Calls for Malawi martyrs compensation renewed: Britain must own up

Nkhata Bay Central legislator Ralph Mhone has renewed his calls to demand compensation from the British Government  for Malawians, whose unarmed relatives were massacred at Nkhata Bay Jetty by federal forces on March 3 1959. Mhone, who is leader of opposition People’s Party (PP) in Parliament ,  said as Britain’s protectorate, Malawi was supposed to be protected  by […]

British businessman Sabir Aboobaker arrested for theft in Malawi

A British businessman of Malawian origin Sabir Aboobaker, has been arrested for theft by trick by Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officers of the Malawi Police. Verified information indicates that it all started on August 7, this year, when Aboobaker approached a vendor in commercial town of Limbe in Blantyre City to sell him all of […]

Why judges in Malawi and former British colonies still wearing wigs?

The British gave up their last colonies in Africa half a century ago. But they left their wigs behind. Not just any wigs. They are the long, white, horsehair locks worn by high court judges (and King George III). They are so old-fashioned and so uncomfortable, that even British barristers have stopped wearing them. But in […]