Mighty Wanderers Football Club’s board has vowed to carry out a full review of the club’s affairs after a humiliating exit from the CAF Champions League that has left fans reeling. The Nomads were thrashed 6-1 away to Tanzania’s Simba Sporting Club on Sunday, compounding a 1-0 defeat suffered in the first leg at home […]
A court in Lilongwe has set May 5 to rule on whether former presidential bodyguard has a case or not in the junior certificate theft case. This was after state on Monday concluded its case against Chisale who is answering charges of certificate faking and forgery. On Monday, the State paraded its two witnesses making […]
Blantyre-based private practice lawyer Chancy Gondwe has been installed as Mighty Wanderers FC new chairperson by the club’s main supporters committee replacing Simon Sikwese who resigned a fortnight ago. Simwese’s resignation came barely a day after the Nomads’ main supporters committee suspended the executive committee except him. Supporters chairperson Melvin Nkunika said the appointment of Gondwe […]
The High Court in Zomba Registry has ruled in favour of some disgruntled employees of the Judiciary who had taken to court the Chief Justice and the Judicial Service Commission, challenging their decisions to recruit new third grade magistrates from outside the civil service. The 16 employees, who work as court clerks of different grades […]
The High Court in Blantyre has ordered Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) to respect its order and reinstate deputy director general Francis Bisika within three days, his lawyer Chancy Gondwe has confirmed to Nyasa Times. Gondwe said judge Jack N’riva made the order as the regulator has not been respecting the court to reinstate Bisika since it rejected […]
An official from Chancy Gondwe law firm has been assaulted by suspected Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera body guards and party diehards. Jolamu Mpangeni from the law firm run by Chancy Gondwe said from Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe that he was attacked when he wanted to serve Chakwera, party administrator Potiphar Chidaya the documents friom […]
A stay order against High Court judge Esme Chombo’s ruling that Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) should go ahead to conduct a rerun of the Lilongwe City South East election where a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Bentry Namasasu was declared a winner has been extended by Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal. The Supreme Court judge […]
One of the country’s rising law practitioners, Chancy Gondwe was on Friday night attacked and injured by unknown thugs three days after winning a case against President Joyce Banda and her family. Gondwe met his fate at his home in BCA in Limbe when 20 thugs armed with clubs and panga knives broke into his […]
Mulli Brothers Limited is still insisting that High Court Commercial Division Judge Michael Mtambo should recuse himself from presiding the case between the company and Malawi Savings Bank (MSB) on allegations that the Judge received a bribe from the bank. The State-owned MSB claims that Mulli Brothers took a K3.2 billion (about $8m) overdraft and […]
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 […]
Former President Bingu wa Mutharika’s family has asked the High Court to dismiss the case in which Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) intends to impound 41 vehicles late Mutharika bought whilst in power on duty free, arguing the family should pay duty if they are to use the vehicles. The family has also faulted the tax-collecting […]
One of the lawyers for opposition DPP acting president Peter Mutharika and other arrested party officials , Chancy Gondwe , has said Police has not pressed misdemeanor charges for an alleged coup plot. Malawi Police on Monday arrested several top officials, including Peter Mutharika, following their implication in the just released Commission of Inquiry report […]
The High Court in Blantyre has ordered Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) to settle hotel accommodation bills for late President Bingu wa Mutharika’s daughter, Tapiwa occasioned as result of case adjournment amounting to around K800,080.00. MRA and late Mutharika’s family are in court fighting over the intention by the tax-collection body to impound 41 vehicles late […]
The Constitutional Court sitting in Blantyre has given back a piece of land which government grabbed from two Mulanje women who run an orphanage and gave it businessman Davie Kanyoza saying the act was unconstitutional. The decision by three High Court Judges, Justices Healy Potani, Dr. Micheal Mtambo and John Chirwa upholds both the High […]
The Lilongwe Magistrates Court on Friday freed Malawi Voice online journalist, Justice Mponda on charges of publishing false news likely to cause fear and alarm among people after the State failed to provide witnesses. The State was expected to parade three witnesses, President Joyce Banda aid Reverend Malani Mtonga, Police IT expert Supritendent Jere and […]
The High Court in Blantyre has issued an interim restraining order stopping Minister of Mining, John Bande and others from trespassing and encroaching on Angoni Lonjezo Community Based Organization (CBO) orphanage land situated in his constituency, Blantyre City East. The court’s order came about after some of the CBO’s officials complained of been assaulted and […]
The Blantyre Magistrates Court has thrown out a high profile multi-million housing scam case involving reinstated Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) assistant general manager, Floyd Mondiwa after the State failed to obtain consent from Director of Public Prosecution to prosecute the matter. Mondiwa was arrested on October 24, 2011 by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) for […]
Blantyre-based businessman Davie Kanyoza and a protégé of the once mighty business magnate Leston Mulli , has filed for appeal against the Constitutional Court’s ruling to remove him as party in a case where Mulanje charity worker Mary Woodworth is contesting a government decision to lease her piece of land to the businessman. A panel of three […]