violence Archives

Man killed at a football game in Nkhatabay

Oct 12, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A 44-year-old man was beaten to death during a fracas that occurred at a football game in Nkhata Bay. Police in the district have identified the man as Elwin Kaunda, 44, of Kamanganjulu Village in… ...

FAM fines Silver Strikers K3.7M, bans Silver Stadium for one year

Sep 16, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 2 &

...A Bullets supporter who was beaten during the game Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has moved with unusual haste to hand down a K3, 750, 000 fine to Silver Strikers Football Club for spectator misbehavior… ...

Son jailed for wounding mother with panga knife in Dowa

Aug 26, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

A 31-year-old man, Mtendere Kainja, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison with hard labour for assaulting his 49-year-old mother with a panga knife. The Dowa First Grade Magistrate's Court through state prosecutor Sub… ...

Zambian President Lungu complains of violence as Hichilema takes early lead

Aug 14, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Zambian President Edgar Lungu has declared the presidential and parliamentary elections in Zambia as "not free and fair”, saying the polls were characterized by acts of violence. Lungu said in a statement released by State… ...

Man’s hands chopped off in Ntcheu

Jul 30, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police in Ntcheu are looking for a sugarcane farmer suspected to have chopped off the hands of a 50-year-old man who was accused of stealing sugarcane. The victim identified as Wilson Zamayele has been admitted… ...

MPS reopens police unit which was vandalized by community

Jul 28, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Members of lba community in Mangochi have praised the Malawi Police Service for reopening lba Police Unit which was closed in 2020 after it was vandalized by members of the community. Speaking on Tuesday, Mangochi… ...

Over 70 dead in South Africa: Amnesty says riots fuelled by criminal justice failures

Jul 15, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Amnesty International says there is an entrenched culture of impunity in South Africa because past acts of violence, including the killing of foreign nationals, have gone unpunished. According to Amnesty, South African authorities cannot pretend… ...