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9 YEARS IHL FOR DEFILEMENT IN MPONELA
BY: Kassim Kajosolo Sitifano Kampelewela has been convicted and sentenced to 9 years for defilement by the Mponela First Grade Magistrate Court on December 6,2024. The convict was found guilty of having sexual Intercourse with a-13-year girl child. State prosecutor Sub Inspector Wonderful Chipo told the court that the convict and the victim was in…
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OF SELF POSITIONING AS PARTY CANDIDATES
By Aubrey Thom Vakhani Conducting primary elections is a process political parties mostly use to identify candidates [both local government and parliamentary] to represent their respective party during general elections. Currently, no political party in the country has conducted primary elections in readiness for the 2025 General Elections. However, branded t-shirts, caps, vehicles and other…
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MPAMBA TO CONTROL LEAGUE REVENUE
BY: Kassim Kajosolo The Super League of Malawi (SULOM) andyhe league’s official sponsor, TNM plc have said they will switch to a 100 percent electronic ticketing for all TNM Super League matches starting next month. After testing a hybrid system that allowed both cash and mobile payments the league moves to full mobile payment, requiring…
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PASTOR’S WIFE DONATES TO JOY ABILITIES EMPOWERMENT
BY: Kassim Kajosolo Wife to General Overseer of the Living Christian church has donated mosquito nets to 60 people with disabilities under Joy Abilities Empowerment (JAE). Monica Chokhotho said she saw an advert from Family Health services that they are distributing mosquito nets to different people and took an interest to help those in need.…
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FAM REPLACES MABEDI WITH PASUWA
BY: Kassim Kajosolo FCB Nyasa Big Bullets mentor Calisto Pasuwa has been appointed as interim coach for the Malawi senior football team, the Flames. Pasuwa has replaced Patrick Mabedi who was relieved of his duties last week. The technical sub committee of Fam has also recommended silver strikers coach Peter Mponda to deputize Pasuwa while…
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FAM FIRES MABED
BY: Kassim Kajosolo Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has fired Malawi men’s national senior football team also known as the Flames with immediate effect. A statement posted on the association’s website (fam.com) said this is in line with FAM’s resolutions from the meeting held on October 28, 2024. “The decision is based on recommendations from…
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Court acquits defilement suspect
By: Kassim Kajosolo The Senior Resident Magistrate Court sitting in Mangochi has acquitted, Enock Lucius, a 36-year-old primary school teacher, who was accused of having sexual intercourse with a female child. Lucius was in a relationship with a girl and they were planning that to get married. The court head that during the relationship, the…
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CHRR FOR REDUCED VOTER APATHY
By Alfonso Mpima Project officer for Centre for Human Rights Rehabilitation (CHRR) Maxwell Mvula has said the organisations is geared to enhance awareness meetings to help people understand on the importance of participating in voting during the 2025 General Elections by among other things, work with various organisations and the media. Speaking on Friday after…
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DFS DISRUPTIONS WORRY COMMUNITIES
By: Alfonso Mpima Dedza district village savings groups and development committees have expressed frustration over persistent challenges with Digital Financial Services (DFS), citing network issues, security concerns, and accessibility problems. The communities have since called upon DFS providers to rectify technical hitches and ensure secure and reliable transactions. Speaking in separate interviews during a 21-day…
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CYCLISTS HAIL FARMERS WORLD TCHOVE TCHOVE RACE
By: Kassim Kajosolo Cyclists have hailed the 2024 Farmers World Limited cycling race also known as Tchove Tchove race saying this is a way to go in promoting the sport in the country. The Blantyre cycling club member, Steven Nazombe manyenje who was also the champion on the race said he was happy to be…