Month: May 2016 Posts

K35, 000 earns man 8 years in jail

May 08, 2016 Bright Malenga 185 &

A 25 year-old man in Mwanza district has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment with hard labour for breaking into a house and stealing K35, 000. According to Mwanza Police Publicist Edwin Kaunda, the convict,… ...

Mwanza council gives sex workers a boost

Apr 08, 2016 Paul Nthala 65 &

Sex workers in Mwanza district have received a boost as the district’s council has revealed plans to recognise them and help improve their trade. The sex workers have been allowed to form a grouping which… ...

Malawi, Mozambique clash

Mar 23, 2016 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 44 &

Malawi has clashed with neighbour Mozambique over the former’s decision to relocate Mozambican refugees to Luwani Refugee Camp. The move, which received the backing of United Nations Refugee Agency UNHCR, has irked the Mozambican government… ...

Fears raised over influx of Mozambicans

Mar 10, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 126 &

Authorities in Mwanza district says Malawi cannot cope with the increase in number of Mozambicans refugees arriving in the country. Mwanza district commissioner Gift Lapozo said the increase in the number of refugees from 3000… ...

Congolese nabbed in Mwanza for using fake documents

Jan 21, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 3 &

Malawi Police at the Mwanza border post have arrested a Congolese national for attempting to get into the country using a fake Malawian traveling document. According to Mwanza border post's public relations officer, Sergeant Pasquall… ...

Mwanza nurses threaten to put down their tools

Jan 15, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 55 &

Health workers at Mwanza district hospital have threatened to go on strike if their District Health Officer (DHO) will not release names of promoted nurses, Malawi24 has learnt. Reports reaching Malawi24 indicate that the health… ...

Just in: Mwanza man brutally killed, head skin removed

Jan 15, 2016 Happy Arnold Soko 243 &

The 30-year-old Malawian man has been found lying dead just before 6 a.m. this morning in Thambani, Mwanza district with his face 'sliced' off with a sharp object, Malawi24 can reveal. The deceased whose name… ...