The Legend of MatewereOne of the most notorious criminals in the history of Malawi.
The Legend of Matewere One of the most notorious criminals in the history of Malawi. Matewere's criminal life became one of the most fascinating stories in Malawi when it was covered by the Police Magazine in 1982-83. Four pages of the Police Magazine covered the escapades of Matewere when he was captured by the Police. Matewere became one of the first criminals to give a full interview published by the Police - on how he conducted his criminal operations. The Police Magazine showed a picture of 6 broken hand cuffs. The handcuffs were broken by a captured suspect. Those who were very close to the Police then revealed that it was Matewere who broke the 6 different handcuffs when the Police captured him. They said he failed to break the 7th pair of handcuffs. Matewere was very famous in escaping from jail cells. Matewere would always escape before they Police took him to Court. This time around when he was captured the Police decided to take him to Chichiri Prison ...