A senior lecturer at a private university in Malawi's southern city, Blantyre, has been accused of trying to bewitch a fellow lecturer in an attempt to get rich, The Weekend Times has details. It is alleged that the senior lecturer sent two visible charms to the house of his fellow lecturer, who sources said was a close friend, in Kanjedza Township, middle density location in the city.

Chiefs from Bangwe, Blantyre have accused MP Henry Shaba of grabbing a maize mill meant to benefit the needy around his area, The Weekend Times has established.

The future of two teenage daughters aged 14 and 16 is in jeopardy after being defiled and impregnated by their step father in a ritual designed to improve the father's small scale business.

The quest for love portions has landed a woman in trouble after he was duped by a con herbalist who stealthily removed part of her private parts, The Weekend Times has learnt.

Kuwunika, as the name suggests, was meant to bring hope to orphaned girls but the centre's boss in Chirimba, Blantyre turned it into a sex camp causing more pain to girls as young as 17, The Weekend Times can reveal.

Mighty Wanderers have rubbed salt in their derby rivals Big Bullets' eyes ahead of the two teams' Carlsberg Cup inaugural match by saying the game would be like a wedding for them.

Flamboyant football supporter Raphael Nasimba caused a stir at the Kamuzu Stadium's VIP stand last Sunday when he insulted former Flames right back Elvis Kafoteka, calling him very stupid during the Big Bullets and Escom's Presidential Cup semi-final game last Sunday.

An eight-year-old girl in Blantyre has had the worst of her life for two years after she was repeatedly defiled by a 63-year-old man and a teenager who are separate neighbours to her two aunts.

The story about a Mzuzu-based police officer, who was allegedly caught in the act, has taken a another twist after her estranged husband issued her a three-day ultimatum to return to him or face further embarrassment.

One of the gifted actresses for Nanzikambe Arts, Dipo Katimba will not be part of United Kingdom (UK) trip slated for tomorrow due to her past misdeeds that has forced the British Embassy to deny her a visa, The Weekend Times can reveal.

A manager at a tobacco company in Lilongwe last weekend learnt a lesson in fidelity the hard way after he was assaulted by a mistress.

It was all pomp and fun when Mighty Wanderers Football Club celebrated their 50th Anniversary in May but the popular club is yet to pay for the catering services offered and the owner now wants his money.

The wave of crime that has terrorised Malawi's cities has not spared girls as 23 girls between the ages of 3 and 14 were defiled between June 10 and July 11.

A family in Mzuzu is in a state of confusion after a female police officer in the Criminal Investigations Department at Mzuzu Police Station had her husband arrested after she was allegedly caught in the act and he raised a racket.

Imagine a beautiful woman walking in the road and suddenly following a man she does not know for a sexual escapade with him.

Sounds like a weird story, but some residents of Naperi in Blantyre, Malawi, allege there is a man (name withheld) who is making love with women and girls using magic.

The suspicious residents have written the man's landlord to unconditionally evict him saying they do not want their women to be bedded through magic.

Residents in the area already took matters in their own hands when they recently roughed up the man who was rescued by some sympathisers.

Soche Police confirmed the development, saying the man was indeed taken to police after being beaten by irate residents.

He was questioned and warned to desist from the malpractice if he indeed practices it.

"The man admitted that he has too many female friends and that they all love to come and see his house," said the police officer. According to neighbours, the man has the ability of just greeting a woman and asking her to follow him.

"The women just follow him to his house where he makes love to them," the neighbours said.

On the day he was manhandled he had lured a school-girl who resides in residential houses of Limbe Police. When the irate residents confronted him asking what he was doing with the little girl, he did not give a plausible answer saying she was just a friend he had met at Shoprite.

When the residents asked the girl whether she had sex with him she denied but could not explain why she ended up with him. At this point, the residents decided to rough up the alleged sex maniac and gave him a thorough beating. Sympathisers came to his rescue.

However, when The Weekend Times crew went to his house on Wednesday evening to get his side of the story, the man explained that residents in Naperi hate him because he does not pay money for neighbourhood security.

