Month: September 2018 Posts

Malawian sex cleansing Hyenas on the prowl for under-aged girls

Sep 23, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Girls are being raped in Nsanje with the consent of their parents as part of a cultural initiation practice widely known as the hyena sex cleansing practice. Published reports have today revealed that the arrest… ...

Nsanje hyena, Eric Aniva, to appeal 2 year sentence

Nov 23, 2016 Chilenje Chilenje 2 &

Nsanje hyena Eric Aniva who for the past five months hit headlines in the local and international media because of his involvement in harmful cultural practices was on Tuesday sentenced to two years imprisonment with… ...

Nsanje Court convicts ‘hyena’ Eric Aniva

Nov 18, 2016 Chilenje Chilenje 91 &

The First Grade Magistrate court in Nsanje district has found Eric Aniva, a man who has been sleeping with over 100 girls and widows through sexual cleansing rituals guilty. He has since been convicted of… ...

Malawi hyena Aniva found with case to answer

Oct 31, 2016 Chilenje Chilenje 0 &

A court in Nsanje on Friday found Nsanje Hyena Eric Aniva with a case to answer on charges of practicing harmful cultural norms contrary to Section 5 subsections 1 and 2 of the Gender Act… ...

Natasha’s comments on Malawi “hyena” culture earn her the wrath of Malawians

Oct 28, 2016 Baxter Mkumba 52 &

Malawians have questioned the credibility of former Malawi Big Brother Africa representative Natasha Tonthola’s comments regarding Malawi's "hyena" culture. This follows Natasha’s interview with BBC radio few days ago where she spoke about the abuses… ...

Malawi sex cleansing practices : Nsanje hyena Eric Aniva denied bail!

Oct 07, 2016 Chilenje Chilenje 96 &

The Blantyre Magistrate Court has again denied bail to Eric Aniva, a Nsanje hyena man who was arrested by the Malawi Police after confessing that he slept with over 100 young girls as sexual cleansing.… ...

Malawi sex cleansing practices : Nsanje hyena trial shifted to Blantyre

Sep 30, 2016 Chilenje Chilenje 39 &

The Nsanje Magistrate court has shifted to Blantyre the case of Eric Aniva who is accused of sexually abusing scores of girls and young women under the pretext of culture. Aniva is answering the charge… ...

Malawi sex cleansing practices: NGO to conduct ‘Hyena must die’ campaign

Sep 03, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 0 &

A non-governmental organisational which works with children says it will conduct a Hyena must die campaign to deal with the hyena culture in Nsanje district. The organisation, Centre for Children Affairs, says the campaign will… ...

Malawi sex cleansing practices : Nsanje hyena accomplice freed

Aug 08, 2016 Mwayi Mkandawire 44 &

The Nsanje first grade magistrate court has discharged hyena Eric Aniva's accomplice, Theniford Jampa, Malawi24 can report. Aniva who is infected with HIV and has over the past years been paid to sleep with young girls in Nsanje district,… ...

Malawians blame chiefs over hyena practices

Aug 04, 2016 Luke Bisani 36 &

Malawians in the country have blamed traditional leaders for being behind harmful cultural practices arguing that the chiefs encourage the practices. The development comes at a time when Malawi has made international headlines following a… ...

Arresting Aniva is not a good idea, Mr President

Jul 31, 2016 José Safarao 73 &

I know there is that pressure when the whole world is laughing at you. I have received calls and Facebook messages from as far afield as the United States and Japan, from acquaintances I last… ...

‘Malawi President is the worst hyena than Aniva: Mutharika is promoting child pornography’

Jul 30, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 151 &

Malawi president Peter Mutharika has come under fire for being a patron of a cultural group that promotes practices that have been described as constituting child pornography and child sexual abuse likened to the conduct… ...

Mr President, in Malawi, hyenas exist in both high and low places, arrest them all

Jul 29, 2016 Wise One From the East 53 &

In Malawi, just in the past two weeks forty eight people have been arrested. Sixteen were students from the Chancellor College, the Polytechnic contributed fourteen, and the Kamuzu College of Nursing’s quota was seventeen, all for… ...

Arrest of ‘hyena’ excites Nsanje chief

Jul 27, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 118 &

Senior Chief Malemia of Nsanje has hailed President Peter Mutharika for ordering the arrest of Erick Aniva who sexually abused young women in Nsanje. This comes after Aniva confessed to both local and international media… ...

Harmful cultural practices shame us all – Mutharika

Jul 26, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 73 &

President Arthur Peter Mutharika says harmful cultural practices tarnish the image of the country and bring shame to Malawians. The president made the remarks through a statement released by his press secretary Mgeme Kalirani in… ...