Month: February 2016 Posts

Mission impossible: Seven arrested after failed robbery at MEC

Feb 29, 2016 Richard Jimu 24 &

Malawi Police officers in Mzuzu city are keeping in custody seven people after they were caught stealing seven generators from a Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) warehouse. The seven include a former guard for MEC, two… ...

Angry mob mercilessly beat madman

Feb 28, 2016 Lyonike Mughogho 111 &

A mob in Mzuzu yesterday gave a madman in the city a good beating, seriously injuring him such that he had to be taken to hospital by police officers. According to as source, the madman… ...

Mzuzu council to pull down billboards

Feb 13, 2016 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 12 &

The Mzuzu City Council (MCC) has warned billboard owners that their adverts will be pulled down for non-payment of site permit rental fees. In a statement signed by MCC chief executive officer, Mcloud Kadam’manja, institutions… ...

Govt hailed for public works programme in Mzuzu

Feb 05, 2016 Thula Chisamba 18 &

The Malawi Government has been applauded for enabling local authorities to facilitate successful Public Work Programmes (PWP) across Mzuzu city. The remarks were made by beneficiaries of the project's first phase who received their wages… ...

Kabanza owners battling teargas and riot police in Mzuzu

Jan 22, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 85 &

There is pandemonium in Mzuzu as Kabanza owners have closed the road leading to Mzuzu Airport. Reports say the police wanted to stop the Kabanza owners from operating within the city and this led to… ...

Police cast net wider after murder of a girl in Mzuzu

Jan 07, 2016 Thula Chisamba 24 &

Malawi police are investigating the murder of a girl who was found dead at Chibavi ground in Mzuzu city on Monday. Police publicist for the city Martine Bwanali said that the girl might have died… ...

Malawi banking its future on drug addicts

Dec 25, 2015 Thula Chisamba 50 &

Education authorities in the northern region have noted with great concern the habits of students in the region who are fast becoming drug addicts. They have told Malawi24 that they often receive reports from most… ...

Churches donate maize to the hungry in Mzuzu

Dec 16, 2015 Thula Chisamba 19 &

Members of the Anglican, Lutheran, and Catholic churches in Mzuzu on Saturday donated maize and other foodstuffs to hunger-stricken families within the townships of Msongwe, Masasa, and Chiputula in the city. According to the church… ...

Medicine seller arrested in Mzuzu

Dec 12, 2015 Thula Chisamba 4 &

The Malawi police in Mzuzu city have arrested 37 year-old Noah Kaira on charges of possessing various hospital drugs without relevant documents. Police publicist for the city, Martine Bwanali, confirmed the development on Friday in… ...

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… ...

Malawian rapist to spend 21 years in jail

Dec 04, 2015 Thula Chisamba 71 &

The magistrate court in Malawi's northern region city of Mzuzu has ruled that 27 year-old Daniel Mbukwa must rot in jail for 21 years with hard labour for defiling a six year-old girl in Gesha Township… ...

CCTV footages delay MK500 million Standard Bank robbery case in Mzuzu

Dec 04, 2015 Thula Chisamba 4 &

The high court in Malawi's northern region city of Mzuzu has adjourned a case in which three people are suspected to have stolen MK500 million at Standard Bank's Mzuzu branch. According to government prosecutor, Jacob… ...

Mzuzu’s Mapale Health Centre ‘pregnant’ with problems

Dec 03, 2015 Thula Chisamba 5 &

As the country’s public health services continue to collapse, Mapale Health Centre in Mzuzu has become a nightmare for pregnant women who are facing a lot of challenges due to lack of resources at the… ...

Malawi Police officers rejected a bribe from drug dealers

Nov 26, 2015 Thula Chisamba 187 &

Malawi Police officers at Dunduzu police unit in Mzuzu purportedly rejected a bribe of about MK80,000 opting instead to apprehend two thieves who were caught with various drugs worth millions of Kwacha. The two suspects… ...

Northern Region Water Board beaten on capacity

Nov 19, 2015 Thula Chisamba 3 &

The Northern Region Water Board (NRWB) has expressed worry at the increase in demand for water in Mzuzu city which it says has drastically surpassed the board’s supplying capacity. Speaking with Malawi24 on Wednesday, the… ...