Month: June 2022 Posts

Mussa’s case referred to High Court for review

Jun 29, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Acting Chief Resident Magistrate for the South, Chisomo Msokera, has asked the High Court to review the eight-year sentence handed to 19-year-old Mussa John who was convicted of possession of Chamba. In a letter dated… ...

Malawi Catholic priest gets 30 years, five others jailed for life over Masambuka murder

Jun 27, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Muhosha The High Court in Blantyre has sentenced five people to life in prison over the murder of MacDonald Masambuka, a person with albinism from Machinga. Police officer Chikondi Chileka, Machinga district Clinician Lumbani Kamanga… ...

Malawi Police allegedly tricked Mussa into pleading guilty

Jun 27, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 1 &

Human Rights lawyer Alexious Kamangila says preliminary investigation has revealed that Police tricked Mussa John into pleading guilty of Chamba possession by claiming that the court was going to release him upon a plea of… ...

Chikhosi fights to keep official vehicles

Jun 26, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The High Court in Lilongwe has granted an injunction to former Secretary to President and Cabinet, Zangazanga Chikhosi, stopping Malawi Government from collecting his two official vehicles, a Land Cruiser VXR V8 and a Toyota… ...

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 1 &

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… ...