Month: December 2015 Posts

Queens Central Hospital for sale! Government to privatise public hospitals

Dec 08, 2015 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 1,909 &

...Kamuzu Central Hospital put on auction Malawi government has set up plans to privatise all public hospitals, Malawi24 can reveal. President Peter Mutharika made the revelation that his administration will soon start auctioning public hospitals into private… ...

Malawi hospitals start charging K25,000 per referral

Dec 05, 2015 Aubrey Makina 198 &

The free health system in Malawi has started falling apart, media reports have revealed. According to media reports that Malawi24 has monitored, patients in the Northern region district of Mzimba are being demanded to pay… ...

Primary School Teacher rapes a standard three pupil in Mzimba

Dec 05, 2015 Thula Chisamba 109 &

Malawi police in Mzimba have arrested a teacher identified as 47 year-old Evans Chikowi on charges of defiling an 11 year-old standard 3 learner at Lubaha primary school. Confirming the incident, police publicist for the… ...

Malawian woman, child killed in South Africa

Dec 01, 2015 Thula Chisamba 50 &

Reports reaching Malawi24 from South Africa indicate that a Malawian woman from Mzimba district has been killed together with her child on her way to South Africa where they were heading to search for greener… ...

Mzimba doctors to strike over poor working conditions

Nov 25, 2015 Thula Chisamba 29 &

Health workers in Malawi's northern region district of Mzimba have hinted that they will stage a strike over what they deem pathetic working conditions in the health sector. The medics told Malawi24 on Tuesday that… ...

Armed robbers storm Mzimba, rob two cars

Nov 22, 2015 Thula Chisamba 30 &

There have been cases of armed robberies in Mzimba where two cars have since been stolen, Malawi police say. It is believed that the robbers are mainly targeting cars because they have ready markets in… ...

Mzimba police panicking over road accidents, seeks God’s intervention

Nov 19, 2015 Thula Chisamba 27 &

Malawi Police in Mzimba have confessed that they are panicking over the possibility of rampant road accidents in the district during the festive season and have called upon the faith community to pray for God’s… ...