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Messenger sentenced to 18 months in prison over Rumphi office fire

Sep 03, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A court in Rumphi has sentenced a 34-year-old messenger to 18 months in prison over the fire that destroyed Rumphi Education office last month. The messenger Vitumbiko Khowani Manda, 34, was sentenced on Wednesday, September… ...

Man jailed 6 years for torching wife’s house

Aug 20, 2021 Lameck Kamtoseni 0 &

The Dowa First Grade Magistrate's Court has sentenced a 49-year-old man, Kingsley Jamikele, to 6 years imprisonment with hard labour for setting ablaze two houses belonging to his wife and his in-law. The court through… ...

Police grant bail to six Mtendere Boys Secondary School students

Aug 10, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Dedza Police has granted bail to six Mtendere Boys Secondary School students who are accused of setting two offices on fire at the school. The gutted offices belong to the headteacher and the secretary where… ...

Teacher sets ablaze fellow teacher’s house in Dowa

Jul 01, 2021 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Police in Mponela, Dowa have arrested a primary school teacher Identified as Sungeni Kalonga, 32, for setting on fire his fellow teacher's house on allegations that the victim was sleeping with his (Kalonga’s) wife. Mponela… ...

Son sets ablaze father’s house in Dowa

Jun 30, 2021 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Police in Mponela, Dowa, are keeping in custody a 27-year-old man identified as Nephtali Mshamboza for setting his father's house on fire. Public relations officer for Mponela police station sergeant Macpatson Msadala has confirmed and… ...

Brothers die in house fire in Mponela

Jun 28, 2021 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Two boys with disabilities died yesterday at Mponela in Dowa after the house they were sleeping in caught fire. The two who are persons with disability have been identified as Labani Ganizani, 18, and Finiasi… ...

Minister Tembo calls for joint efforts to protect Zomba plantation

Oct 27, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Synd Kalimbuka Minister of Forestry and Natural Resources Nancy Tembo has called on stakeholders to work together in protecting Zomba Mountain plantation where bushfire recently destroyed 50.7 hectares of forest. Almost every year, bush… ...