Machinga Archives

MP-elect pledges to develop Machinga South East

May 28, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The 24-year-old woman who has won the parliamentary election in Machinga South East Constituency has vowed to to put the needs of her constituents at heart during her five year term. The newly elected parliamentarian,… ...

BT North aspirants pledge completion of Lirangwe-Chingale-Machinga road

Apr 16, 2019 George Banda 0 &

Blantyre North Constituency Aspiring candidates for the May 21 tripartite elections have vowed to push for the completion of the Lirangwe-Chingale-Machinga road if voted into power. The aspiring parliamentary candidates and councillors made the remarks… ...

Rapist gets 14 years in jail

Feb 28, 2019 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Liwonde First Grade Magistrate Court has sentenced a 61 year old man to 14 years imprisonment with hard labour for raping his 13 year old stepdaughter. Attributing the development was Machinga police public relations… ...

Chief, four others arrested for digging up human bones

Jan 20, 2019 Martha Chikoti 1 &

A Village Headman in Machinga district and four other people are in police custody for exhuming human bones. The village headman Dyton Makwesela aged 50 and Lamilo Mambo 35, King Wiskies Tuwaliki Galagate 38, Witman… ...

Explosive object found in Machinga

Dec 03, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Community members in Machinga found a potentially explosive object suspected to be the head of a rocket propelled grenade. The villagers reported the matter to their traditional leader who later told the police. Officers in… ...

Voters advised to value elections

Nov 28, 2018 Samuel Majamanda 0 &

The National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) Public Trust has told voters to attach more value to elections as they are part of development. The organisation in conjunction with the Blantyre Press Club (BPC) held… ...

I will end blackouts – Joyce Banda

Oct 13, 2018 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Former Malawi President, Joyce Banda, has promised to end blackouts if voted back into office in the 2019 Tripartite Elections. Joyce Banda who, in 2014, lost to the incumbent President Peter Mutharika says she has… ...