Month: December 2021 Posts

Retired Magistrate Esmie Tembenu dies

Dec 10, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Retired Child Justice Magistrate, Esmie Tembenu, has died days after she was involved in a road accident in Nsanje. Tembenu sustained injuries in the accident and was admitted to Nsanje District Hospital. She later taken… ...

Retired magistrate backs calls for mob justice against rapists

Dec 02, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A retired magistrate has argued that mob justice against suspected rapists could help reduce cases of rape in the country. Retired Child Justice Magistrate, Esmie Tembenu who is now a child rights activist has supported… ...

Senior Chief Kuntaja calls for castration of rapists

Nov 13, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Written by Loness Gwazanga Senior Chief Kuntaja of Blantyre District has proposed that rapists should be castrated as a way of curbing the malpractice. This follows the sudden increase of rape of girls in the… ...

Musician Chavura risks arrest over ‘rape inciting song’

Jan 10, 2018 Russell Kondowe 177 &

A human rights group has called for the arrest of musician Mwiza Chavura over his recent song. The song Nzakupanga rape (I will rape you) is according to a media statement by the Family Rights,… ...

From Area 25 to Area 24: Malawi women still harassing each other

Oct 25, 2017 Bright Malenga 183 &

A Non-Government Organisation called Family Rights, Elderly and Child Protection (FRECHIP) has condemned violence against a woman that happened recently at Area 24 in Malawi's capital Lilongwe. Women in Area 24 assaulted and stripped a… ...

Malawian children remain in trouble

Mar 06, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 5 &

Former justice of the Child Justice Court Esmie Tembenu has stressed the need for the country to protect children from all forms of abuse. This comes at a time when some Non-Governmental Organisations expressed worry… ...