Month: June 2022 Posts

Zomba Council holds aerobics for staff to ensure physical fitness, fight stress

Jun 26, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

District Sports Officer for Zomba Council, Sophie Mzunga, has appealed to council staff and people from other sectors to actively participate in aerobics saying this ensures physically fit and stress-free human personnel. Mzunga made the… ...

Man jailed for attempting suicide

Jun 12, 2022 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Lilongwe First Magistrate Court has  sentenced 41-year-old Yakilini Chinsepo to one and a half years imprisonment for attempting suicide. State Prosecutor, Sub Inspector Damiano Nyasulu, told the court that Chinsepo, a former employee of Almeida… ...

Man commits suicide after fight between his fiancée and sex worker

Jun 10, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A 25-year-old man in Lilongwe hanged himself to the roof of a toilet on Wednesday after his fiancée and a commercial sex worker he took home engaged in a fight over him. Sub-Inspector Foster Benjamin,… ...

Sparc, Caring Hands launch mental app

Jun 04, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi Government has hailed Sparc Systems Limited (Africa) and Caring Hands, a non-governmental organization, for launching a Mental Lab application which will be used to fight mental illness in Malawi. The mobile application was launched… ...

Poet Tendai Shaba commits to fight mental health issues, engages health minister

May 26, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Renowned poet, Tendai M Shaba has expressed commitment to supporting government's efforts by fighting mental health issues through his poetry. Shaba earlier this week engaged Malawi's minister of health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda and among other… ...

Rumphi man mentally ill for 27 years recovers after father’s burial

May 23, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A man identified as Simon Kayira, 49, who suffered from mental illness for over 27 years, regained his sanity recently after the burial of his father at Chiberekete village in the area of senior chief… ...

Form 4 student commits suicide in Thyolo

May 18, 2022 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

An 18-year-old girl identified as Dorica Kagwa who was in Form Four at Thekerani Secondary School in Thyolo District has hanged herself to the roof of a house she was renting as a self-boarder. Thyolo… ...