Kasungu Archives

Man kills wife with an axe after separation

Aug 24, 2016 Luke Bisani 66 &

Police in Kasungu district have arrested a 36 year-old man suspected to have killed his wife and injured her grandmother after the two separated. The suspect, Kasten Mwale has been arrested for hacking his wife… ...

Malawi Police arrest woman for possessing marijuana

Aug 22, 2016 Martha Chikoti 52 &

Malawi Police officers in Kasungu district are keeping in custody a 26 year-old woman who was found in possession of three bags of cannabis sativa which is locally known as Indian hemp. Deputy Public Relations… ...

Malawian farmers lose 151 tobacco bales in fire

Aug 21, 2016 Martha Chikoti 72 &

Farmers in Kasungu district have lost 151 bales of tobacco after the bales were burnt to ashes when a truck transporting the green gold to auction floors caught fire. According to Deputy Public relations Officer… ...

25 year old man rapes, impregnates a teenager

Aug 12, 2016 Martha Chikoti 54 &

Malawi Police officers are keeping in custody a 25 year-old man for raping and impregnating a young girl in Kasungu district. The law enforcers say the man claimed to have been in relationship with the… ...

Malawian man jailed for ‘playing with teenager’s breasts at night’

Aug 08, 2016 Mwayi Mkandawire 91 &

Kasungu First Grade Magistrate Court sitting at Kasungu recently handed Harrison Chisale, aged 35, a 30 months custodial sentence for indecently assaulting a 15 year old girl. Here is what unfolded, during the night of… ...

Malawi Police arrest man for stealing from Macsteel shop

Aug 02, 2016 Martha Chikoti 12 &

Police in Kasungu district are keeping in custody a 44 year old shop supervisor for Macsteel Malawi Limited for stealing goods worth over a million Kwacha from one of the company’s shops. Confirming to Malawi24,… ...

Two charged with murder of boy killed in botched circumcision

Aug 02, 2016 Martha Chikoti 32 &

Two men have been charged with murder after a 13 year-old boy died days after getting circumcised at an initiation camp in Kasungu. Confirming the development to malawi24, public relations officer Edna Mzingwitsa spokesperson identified… ...