Month: April 2021 Posts

Media urged to vet adverts from traditional healers

Apr 27, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Herbalists in Dedza district have asked media houses in the country to vet any advert from traditional healers saying some adverts are perpetrating attacks on people with albinism. The herbalists made the appeal during an… ...

Girl killed by electrocution while hanging clothes on laundry wire

Apr 23, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A 21-year old girl in Dedza has been killed by electrocution while hanging clothes on on a laundry wire. The girl has been identified as Tilankhulenje Latimoni, a resident of Dambo village in the area… ...

Hit-and-run motorcyclist kills woman in Dedza

Apr 01, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

A woman has died in Dedza after being struck by a hit-and-run motorcyclist. The accident occurred on March 30, 2021 around 18:00 hours at Mkomeko village earth road. The motorcyclist, Gabriel Masautso, 18 of Mkomeko… ...

Primary school teacher arrested for raping 13-year-old child

Mar 31, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A 33-year-old primary school teacher at Matonga Primary School in Dedza is in police custody for raping a thirteen-year-old pupil. Dedza Police deputy spokesperson Cassim Manda said the suspect, Boniface Arnold, had been friends with… ...

Students damage property at Umbwi Secondary School

Mar 16, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Students at Umbwi Secondary School in Dedza district on Monday damaged school property during riots ignited by the suspension of headboy and school prefect. One of the students who opted for anonymity, has told this… ...

Four women fined for selling alcohol

Feb 03, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Four women in Dedza have been fined K30,000 each for selling alcohol at around 10AM. The women are Juliet Tobias, 20, Caroline Henry aged 18, Sofireti January aged 63 and Stella Falamani 56 both from… ...

TA Kamenyagwaza dies of Covid-19

Jan 29, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Traditional Authority (T/A) Kamenyagwaza 3 of Dedza District has died of Covid-19. The traditional leader is the sixth chief to die in January 2021 alone The Ministry of Local Government has confirmed the death of… ...