Kasungu north east legislator Wakuda Kamanga on Friday caused a political storm in parliament when he suggested that a Government of National Unity (GNU) should immediately be put in place to deal with the current economic and political problems rocking the country. Kamanga also proved that he can be a political divisive figure when he […]
President Peter Mutharika is all geared for probably some of his crucial assignments when he heads to Europe this month-end for among other events, the 24th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) slated for November 27-29 in Malta. Crucial because among his key events will be selling of Malawi as an investment destination for global investors attracting […]
A South African cocaine dealer who the court fined MK700, 000 or serve five years in jail after being found guilty of illegal importation of dangerous drug has asked the court to help him liaise with his family and relations in South Africa to raise the demanded sum. The South African, Siyabonga Kom, 28, was […]
Men in Malawi need to e more careful on the roads to avert catastrophic accidents as statistics show than in most accidents, men die as they are the causers of most accidents too. The Road Traffic and Safety directorate spokesperson Chisomo Chibwana believes most accidents involve men ecause they are constantly on the roads as […]
Scientists and researchers on Friday met with the public in Blantyre to brainstorm on the oldest disease malaria that claimed the life of a reverend and renowned missionary Dr David Livingstone 142 years ago and continues to kill millions of Malawians today. Dr Thembi Mzilahowa conceded it will not be easy to win the battle […]
Department of Road Traffic Directorate has now opened a new office at City Centre in Lilongwe that will help ease congestion at its Old Town offices in the Capital City. In a statement the directorate says the City Centre office will handle issuance of licences and COF among key activities. The directorate says it will […]
Whether guilty or innocent, people jailed in the country’s prisons are still people. Their cries for help should not go ignored. Officials from Prison services have pressed an alarm button over the increasing death rate of convicts due to preventable diseases. Prison official Ian Chadza said it was pathetic that prisoners are dying due to […]
Kasungu magistrates’ court on Thursday fined two people K20, 000 each or on default 18 months in jail for being found digging a grave where an albino lady was buried some several years ago. As the magistrate was metting out the sentence, members of parliament, led by Machinga east legislator Esther Jolobola were seeking to […]
Malawi Police say investigations into the murder of a senior official at the graft busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Issa Njaunju is progressing well and asked people to be patient as the matter will get to logical conclusion. Deputy police spokesman Nicholas Gondwa said one of the suspects was already netted by police and appeared […]
Malawi’s prominent lawyer Modecai Msiska has step up to represent former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Raphael Kasambara’s appeal against revocation of his bail and accused the conduct of High Court judge Michael Mtambo who revoked Kasambara’s bail in September. Judge Mtambo – a known foe of Kasambara – revoked the bail of the […]
Paul Montfort Mphwiyo, the former budget director at the finance ministry, would obstruct justice if freed pending trial, prosecutors said at his bail hearing. Mphwiyo remains in police custody since his arrest on Saturday as High Court is yet to rule whether he is going to be given bail or not following the state plea […]
A panel of theee Supreme Court of Appeal Justices Rezine Mzikamanda, Lovemore Chikopa and Anthony Kamanga will determine the appeal of one of the key Cashgate convicts, Maxwell Namata, asking for an acquittal and has called for for submissions form his lawyers and the State on their arguments within 21 days. Namata and his accomplice […]
President Peter Mutharika has made an impassionate plea to Pope Francis to visit Malawi during his next round of tour of Africa. Mutharika made the invitation when a senior Vatican official visited Malawi’s Head of State Thursday at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre. “The visit by Pope John Paul the second left a profound effect on […]
Police in Mulanje have pounced on Councillor for Namilonje Ward on an allegation that he defiled a 16-year-old girl some six months ago but law enforcers were reluctant to arrest him for unexplained reasons. The girl is currently carrying a five month old baby and droped out school while in Standard six at Mkumeya primary school […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson Jessie Kabwila who is also the party’s Salima North West Member of Parliament (MP) irritated the government side in Parliament on Wednesday when she described the 25-minute State of the Nation Address (Sona) by President Peter Mutharika on Friday as a “tweet”. A tweet is a post made on the Twitter online […]
High Court in Lilongwe has formally charged former budget director in the ministry of finance Paul Mphwiyo and 17 others with charges related to the looting of government money worth MK2.446,817.49 from 1st April 2013 to 30th July 2013 known as cashgate scandal. Mphwiyo, who was arrested by fiscal police on Saturday, appeared in court Wednesday with […]
Malawian famous prophet based in South Africa, ‘Major 1’ Shepherd Bushiri is rebutting a report in The Sowetan newspaper that he charges congregants R5 000 (about K200,00) to have one on one sessions with him. The South African newspaper reported that Bushiri’s church, Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Church is under investigation for charging such amount […]
Government is assuring Malawians that it is more than prepared to deal with El Nino effects. Jeremiah Mphande, spokesperson for the department of Disaster and Preparedness said in an interview that the government has sound policies that can deal with any disaster including El Nino. “Whether there is El Nino or not we will always […]