Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has renewed its call on Malawi government to domesticate the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in line with the Statute’s principle of complementarity. Speaking from Dakar, Senegal, after witnessing the sentencing of former Chad ruler, Hissene Habre over crimes against humanity, CHRR Human Rights Advocacy […]
The Mzuzu High Court has sentenced Moses Ngwira, 24, to seven years imprisonment with hard labour for burglary and theft. The court heard that during the night of 21-22 April this year the convict broke into the house of Chimwemwe Nangubo of Luwinga and got away with an LG Plasma screen valued at K250 000. Assistant Superintendent […]
Malawi Electoral Commission Chairperson Justice Maxon Mbendera collapsed during a meeting in Lilongwe on Thursday and was pronounced dead hours later. Mbendera, was given cardiopulmonary resuscitation by first aiders and taken to the City Centre clinic, but he died while doctors attempted to save his life. “His heart had almost stopped by the time he reached hospital,” […]
Two women in Mangochi have died in separate incidents where one was killed in cold blood while the other committed suicide,Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector Rodrick Maida has confirmed. According to Maida, Ajida Yunusu (30) is believed to have been murdered between Mbuzi village and Kambiya hills on her way to buy some accessories. Maida […]
Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe has been accused that he “fundamentally misunderstands” the essence of governance institutions such as Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) when he told BBC that the apparent ineffectiveness is not of Malawi Government’s making because it was the World Bank and International Monetray Fund (IMF) that provided legislation that established the constitutional body. BBC’s […]
Graft busting body, the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) top two bosses are clearly divided in what commentators say is as a result of high level political interference. Deputy director of ACB, Reyneck Matemba recently refuted remarks by his boss, Lucas Kondowe, that the deputy director gave a legal advice to Malawi Regulatory Authority (MRA) contract. […]
Cases of burglary coupled with two months blackout have worsened at the government office complex in Blantyre with the National Audit Office (NAO) being the latest victim. According to NAO’s Senior Clerical Officer, Beau Dan Saka robbers broke into the Assistant Auditor General’s office on the night of Wednesday, August 3, and went away with […]
Blantyre Chief Resident Magistrate Thom Ligowe has taken over the case of Nsanje ‘hyena’ man Eric Aniva charged along side his accomplice-Vito Nkhalamba on sexual offences after First Grade Magistrate Anderson Masanjala recused himself. .Judiciary Spokesperson Mlenga Mvula confirmed the appointment of Judge Ligowe to proceed with the case once it resumes on August 25, […]
Emotions and finger-pointing marred a full council meeting in Chikwawa on Monday when the district commissioner (DC), chief accountant and the procurement officer failed to convince participants on how they managed District Development Fund (DDF) and Local Development Fund (LDF). The councillors, chiefs and members of Parliament openly faulted the secretariat for allegedly failing to […]
Centre for Human Rights Rehabilitation (CHRR) has strongly come in to comment on the death of Rhoda Ng’oma, a Salima police officer whose head was chopped off Tuesday, subsequently calling on the police to be swift in their investigation. Ng’oma, head of Criminal Investigations Department (CID) at Chipoka Police Station, was murdered in cold blood by […]
Malawians living in the diaspora have been urged to invest in their country of origin by initiating development programs that empower rural communities to fight poverty. Temwa Wright, executive director of Pamoza International Organisation, said recently when M’belwa District Council officials led by District Commissioner Thomas Chirwa toured development projects her organisation is implementing in […]
Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe told BBC News that governance institutions such as the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) were imposed by World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF), saying the system ineffectiveness should not be blamed on Malawi. During the interview, BBC’s Ed Butler challenged Gondwe “Why has no minister been charged since Malawi’s Cashgate corruption […]
Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) officials say they are investigating reports that a prisoner died at Mikuyu Prison in Zomba in a commotion that led to 16 others escaping. Peter Chisi, an official of MHRC said the commission received reports of the death of the prisoner last week. “We were told that he was killed […]
A female police detective was brutally killed in cold blood Tuesday in a frenzied armed robbery attack at her home in Chipoka in the Lake District of Salima by a gang of contemptible criminals who hard-heartedly chopped off her head with a panga knife. Police have confirmed that a gang of unidentified armed robbers in the wee […]
Erica Aniva, who has hit local and international headlines for sleeping with over 100 widows and young girls in an outdated cultural cleansing ritual came out of the court in Nsanje puffing but his case still looks smoky. Judiciary spokesperson Mlenga Mvula has said the court is yet to identify another magistrate after First Grade […]
An economic think tank, Malawi Economic Justice Network (Mejn) has told the government to immediately implement a parliamentary resolution that restricts civil and public servants travel by economy class, saying up to K8 billion would be saved every year. Mejn executive director Dalitso Kubalasa said two months after parliament unanimously agreed to stop civil and […]
Former Justice minister and attorney general Ralph Kasambara will have to wait until October to have his conspiracy to murder appeal heard. Judiciary spokesperson Mlenga Mvula said all judges both for High Court and Supreme Court have gone on annual summer vacation. “They will be back in October and this is when the judges will […]
Four Malawian cyclists plan to cycle 1,755kms from Nsanje to Chitipa and back to Blantyre for charity to raise funds to drill one borehole each in nine villages in nine districts — Nsanje, Mulanje, Balaka, Dedza, Salima, Dowa, Nkhata Bay, Mzimba and Chitipa. The four, Stewart Kambewa, John Moyenda, Symon Kachepa and Kwame Kayira, intend […]