Month: March 2018 Posts

Man scalds woman with hot porridge

Mar 24, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

At a time when organizations are busy fighting gender based violence in Malawi, a 32-year-old lady is battling burn wounds at Machinga District Hospital after her brother in-law poured hot porridge on her. According to… ...

Woman jailed for dumping twins

Mar 16, 2018 Bright Malenga 7 &

Machinga Third Grade Magistrate court on Wednesday sentenced a 39-year-old woman to 30 months in prison for deserting her twins. Prosecutor Anthony Mchiswe of Machinga Police Station told the court that on October 28, 2017… ...

7 charcoal burners fined

Mar 11, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 7 &

Machinga Third Grade Magistrate Court has fined seven men K20,000 each for being found in a forest. The seven were found guilty of conveying weapons into forest reserves contrary to section 43 of Forest Act.… ...

Primary school teacher rapes pupil

Feb 24, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 57 &

Police in Machinga are keeping in custody a 28 year old primary school teacher for raping a 14 year old standard 6 learner. According to Machinga police publicist Constable Davie Sulumba, the suspect has been… ...

CoST calls for transparency in construction sector

Feb 17, 2018 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST) has said there is need for transparency and accountability in the sector. Joe Ching’ani of CoST made the call on Wednesday in Machinga during a daylong media training on Open… ...

Thugs stab Chief Kawinga, shoot his son

Jan 30, 2018 Bright Malenga 18 &

Thugs on Monday night stabbed Paramount Chief Kawinga of Machinga and shot his son. According to a police report, the incident occurred at the paramount's residence. The criminals also robbed the paramount chief real name… ...

Malawi homosexuality: Two men arrested in Machinga

Dec 16, 2017 Richard Jimu 60 &

At a time when there has been silence on the debate on whether Malawi should legalise homosexuality or not, two men have been arrested for having sex. The incident has occurred in Machinga district. Police… ...