Month: June 2022 Posts

Three jailed for damaging property worth K87 million in Mangochi

Jun 25, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Mangochi Senior Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday sentenced Jabil Rabson, 45, Hassan Kafinolo, 36, and Ajida Seleman aged 32 to two years imprisonment with hard labour each for damaging property worth K87 million at Chipunga… ...

Abortion no longer a constitutional right in US

Jun 24, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The United States Supreme Court has declared that having an abortion is no longer a constitutional federal right, paving way for states in the US to ban abortion. The court on Friday overturned the landmark… ...

Teenager gets 8 years in jail over 134 kilograms of chamba

Jun 24, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Mussa John, aged 19, has been sentenced to 8 years in prison in Blantyre over illegal possession of Indian hemp weighing 134 kilograms. Inspector Ian Ntaba, a prosecutor at Limbe Police Station, said the convict… ...

Husband gets 6 years in jail for hacking wife

Jun 22, 2022 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

The Nkhata-Bay First Grade Magistrate's court yesterday  sentenced Vitumbiko Mhango, 40, to 6 years imprisonment with hard labour for hacking his 34-year-old wife on the arm with a sickle at Lwazi in the district. The… ...

Man jailed for sexually abusing child

Jun 19, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

A court in  Blantyre has sentenced Shaibu Thomas to 12 years imprisonment with hard labour for sexually abusing a child. According to Blantyre Police Deputy Spokesperson Sergeant Aubrey Singanyama, the court heard through state prosecutor… ...

Malawi Court bars ACB from arresting Zuneth Sattar’s handyman

Jun 17, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

High Court Judge Redson Kapindu has stopped the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) from re-arresting businessman Ashok Nair who is Zuneth Sattar’s associate. Kapindu has made the ruling today in Lilongwe following judicial review application that was… ...

Bushiri insists witnesses should come to Malawi and testify

Jun 17, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and wife Mary Bushiri have insisted that South African witnesses should come to Malawi and testify physically in court. Bushiri and his wife were in court today for hearing on an application… ...

Two fined for selling fuel close to ESCOM transformer

Jun 15, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Dowa First Grade Magistrate's Court has ordered two men to pay a fine of K150,000 each or in default serve 18 months imprisonment with hard labour after they were found selling fuel near an… ...

Screenshots of Chisa Mbele’s Facebook posts allowed as evidence in court

Jun 14, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Senior Resident Magistrate Wanagwa Nyirenda has allowed the state to present documents containing screenshots of activist Joshua Chisa Mbele's Facebook posts as evidence. Nyirenda has given the go ahead today as the state wants Mbele… ...

Govt ordered to hire nurse who passed interviews but was not given offer letter

Jun 14, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The High Court has ordered Malawi Government to provide an offer letter to a nurse who passed job interviews but her offer letter was not sent to her and she was told by the Ministry… ...

Four judges promoted to Malawi Supreme Court

Jun 13, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Four judges who were serving at the High Court of Malawi have been promoted to the Supreme Court of Appeal. The four are Sylvester Kalembera, Dingiswayo Madise, Rowland Mbvundula and Dorothy NyaKaunda Kamanga. Chief Justice… ...

Man jailed for attempting suicide

Jun 12, 2022 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Lilongwe First Magistrate Court has  sentenced 41-year-old Yakilini Chinsepo to one and a half years imprisonment for attempting suicide. State Prosecutor, Sub Inspector Damiano Nyasulu, told the court that Chinsepo, a former employee of Almeida… ...

Corruption goes after Joshua Chisa Mbele

Jun 09, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Activist Joshua Chisa Mbele was back in court this morning as the state wants him re-arrested over his social media posts. Mbele appeared before Senior Resident Magistrate Wanangwa Nyirenda in Lilongwe where the state argued… ...

Dowa man gets 14 years in jail for raping child

Jun 04, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Dowa First Grade Magistrate's Court has sentenced 57-year-old man, Tsilizani Mwale, to 14 years imprisonment with hard labour for raping his neighbour's daughter aged 15. State prosecutor, Inspector Christopher Daluni told the court that… ...

Man sentenced to six years in jail for burglary in Chitipa

Jun 03, 2022 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

The Chitipa First Grade Magistrate's Court has sentenced 28-year-old Gift Gondwe to six years imprisonment with hard labour for breaking into a house and stealing items worth K200,000. The court heard through state prosecutor, Inspector… ...