Malawi’s former President, Joyce Banda, has denied allegations by the Mail &Guardian(January 23, 2015) of South Africa that she issued an operating license to Dr. Rajan Mahtani, Chairman of Finance Bank, for the re-opening of Finance Bank in Malawi. The report alleges the former Head of State received millions of US dollars from Dr. Mahtani […]
Lawyer for businessperson and chief cashgate suspect Osward Lutepo has denied allegations that his client had escaped justice, saying he remains hospitalised at Mzuzu MASM Hospital. The lawyer, Osward Mtuwila, said rumours that Lutepo has escaped were “utterly false”, saying his client is “not fit and well” to stand trial “at this moment”. Mtuwila has strenuously refuted […]
The continued attacks on people with albinism have raised questions on the seriousness of law enforcers to halt the practice with three cases recorded this month and the alleged culprits are still at large. Federation of Disability Associations in Malawi (Fedoma) has called on for legal protection while calling for the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) […]
A friend in need is a friend indeed, so goes the old adage. This was proved true on Saturday and Sunday in Phalombe district when members of Asian Muslim Relief Aid (Amra) donated assorted items to thousands of people displaced with devastating floods that hit most parts of the district. The bsinesspersons of Asian descent mobilised K […]
Fiscal Police has opened an investigation into Limbe Leaf Tobacco over abuse od K22 million budgeted for construction of school blocks, bridges and other related social responsibility activities which is suspected to have been “cashgated”. A source close to the audit says the legal section of Limbe Leaf Tobacco submitted the formal complaint to Malawi […]
Former president Joyce Banda through her Joyce Banda Foundation International joined hands with Jack Brewer Foundation in New York, United States to mobile support for victims of deadly floods in Malawi. The event for the Malawi Flood Appeal was met with success after people flocked to donate items and relief material to help flood survivors. […]
A 74 year old Malawian shop owner has been attacked and killed in South Africa following attacks and they disembowelled him as he slept in his shop in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The murder comes as widespread looting of foreigners’ stores has broken out in Soweto. The looting was sparked when a foreign national […]
A pregnant woman in Ntchisi has dragged Ntchisi CCAP church to court for allegedly defaming her after members of the church confronted her to enquire if the man responsible for the pregnancy was a member of their church. The woman, Ruth Maundu, 32, complained that her rights to privacy were infringed and her name defamed […]
Barely a day after the Blantyre City Council appealed to vendors to be operating in designated areas like markets, people in Limbe went on rampage attacking Council officials and the Police on duty of chasing street vendors damaging a council patrol vehicle in the process. Eye witnesses disclosed that on Friday, January 23 2015 around […]
The Balaka Second Grade Magistrate court has sentenced a 41-year-old Pastor of a certain Ministry at Balaka Town for conducting in manner likely that could breach peace. Police Prosecutor Constable Aida Mzama told the court that the suspect Pastor Victor Nankhata together with his co-accused Zione Namboya 25, on Monday morning went the house of the complainant […]
Malawi’s minority Muslim population has been pushing the government to declare the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday a public holiday, but the three-year campaign has been plagued by disagreement among Islamic scholars. A group of Muslim scholars discourages the celebration. Sheikh Imran Sheriff, who chairs the Supreme Council of Ulemas, said: “We don’t celebrate because, according to […]
A court in South Africa on Thursday heard from police how Malawian father of four was beaten senseless last Wednesday, allegedly by two men who forced him to strip naked, soaked him in paint thinners and then sprayed his entire body with white enamel car paint. The wounds on Bilaz Asan’s body may be healing, […]
In yet another high-profile robbery in Malawi, an official vehicle of Minister Information, Kondwani Nankhumwa has been carjacked by armed gang at Lunzu trading centre in Blantyre Thursday evening. Malawi has seen a rash of violent crimes, including a wave of fatal shootings of late, which have stirred public concern and piled pressure on the […]
The Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) has threatened to take legal action against Blantyre Water Board (BWB) for misleading consumers and failure to address water supply challenges Blantyre city is currently experiencing. Cama has since demanded BWB to resume normal water supply with immediate. For the past two weeks, business has been on standstill in the […]
Pope Francis has assured of his prayers for victims of floods in Malawi as at least 200 people are reported killed and tens of thousands evacuated in what has been branded the worst flooding on record in the southern African nation. The head of the Roman Catholic Church said expressed his closeness to those who […]
The newly-assigned United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Resident Representative in Malawi, Ms. Violet Kakyomya presented her letter of credence to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hon. George Chaponda in Lilongwe on Wednesday (January 21, 2015). Chaponda welcomed Ms. Kakyomya as the new UNFPA Representative in Malawi and said that UNFPA has been a long-standing partner […]
President Peter Mutharika on Thursday visited district to inspect damage caused by flooding over the past week as rescue and relief efforts continue in the surrounding villages. The road to the district is lined with barely-standing houses and dry river banks that have been significantly eroded by the floods. Mutharika, who last week declared a […]
Police in the commercial capital Blantyre have arrested a 30 year-old Madalisto Witness Chiwaya for posing as a Malawi Defence Force (MDF) officer. He was also possessing offensive weapons and explosives, apart from telling people that he is an officer stationed at Cobbe Barracks, but assigned to Blantyre Camp site, according to Blantyre Police publicist […]