Month: November 2017 Posts

13 years for killing an elephant

Nov 04, 2017 Bright Malenga 64 &

A court in Nkhotakota has sentenced two people to 13 years in jail each for killing an elephant that had just been translocated to Nkhotakota Game Reserve. The two are Faliki Simeon, 43, and Thomson… ...

Teacher jailed for raping Standard 8 pupil

Oct 29, 2017 Bright Malenga 95 &

A circuit magistrate court sitting in Mwansambo in Nkhotakota has sentenced a primary school teacher aged 34 to 10 years in prison for raping and impregnating a 16-year-old Standard 8 pupil. The court heard that,… ...

Lake Malawi swallows 11 year old boy

Oct 23, 2017 Bright Malenga 24 &

A boy aged 11 identified as Davie Alfred Kantchentche has died after he got drowned in Lake Malawi in the lakeshore district of Nkhotakota. According to the deceased's father Mr. Martin Kantchentche, 76, on October… ...

Man commits suicide in Nkhotakota

Oct 20, 2017 Bright Malenga 46 &

A man who is yet to be identified has committed suicide by hanging in Nkhotakota. According to Nkhotakota police deputy public relations officer Paul Malimwe, the deceased was found by young boys who were hunting… ...

Nkhotakota bus depot selective

Oct 19, 2017 Bright Malenga 8 &

Big buses are finding it hard to enter into newly built Nkhotakota Bus Depot, drivers have complained. According to information that Malawi24 has sourced, the entrance of the depot is not conducive to some buses… ...

Deforestation hits Sani hill in Nkhotakota

Oct 13, 2017 Bright Malenga 0 &

As government and other stakeholders are encouraging the planting and preservation of trees, the case is not the same with Sani hill in Nkhotakota as its trees have been heavily cut down. Malawi24 visited the… ...

US firm stopped from conducting mapping exercise on Lake Malawi

Oct 12, 2017 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Local leaders in Nkhotakota have stopped a United States based oil firm from conducting a mapping exercise on Lake Malawi ahead of possible oil exploration. The company Hamra Oil Holdings was on Tuesday barred from… ...