"When I came here in 2008 two men came here and tried to force me to pay contribution towards neighbourhood security. But I refused because where I came from in Ndirande, we discovered that it was the same neighbourhood guards who steal property from homes. Besides I found it unprocedural that the guards should be going around collecting money by themselves, so I refused.

"Since then these young men have been threatening to beat me up because I am rude. At one point they broke glasses of the windows of my house.These are the same guys who beat me up," he said.

Asked about the allegations that he uses magic to woo women, he said most of the women who visit him were his friends or relatives.

"I can't deny that I chat with women as well as men. Most of the women I chat with are my old school friends or relatives and when I meet them they ask to come and see my house and I bring them here. Now when people see the women coming to my house they just think I am sleeping with them but that is not true," he said.

The man who is not married and has two children from his previous marriage aged 4 and 5 refused to admit when pressed whether he has sex with female friends.

"Look I was previously married but my wife abandoned my children when they were young in 2008. If I wanted to marry I would have done that but I am not ready to marry again at the moment. The troubles I went through with my previous wife are still in my head. She was fond of gambling and could not take care of the children and would bring me many debts.

"The women people see me with are just my friends. If anyone is claiming that I am being a nuisance in this neighbourhood let them bring evidence that I slept with his wife or their daughter. Let them bring the evidence," he challenged. He also questioned why Police had not arrested those who beat him for no apparent reason: "These people beat me up when I was just walking in the neighbourhood. Why they have not been arrested is something that I as a citizen of this country cannot understand," he said.

After beating him, the residents subsequently wrote a letter to the landlord requesting his eviction.

Balaka Magistrate Court has jailed Patrick Ndau for masturbating while naked in the public. The court heard that Ndau has on several occasions been undressing and masturbating in the presence of a German national assuming that she would give him money.

The court sentenced him to eight months imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) last week for his conduct. Ndau told police officers soon after his arrest that in the past some white people used to pay him for masturbating before them; and took it for granted that most white people would do the same.

In a bid to find out the real drive behind Ndau's actions, The Weekend Times caught up with Balaka police spokesperson Sub Inspector Joseph Sauka who said Ndau told the police that he once worked for some whites who were paying him for masturbating in their presence.

"He is not a mad person at all. His senses are okay to the extent that he works properly with his employers. At the time the police were recording his statements he disclosed that he once worked in an environment where some whites used to pay him after masturbating in front of them," said Sauka.

He said Ndau did not disclose where exactly this was happening but just indicated that he was earning something out of it. 

"He said his thinking was that he would get something from the white woman he met upon masturbating before her. But unfortunately he did not tell the court about these previous instances," said Sauka.

According to Balaka Second Grade Magistrate's Court, Ndau was sentenced to eight months IHL for conducting himself in a manner likely to cause breach of peace in front of a German national.

Police Prosecutor Sub Inspector Mercy Chande told the court that the suspect (Ndau) between the months of February and July 2012 had been masturbating in front of the German national who works in Balaka.

Chande said that on several occasions, Ndau had been waiting for the complainant on her way, and upon seeing her, he would undress himself and start masturbating.

This annoyed her and she reported the matter to police. "She complained to us that Ndau was masturbating whenever he sees her on several occasions as though he was lunatic. But she became suspicious when she noted that this was only happening to her. Then this compelled the police to intervene in the situation," said Chande.

Lately, the music industry in Malawi has witnessed increasing number of politicians who feature as guests of honour at concerts including during the launch of music albums. Some, in the name of supporting artists while others in the name of impressing fans - spend huge amounts of money to buy the just-launched albums.

Grey Manyowa, the 73-year-old whose life was about to be terminated through mercy killing, has revealed he asked for it himself.

Athletics Association of Malawi (AAM) General Secretary Frank  Chitembeya had an illicit relationship with promising sprint  athlete Chikondi Mkhalea and he  fathered a son, now two-years old.

The life of 73-year-old Grey Manyowa of M'buka village in Zomba is hanging on tenterhooks as some family members are con¬templating terminating his life to alleviate agonies of his ailment and relieve the burden of taking care of him.