Month: March 2020 Posts

Teacher arrested for malicious damage after son’s death

Mar 08, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Police in Lilongwe have arrested a primary school teacher for destroying and ransacking houses belonging to a family he accused of bewitching his son. According to the Deputy Public Relations Officer for Lilongwe police station… ...

62 ICT officers fired at Road Traffic

Mar 05, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services (DTRSS) has laid off 62 information and communications technology officers who were recruited by the department in 2015. The fired DRTSS employees said they were told by… ...

Bunda gender activists plant trees at Nkhoma

Mar 04, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Bunda Gender Activists together with Bunda Environmental Club and community members on Saturday planted trees at Nkhoma in Lilongwe. During the exercise, the group planted 500 trees. In an interview with Malawi24, Head of communications… ...

FAM urges young refs to work hard

Feb 23, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

The Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has urged up-and-coming referees to put an extra gear in order to achieve their dreams of becoming international referees. This was said on Saturday at Kamuzu Stadium during the… ...

Chilima storms Lilongwe on Sunday

Feb 19, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Vice President Saulos Chilima will hold a UTM party rally at Masintha Ground in Lilongwe on Sunday. It will be the UTM’s leader’s first rally since the Constitutional Court nullified the 2019 presidential elections and… ...

Police arrest 29 people for breaking into Burundians’ shops

Feb 08, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Police in Lilongwe have arrested 29 people for looting Burundian owned shops and inciting violence against foreign nationals. The suspects who are between the ages of 16 and 40 were arrested in Mchesi and Biwi… ...

Residents loot Burundians’ shops in Lilongwe

Feb 06, 2020 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

There was a fracas at Area 24 market  in Lilongwe on Wednesday where residents looted shops belonging to Burundian nationals. Motorcycle taxi operators were leading people who were demolishing shops belonging to Burundians around the… ...

Police exhume third dead body at Biwi

Feb 05, 2020 Richard Jimu 0 &

…says no foreign national involved in the killings Police on Tuesday exhumed a third dead body at a house belonging to a Malawian at Biwi in Lilongwe. The dead person has been identified as Pilliar… ...

Ombudsman’s offices sealed

Jan 29, 2020 Mike Ching'ande 0 &

The office of the Ombudsman at St. Martin's building in Lilongwe has been sealed by a landlord in Lilongwe due to non-payment of rentals. According to a statement from the Ombudsman, the offices were closed… ...

Musicians urged to embrace social media

Jan 23, 2020 Lusekero Mhango 0 &

A Lilongwe based gospel artist says social media plays a significant role in promoting new songs and up-and-coming artists in the country and has urged other musicians to embrace the platform. The artist, Owen James… ...

Lilongwe South by-election to be held on 30 January

Jan 17, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has resumed the by-election process in Lilongwe South Constituency and people will vote in the polls on 30 January, 2020. MEC Chief Elections Officer Sammy Alfandika announced the resumption in… ...

Boyfriend, two others nabbed over Kottana Chidyaonga’s death

Jan 16, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Police in Lilongwe on Wednesday night arrested three suspects in connection to the death of 23-year-old Kottana Maria Chidyaonga. Chidyaonga was reported to have died as a result of a snake bite but an autopsy… ...

Coffee shop closed for selling drugs to teens

Jan 15, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism has closed Beirut Coffee Shop in Lilongwe for operating without a Trade Tourism Licence and for selling Shisha, an addictive inhalable drug, to teenagers. According to the Ministry,… ...

Opposition politician Kabwila released on bail

Jan 14, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 1 &

The Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court has granted bail to politician Jessie Kabwila who was arrested for intimidating Constitutional Court judges. Senior Resident Magistrate Shyreen Chirwa  told Kabwila to pay a cash bond of K20,000,… ...

Kabwila in court today

Jan 13, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 1 &

Opposition politician will appear at the Lilongwe Magistrate Court where she will be formally charged. The former Salima North West parliamentarian is also expected to take plea and the court will also hear her application… ...