The Magistrates Court in Blantyre has slapped with 12 months jail term College of Medicine student, Cedrick Kanyongolo for stealing a laptop, cell-phone and stethoscope from a schoolmate, Davis Kapenga under false pretence. However, the court has suspended the sentence to 480 hours of community service after Kanyongolo, pleaded guilty to the offence. Kanyongolo 17 [...]
‘College of Medicine student’ Kanyongolo convicted of theft |
Malawi to pay Mozambique $100m monthly on electricity
Malawi government is expected to be paying about $100 million every month to Mozambique once the interconnection electricity deal is in play, former deputy minister of energy and mines has revealed. Vera Faramenga Chelewani, who is also MP for Nsanje South, told Parliament on Wednesday that Malawi tends to lose out a lot on the electricity [...]
MACRA’S Nsaliwa buys official Prado for a song | Malawi news, Malawi
Mystery surrounds the purchase of an official executive Toyota Prado at a discounted price of K1.1 million by Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) Director General Charles Nsaliwa. The book value of the vehicle, which is about three years old, is pegged at almost K10 million, factoring issues of depreciation. However, Nsaliwa managed to bulldoze Macra [...]
Malawi leader non-committal on ‘healing and reconciliation’ recommendations | The Malawi Democrat
MZUZU-Malawi President Joyce Banda failed to make an outright commitment of whether she will, or will not adopt the recommendations put forward during
‘Don’t sell Malawi to illegal Immigrants’ – JB | Malawi news,
President Mrs Joyce Banda has made an impassioned plea to Malawians not to aid illegal immigrants into the country, saying the continued influx of illegal immigrants poses a threat to the country’s economy, security and even jobs. “Interestingly I have some passports of people who cannot even utter any single word of Chichewa or any [...]
Court grants bail to DPP pangamen, search warrant issued for Ngalande | Malawi news, Malawi - NyasaTimes breaking
The Blantyre Magistrates Court on Thursday morning granted bail to two DPP youth cadets who were arrested in connection to the 19 July 2011 incident in which they went around town blandishing machetes. The two Frank Julius and Yakobu Ambasada were arrested on Wednesday during the trial of their director Lewis Ngalande who had been [...]
Malawi Police chief touts shoot-to-disable policy | Malawi news, Malawi - NyasaTimes breaking
Inspector General (IG) of the Malawi Police Service, Loti Dzonzi, has vehemently defended the reversal of the shoot-to-kill policy for police, saying there is no law allowing police officers to shoot and kill caught in the commission of a crime, urging officers to resort in disabling suspects. Dzonzi said this on Thursday when he visited [...]
Four Malawi Police officers in court for theft | Malawi news, Malawi - Nyasa
Four Police officers appeared before Blantyre Magistrates Court this week to answer charges of theft contrary to Section 278 of the Penal Code. The officers, who pleaded not guilty to the charge of theft, were dragged to court for stealing K600, 000 from a Mozambican businessman, Joao Carlos plying his trade in Mbayani Township, Blantyre. [...]
JB declares: Malawi’s time to recoup, stand out has arrived
The ever buoyant Malawian President Joyce Banda on Thursday told her people time has come for the country to pull through and gleam after years of sailing in rough tides. Banda, who is this week celebrating 100 days of her presidency, was speaking in the outskirts of the capital Lilongwe when she officially launched the [...]
Chief asks Govt to clean the mess before Farm Inputs Subsidy Programm starts
SALIMA- As the Malawi government prepares for the 2012/2013 Farm Input Subsidy Program, Traditional Authority Kalonga of Salima has asked the Ministry of