Crimes decline in Zomba city
Police in Zomba city have reported a decrease in crimes in 2025 compared to 2024.
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Cholera strikes Blantyre
A cholera outbreak has been confirmed in Blantyre, with nineteen individuals testing positive for the disease, primarily in the areas of Chilomoni, Chileka, Chirimba, and Machinjiri Townships.
MISTAKE: Pregnancies force teenage girls out of school
Six girls at Tukombo Community Day Secondary School in Nkhata Bay South have dropped out due to pregnancy in the first term alone.
Three men arrested for possessing fake US Dollars
Three men, Joe Mponela, Christopher Banda, and Vasco Luhanga, have been arrested in Kasungu for possessing counterfeit US dollars. They allegedly tried to buy beers worth K378,000 at Puma Prison filling station using a fake $100 bill. Police caught them at Lisasadzi Trading Centre, heading to Lilongwe, and seized $7,300 in counterfeit bills. The suspects,…
Journalist Tayanja Phiri dead
Veteran journalist Francis Tayanja Phiri has died at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre.
APM for improved education sector
President Peter Mutharika says education is key to socio-economic development, empowering youth to drive positive change.
Village Head arrested over albino grave fiasco
Police have arrested Group Village Headman Khombera and five others for allegedly exhuming the grave of Mausamatha Zacharia, a person with albinism, in Dowa District.
Man burned for stealing three goats
A mob in Masambanjati, Thyolo District, has stoned and burned a man identified as Sandikonda Ndaona who was accused of stealing three goats.
Man commits suicide after being caught with a married woman
A 35-year-old man identified as Douglas Nazombe has committed suicide by taking pesticides tablets after being caught having sexual intercourse with another man’s wife at a lodge in Balaka district
Officer arrested for embezzling betting money
Police in Mponela, Dowa District, have arrested a 35-year-old Premier Bet employee, Bonface Chande for using K977,600 of the company’s money to place bets.