Category: National

By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi’s longest serving Speaker of Parliament Nelson Khonje died on Sunday at his home in Mwanza District. He has died with just 12 days away from his 96th birthday. Born on 6th December, 1923, served as Speaker of the National Assembly for 12 years from 1975-1987 and as an MP for Mwanza Central for 21 years. Wikipedia records indicate that Nelson P. W. Khonje was born in Neno, Malawi and went to school at Matandani and…

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By James Mwale, MANA Barely days after arresting a hard-core ex-convict, who led a gang of notorious robbers, Lingadzi Police in Lilongwe has nabbed four of his accomplices, who are also ex-convicts of Maula and Zomba Maximum Prison. The four, Laston Gelevaziyo, Idrisa Mtuwa, Alli Issah and Laston Gogoda, were arrested during Sunday and Monday raids by police detectives, according to Police Public Relations Officer, Salome Zgambo. Zgambo told Malawi News Agency (MANA) that the gang, recently released from…

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By Judith Kayange, MANA Mzimba Second Grade Magistrate Court on Monday sentenced a 40-year-old man to 14 years imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) for defiling a 12-year-old girl. State Prosecutor, Yollam Kanyenda, told the court that Eliya Tembo, from Yesaya Shunga Village, TA Mmbelwa in Mzimba, was caught by the victim’s friend. “Tembo was identified by the victim’s friend who caught him defiling her. She reported the matter to the victim’s parents and they took her to Mzimba District…

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By Felix Kapatamoyo, MANA Ntchisi District has registered a rise in the number of road accidents from 16 in 2018 to 24 from January to October of 2019 due to increase in the number of motorcycle taxi operators, says Ntchisi Police spokesperson, Richard Kaponda. The rise the road accidents has led to the loss of 13 lives from January to October this year against last year’s nine lives from January to December period.  According to Kaponda, incompetence that leads…

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