Month: January 2017 Posts

Man jailed for setting ablaze house

Jan 29, 2017 Bright Malenga 21 &

The Mchinji Second Grade Magistrate has sentenced a 63 year-old man to three years in jail for setting fire to a house belonging a 71 year-old man where assorted items worth K331,000 got burnt. The… ...

Malawian beer kills Zambian

Jan 21, 2017 Bright Malenga 98 &

A 47 year-old Zambian national has died in Mchinji district after drinking alcohol excessively on an empty stomach. The incident which occurred on Wednesday saw the Zambian national identified as Boniface Miti, 47, leaving his… ...

Man jailed for raping, impregnating stepdaughter

Jan 19, 2017 Bright Malenga 1 &

A 28 year-old man in Mchinji district will spend the next 13 years in jail after being found guilty of raping and impregnating his 14 year-old stepdaughter at a graveyard. Before sentencing, the court heard… ...

Terrible: Primary school teacher dies while attempting to rescue a drowning pupil

Jan 17, 2017 Bright Malenga 152 &

A 48 year old female teacher at Sunrise Private Primary School in Mchinji district has died in an attempt to rescue a 3 year old pupil who had fallen into a well, Malawi24 has learnt.… ...

Man brutally murdered in Mchinji

Jan 15, 2017 Bright Malenga 6 &

  A 23 year-old Malawian man has been brutally murdered in Mchinji district, police say. The young man identified as Gabriel Mwase Mbili was found lying dead near Bua River with some visible wounds. ji… ...

G4S guards arrested for theft

Jan 11, 2017 Bright Malenga 36 &

Police in Mchinji district are keeping in custody two G4S security guards for breaking into a warehouse which they were assigned to guard and stealing items worth K1.2 million The two, Watson Kamwathendo (26) and… ...

Mchinji baby thief gets four years

Jan 10, 2017 Bright Malenga 12 &

A court in Mchinji district has sentenced the 28 year-old woman who stole a baby at the district’s hospital to four years in prison. The woman Chrissie Vitche Banda stole the baby from a ward… ...