Lilongwe Archives

Gulewamkulu gets 5 years for raping, abducting girl

Nov 07, 2019 Martha Chikoti 1 &

A 22-year-old man who raped a 14-year-old girl while he was in gulewamkulu regalia in Lilongwe has been sentenced to five years in prison. According to Lingadzi Police Station Public Relations Officer Salomy Zgambo Chibwana,… ...

UK based pharmacist donates to persons with albinism

Oct 31, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

A United Kingdom based pharmacist has donated items worth K20 million to persons with albinism in Lilongwe. The pharmacist Ebi Kharodi donated the items to 134 people with albinism at Pondamali village in area of… ...

Lilongwe South by-election postponed

Oct 29, 2019 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has postponed by-elections in Lilongwe South constituency due to political tension in the area. The commission was expected to hold the elections in the constituency on November 5, 2019. In… ...

Muslim youths donate to orphans

Oct 27, 2019 Bright Malenga 0 &

An organization called Lilongwe Muslim Youth has donated assorted items to orphans at Iqra International Academy in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe. The group donated a piece of cloth for uniforms, sugar, laundry soap, cooking oil and… ...

Three arrested over K550 million land fraud

Oct 25, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Police in Lilongwe have arrested three people who created a lands office and fraudulently sold six plots for K550 million. Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Lands and Urban Development Joseph Mwandidya identified the three… ...

Long queues form as fuel scarcity hits LL

Oct 23, 2019 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Long queues have formed at some filling stations in Lilongwe and other areas as motorists scramble for fuel. Many filling stations in the capital city have run out of fuel forcing motorists to queue at… ...

Malawi truck drivers protest low pay

Oct 21, 2019 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Drivers today held protests in Lilongwe and Blantyre to push for better pay and better working conditions. The drivers parked their trucks at Kanengo in Lilongwe and on the Lilongwe-Mchinji road. Over 100 trucks carrying… ...