mzuzu Archives

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… ...

And Silence Returned

Nov 15, 2015 Temwani Mgunda 37 &

It is Wednesday around 5:30am. The skies are clear and it promises to be a hot day. A wave of gaiety sweeps across the slum-townships of Blantyre, Malawi’s commercial city. A similar wave is also… ...