The four-year-old marriage between Tigresses Netball Club and late President Bingu wa Mutharika is finally over after the family announced it will no longer sponsor the team. The late president rescued the then cash-strapped club in 1999 after staying for about three years without sponsorship following the withdrawal by ADMARC. But after months of uncertainty […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) torchbearer Peter Mutharika has maintained that he will continue with the ideals of his brother, late president Bingu wa Mutharika when he take over government, arguing the policies have proven to work. Speaking on Zodiak Broadcasting Service on Tuesday, the DPP leader maintained his comments about continuing where his brother left off; […]
African countries have passed through many tribulations in the hands of a white man ranging from Thangata system of agriculture, slave trade, colonialism, and neo-colonialism. Way back in 1400 and 1500 before slave trade, there was what was called Thangata system of agriculture in Malawi when people worked in plantations without wage. John Chilembwe fought […]
State lawyers on Monday queried why the matter was moved from Zomba High Court registry under Judge Godfrey Mwase to Blantyre where it is now being heard by Justice Dunstain Mwaungulu. Led by Lusungu Gondwe, the state lawyers argued that the transfer of the case was without proper application. He asked Justice Mwaungulu to discharge an […]
Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president Peter Mutharika has formally lodged legal suit against property evaluator Yeremiah Chihana and Weekend Nation newspaper for defamation of character. The lawsuit is based on Chihana’s claims that Peter Mutharika had a joint account with his elder brother the late President Bingu wa Mutharika which was published in the newspaper. Chihana […]
Despite threats from former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to take legal action against two newspapers for what it calls “defamatory propaganda” against the late president Bingu wa Mutharika’s family on his deceased estate, there continues to be reports on former president’s wealth with the latest that the estate is beyond beyond K61 billion (about $152m) after […]
Former President Bingu wa Mutharika’s family has won the case against Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) which had wanted to collect duty on 41 vehicles Mutharika imported on free duty as part of his presidential benefits. Last year, MRA wrote late Mutharika’s brother, Peter, who is also Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leader demanding customs duty on […]
Home Affairs minister Uladi Mussa has taken a swipe at presidential aspirants of the 2014 tripartite elections for United Democratic Front (UDF) Atupele Muluzi and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Peter Mutharika, saying the presidency is not about selfish family interests but about a national agenda. Speaking at the rally President Joyce Banda addressed at Nancholi […]
Property evaluator Yeremia Chihana has reacted to the threats of opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to sue him by hiring lawyer Wapona Kita to counter sue the party and its spokesperson Nicholas Dausi for defamation demanding a combined compensation of up to K200 million (about $500 000). DPP last week threated to sue Chihana – valuer […]
Malawi’s governing People’s Party (PP) deputy Campaign director Dr. Ken Zikhale Ng’oma has claimed a share of former president late Bingu wa Mutharika’s controversial MK61 billion wealth, saying the money was a donation to them from the Taiwan government. Zikhale said the then ruling party in Taiwan, the Democratic Progressive Party gave late Mutharika and […]
Democracy boulevard…the journey is still continuing! 20th July 2011 is a sad day in the history of our nation. It is a day that no Malawian has ever imagined would happen in this era, having unchained ourselves from the pangs of the one party dictatorial killer regime of the late Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda. Of […]
If highly charged emotional threats of litigation against property evaluator Yeremia Chihana and newspapers in Malawi is DPP’s shameless idea of how to deal with the K61billion stinker, then we dare say this feeble attempt at intimidation will not wash. There is nothing that DPP can say or do that will alter the fact that […]
The Malawi High Court in Blantyre on Thursday adjourned to next Friday its ruling on the judicial review in a case involving late President Bingu wa Mutharika’s family and the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA). MRA wrote late Mutharika’s brother, Peter, who is also Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leader demanding customs duty on 41 vehicles the former president bought on […]
Former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) says it will take legal action against property evaluator Yeremia Chihana and two newspapers for what it calls “defamatory propaganda” against the late president Bingu wa Mutharika’s family on his deceased estate. Government through Commissioner for Tax contracted Chihana of YMW Property Investment Limited and Registered Property Evaluator to assess Mutharika’s real estate, shares […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda has said never again should any leader be allowed to accumulate wealth that denies people a chance for better lives. Speaking at a development rally at Chilumba in Karonga, President Banda said abuse of public funds by any leader is a sign of heartlessness, which Malawians must be opposed to. “Do […]
Leader of the ruling People’s Party (PP) Joyce Banda, who is also the Head of State, has said revelations that her predecessor the late president Bingu wa Mutharika had amassed the staggering K61 billion (about $152m) within his eight-year tenure of office is a testimony to what she has been saying that PP found the government […]
The British High Commissioner to Malawi Michael Nevin has described the wealth amassed by former president the late Bingu wa Mutharika as a wake up call to Malawians. Nevin made the remarks in an interview on Friday in Lilongwe on the sidelines of the Extra-Ordinary General Meeting organised by the Youth Consultative Forum (YCF). Mutharika had several accounts both with local and foreign commercial banks […]
Former first lady Callista Mutharika has so far succeeded in her pursuit to remove former president Bingu wa Mutharika’s daughters, Duwa and Tapiwa as administrators of the controversial deceased’s estate Callista, who did not appear as a beneficiary in Bingu’s will drawn in March 2008, about two years before the late Mutharika married her, filled […]