Matako, accomplice face 12-month jail term
Balaka Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court has convicted and sentenced Lilian Matako and Ishmael Chitete to 12 months imprisonment with hard labour. The sentences have been...
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Karonga District Council cracks whip on uncomplying mill operators
Karonga District Council is closing rice and groundnut mills operating in the central business district for failing to comply with waste management directives. Physical Planning...
Lingadzi Police arrests ‘resurrection prophets’
Lingadzi Police in Lilongwe have arrested a ‘prophetess’, Ethel Chikuwa, 35, and her husband, Maxwell Yohane, 42, for allegedly orchestrating a complex web of deceit...
Communities in Kasungu still shocked by ‘prophetic’ murders
Communities in Kasungu are still in shock over the alleged murder of four children at Chisazima Village. A 40-year-old woman, Ireen Banda, reportedly flogged the...
South West Region sees surge in homicide, theft cases
South West Region Police has registered an increase in homicide, break-ins, theft and assault cases from January to June this year, according to a bi-annual...
Six arrested for disruption at Immigration
Police have arrested six individuals in connection with the commotion at the Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services offices in Lilongwe on Thursday. Public Relations...
Fines imposed for illegal tree cutting in Balaka
Balaka Senior Resident Magistrate Joshua Nkhono has ordered three men to pay a fine of K100,000 each or face 18 months imprisonment with hard labour...
Four fishermen arrested for using illegal fishing gear
Marine Police in Nkhata Bay have arrested four fishermen for allegedly using illegal fishing gear in Lake Malawi. Nkhata Bay Police spokesperson Kondwani James said...
Three sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for robbery with violence
First Grade Magistrate Phillip Chibwana in Balaka District has sentenced three individuals to 12 years imprisonment with hard labour for robbery with violence. The convicts,...
Bushiri’s case continues tomorrow
The Lilongwe Chief Resident Magistrate Court has adjourned the case involving Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary to Thursday. The defence is then expected...