Month: July 2023 Posts

University student sentenced to 18 months in jail for attempting suicide

Jul 21, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A 32-year-old university student in Ntcheu has been ordered to pay K80,000 fine or in default to serve 18 months in prison for attempting to commit suicide. Ntcheu Police Spokesperson Rabecca Ndiwate has identified the… ...

Teenager commits suicide after family dispute

Jul 09, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

An 18-year-old boy identified as Bule Nkhwangwa was this morning found hanging from a Mango tree behind his uncle's house at Chidothi village, Traditional Authority Chimaliro in Thyolo district. Limbe Police Station Public Relations Officer… ...

Zomba Central Mental Hospital hit by low funding, shortage of staff

Jul 09, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Zomba Central Mental Hospital's mental health facility has only 65 nurses out of a required 333 and this is compromising service delivery. Speaking on Friday during a stakeholders consultative meeting, Hospital Director, Dr. Raphael Piringu… ...

Husband hangs himself after finding love message in wife’s phone

Jun 29, 2023 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A 38-year-old man identified as Komani Zimba has hanged himself under a goal post at Embangweni in Chaphonya village in Mzimba after finding a love message from another man in his wife’s phone. It is… ...

Man in cooler for raping woman with mental health challenges

Jun 13, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A 23-year-old motorcycle kabaza operator named Ephraim Henry has been placed under Police custody at Limbe Police Station on allegations of raping a 26-year-old woman with mental health challenges. Sergeant Aubrey Singanyama,Public Relations Officer for… ...

Nsanje registers two suicide cases in a day

May 16, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Police in Nsanje on Monday registered two cases of suicide involving a 58-year-old woman, Nezhi Chonzi from Ndenguma Village and a 16-year-old boy, Lazaro Masina from Nyamkwatula Village, both under Traditional Authority Malemia in the… ...

Man found hanging in maize field

May 04, 2023 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

A yet to be identified man in his forties was yesterday found hanging from a tree in a maize field at Chinkhwiri Village in the area of Traditional Authority Chakhaza in Dowa District. Mponela Police… ...