shun hospitals amid false rumours that the cholera outbreak is part of a plot to reduce the population of Malawi. Malawi24 has discovered that rumors which have been spreading concerning cholera… ...