Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Mary Kachale on Thursday informed the court that the state will investigate claims by lawyer Ralph Kasambara that the police are intimidating his wife and in-law. Kasambara alongside businessman Pika Manondo, Dauka Manondo and Macdonald Kumwembe are being accused of attempted murder on former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo. On Wednesday, […]
With the recent talk in town about Malawi development, the president of African Christian Coalition for Israel (AFRICCI) Ltd Prophet Shepherd Bushiri says Malawians can do better to understand issues before criticizing. Bushiri was speaking in a phone interview with Nyasa Times when contacted to clarify on his stand as AFRICCI President and the organization’s […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has directed all security agencies in the country to be on high alert to catch and punish those behind a series of albino killings. He told a news conference in the capital Lilongwe on Thursday that the attacks on albinos are barbaric and ordered security agencies to intensify a manhunt for […]
Malawi’s former Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara, who is answering charges related to the shooting of a former budget director Paul Mphwiyo and another offence of money laundering in connection with cashgate, on Thursday accused the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Mary Kachale of having a personal vendetta against him. He made the accusations in the High […]
High Court Judge Michael Mtambo on Thursday in the capital Lilongwe granted a subpoena for two state witnesses to appear in court and testify in the case of the shooting of Malawi’s former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo. There five e accused persons including former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara who […]
Malawi Police in the Capital City of Lilongwe are hunting for a criminal who left at Lilongwe Police station a Yugoslav made pistol at Lilongwe Police Station in an envelope and a confession letter addressed to Bishop Abraham Simama of Glorious Light International Church and owner of Simama Hotel in the city. The criminal who […]
The state’s latest witness in the case of former budget Director’s attempted murder case, Griffins Tembo has told the High Court in Lilongwe that according to immigration procedures there was no evidence backing the claim that McDonald Kumwembe was outside Malawi at the time Mphwiyo was shot. Kumwembe’s lawyer Wapona Kita had showed the court […]
The Lilongwe High Court on Wednesday granted bail to private practice lawyer Yambani Mulemba on charges bordering on facilitating money laundering in connection with former budget director Paul Mphwiyo. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Mulemba of Knight and Knights law firm on Monday on charges bordering on facilitating money laundering. Justice Esme Chombo granted the bail in […]
Blantyre Water Board (BWB) internal auditor, Thokozani Maluwa and his sex-mate, Emma Peter have been ordered by court to perform 40 hours of community service for having sex in a Mwaiwathu Private Hospital car park. Blantyre Magistrates Court on Tuesday convicted Maluwa 26-year-old and his 20-year-old Peter after they pleaded guilty to the charge of Idle and […]
The State through Director of Public Prosecution Mary Kachale on Wednesday applied to court to revoke bail for suspects in the shooting of former Director of Finance Paul Mphwiyo after accusing the defence of employing ‘mafia-like operations’ to intimidate State witnesses. Former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara is charged with attempted murder […]
Civil Society Organizations, government departments and local leaders in Ntcheu have ganged up to end child and forced marriages which is rampant in the district. Speaking on Tuesday, 17th March, 2015, during the launch of the Anti Child marriage campaign at Group Austin, Traditional Authority Makwangwala, Ntcheu district Commissioner Harry Phiri said the campaign will […]
Barely a week after Nyasa Times unravelled a syndicate at Information Ministry that is ripping off government revenue by using government equipment for their personal benefit, fresh investigations show officers in the Technical Section of the ministry has been pocketing illegal allowances whenever they are carrying out their core duties. Nyasa Times sources within the […]
Blantyre Water Board (BWB) internal auditor and a woman accused of sexual activity at Mwaiwathu hospital car park on Tuesday pleaded guilty to the lewd act when they appeared before Blantyre Magistrate Court. A 26-year-old BWB employee, Thokozani Maluwa and 20-year-old Emma Peter, currently remanded at Chichiri Prison, were convicted on their own plea and will […]
Dickson Khofi aged 39, from Khokwasambo Village in Traditional Authority (TA) Mazengera in Lilongwe was on Tuesday night shot dead by unknown criminals as he tried to aid his neighbour from thieves who had attacked the neighbour’s house at Landani village, TA Tsabango in Lilongwe. Lilongwe Police Station Public Relations Officer (PRO) Inspector Kingsley Dandaula […]
Opposition parties and civil societies in the country have expressed concern over government’s delay in tabling the Tenants Labour Bill which, they argue, once enacted will protect the rights and interests of tenants. The Malawi Congress Party (MCP), the People’s Party (PP) and both local and international organizations took turns in separate interviews with Nyasa Times describing […]
A married man and a prostitute have ended up in police custody after being caught having a one-night stand in a car at Chez Mtemba International Night Club in the commercial capital Blantyre. Blantyre police patrolling officers caught 42-year-old Enock Chitewa and 28-year-old woman, Jane Nkamacha Monday at around 10pm making a whoopee in the backseat of […]
Law enforcing agencies on Monday arrested Yambani Mulemba, a lawyer by profession, who is linked to the money laundering charge of the country’s former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo and his wife Thandi. Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officers said said they want to quiz Mulemba on allegations that he collected US70, 000 dollars from Mphwiyo’s […]
Hundreds of people converged at College of Medicine mortuary to pay their last respects to Malawi veteran journalist and trainer Edward Chitsulo who died on Sunday morning at Adventist Hospital after a short illness. The late Chitsulo was until his death Managing Editor for the Nation Publications Limited (NPL). According to the family, Chitsulo, who […]