Month: July 2021 Posts

Rumphi stun Reds in FDH Bank Cup

Jul 23, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Northern Region Football League Side Rumphi United have booked a place in the quarterfinals of the FDH Bank Cup after stunning Super League giants Red Lions in a Round of 16 thriller at the Mzuzu… ...

ActionAid Malawi donates Covid-19 equipment to district hospitals

Jun 18, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

ActionAid Malawi has donated Covid-19 equipment worth MK22 million to eight district hospitals where the organisation is carrying out various interventions. The donation includes oxygen cylinder bottles, flow metres, oxygen bottles, N95 masks, gloves and… ...

Man jailed in Rumphi for biting off another man’s ear over K300

Jun 18, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

The First Grade Magistrate's Court in Rumphi on Thursday sentenced a 34-year-old man to 7 years in prison for biting off the ear of another man. The man, Dokiso Chirambo, was found guilty of grievous… ...

Man arrested for raping child in Rumphi

May 28, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Rumphi Police are keeping in custody a 20- year-old man identified as Wilson Nyirenda for raping and impregnating a child. Nyirenda is suspected to have raped the girl on several occasions in February this year.… ...

Three TTCs to be completed this year

Apr 22, 2021 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Ministry of Education says construction of Teacher’s Training Colleges in Rumphi, Mchinji and Chikwawa will be completed this year. According to the Ministry, general progress across all the  three TTCs is at 85%, with furniture,… ...

M1 vindicates Zuma

Apr 21, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The poor state of the M1 road has vindicated former South Africa President Jacob Zuma. In Rumphi, the M1 road which is a major road in Malawi, has been damaged at Mbuta area, rendering a… ...

19 Ethiopians arrested for illegal entry

Apr 19, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Police and immigration officials in Rumphi have arrested 19 Ethiopians for entering into Malawi without permits. They have also nabbed a 26-year-old woman Ruth Magesi who along with her husband who reportedly kept the said… ...

Man gets 7 years in jail for house breaking, theft

Mar 30, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A man aged 21 has been sentenced to seven years in prison with hard labour for house breaking and theft in Rumphi. The convict has been identified as Kondwani Harawa. It was revealed that Harawa… ...

Five Congolese nationals nabbed for illegal entry

Mar 23, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Rumphi Police are keeping in custody five Congolese nationals, including a child aged 10 and another person aged 18, for entering Malawi without immigration documents. According to Police, the suspects were arrested during the night… ...

Man jailed five years for breaking into two houses

Mar 19, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to five years in jail for breaking into two houses in Rumphi. The convict has been identified as Christopher Chirambo. State Prosecutor Sub Inspector Andrew Singini told the court… ...

Three men sentenced to eight years in jail for house breaking, theft

Mar 17, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A Magistrate court in Rumphi on Monday sentenced three men to 8 years imprisonment with hard labour for breaking into a house where they stole a Sumsang laptop and a flash disk. The Court heard… ...

Watchman jailed 12 years for burglary, sexual assault

Mar 09, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

The First Grade Magistrate's Court in Rumphi on Monday sentenced 42-year old Mavuto Mhango to 12 years in prison for breaking into his neighbour’s house where he sexually assaulted the neighbour and chopped off her… ...

Man gets 42 months in jail for being found with firearm in Vwaza Marsh

Mar 04, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A man aged 51 has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for being found with a firearm at Vwaza Marsh Game Reserve in Rumphi. The convict has been identified as Julius… ...

Rural hospitals running short of drugs: Patients told to buy

Mar 02, 2021 Thula Chisamba 0 &

Rural hospitals in the country are running short of essential medical supplies and patients are being told to be buying prescribed drugs from pharmacies. Spot check findings in rural hospitals like Chitheka in Nkhatabay and… ...

Man jailed 12 years for indecent assault

Mar 02, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A man aged 68 in Rumphi has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually assaulting his own granddaughter. The First Magistrate Court in Rumphi handed out the sentence on Monday. The convict, John… ...