Category: National

* Up by 78% in Mangochi * 55 cases recorded in 2019 while 2020 shot to 98 * Machinga registered 160 cases in 2020 compared to 123 in 2019 * Translating into a 30% increase By Kondwani Magombo & Chimwemwe Mphande, MANA The number of defilement cases have increased in Mangochi and Machinga as from the 2020 survey. According to Mangochi Police, the cases in the district have increased by 78.18 percent in the year 2020 as compared to…

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The national pride * Over 20,000 cedar trees planted since 2017 * Mulanje Cedar is a national pride By Sam Majamanda, MANA Environmental conservation clubs around Mulanje Mountain are set to create a thick forest reserve of the Mulanje Cedar (Widdringtonia Whytei) on Mulanje Mountain by the end of 2024 to grow and restore the cedar plantation. The clubs, that are operating on voluntary basis, started raising cedar nurseries and planting trees seedlings in some parts of the mountain…

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* Hot public debate as National ID cards issued in 2016 started expiring from January 1 * Renewal process to be done 30 days before expiry * Renewal fee at K2,500 as over 3 million IDs expiring in 2021 By Duncan Mlanjira All national identity cards that were issued in 2006 have began expiring from January 1, 2021 and the National Registration Bureau (NRB) is asking the public to start the renewal process — preferably 30 days before its…

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Maravi Express A husband in Dowa is in police custody after he allegedly murdered 24-year-old Yakonia Weston James, whom he allegedly caught red-handed having sexual intercourse with his wife. A report from Dowa Police public relations officer (PRO) Sub-Inspector Gladson M’bumpha, identifies the husband as Andrew Makanjira (45) from Mbalame 1 Village in Traditional Authority Mkukula in the district. Sub-Inspector M’bumpha’s report says the husband confessed to have killed James, alleging that he found him having sex with his…

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