Month: May 2020 Posts

80 bales of tobacco destroyed by fire in Kasungu

May 04, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Fire that was started by a 6-year-old boy has destroyed 80 bales of graded tobacco which were in a shed in Kasungu. The incident occurred on Friday at around 14:00 hours at Ngolokoto village in… ...

Kasungu police nab 24 people over Nkhamenya fracas

Feb 06, 2020 Martha Chikoti 1 &

Police in Kasungu have arrested 24 people over a fracas that erupted at Nkhamenya in connection to the death of a 17-year-old girl whose body was found in Msusu River. The girl in question went… ...

Lightning kills man in Kasungu

Jan 07, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

A 40-year-old man has died in Kasungu after being struck by lightning. The incident occurred on January 3, 2019 at Engineers Battalion Farm. Kasungu Police Station Public Relations Officer Harry Namwaza identified the deceased as… ...

Two men drown in Kasungu

Jan 06, 2020 Demetria Herman Banda 0 &

Two men have drowned in Kasungu after failing to cross Chipala River on their way back from a drinking joint. The two have been identified as Yohane Kaluwa, aged 31 and Cosmas Chinkoka, aged 40.… ...

Two men jailed for rape

Jan 06, 2020 Demetria Herman Banda 0 &

The Nkhunga First Grade Magistrate’s Court in Nkhotakota on Friday sentenced two men to eight years in jail each for rape. According to Nkhunga Police Station spokesperson Ignatius Esau Phiri, in the first incident, 66-… ...

19-year-old man jailed for raping girl, 13

Jan 03, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

A man aged 19 has been sentenced to 11 years in prison on defilement and abduction charges after he took a girl aged 13 to his house and lived with her claiming she was his… ...

The downside of video shows, game centres

Jan 02, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Technology is rapidly transforming every aspect of human life, for better or for worse. The entertainment industry is synonymous with technology as most innovations are coming in to support it. Taking advantage of some households’… ...