State prosecutor in the case involving online journalist, Justice Mponda has blamed “internal politics” for delaying conclusion of the matter after principle witness, Reverend Malani Mtonga failed to turn up for trial on Monday. Mtonga, who is set to testify against Mponda, failed to take it to the witness box at Lilongwe Magistrates Court after […]
Police arrested Leo Mpulula coach for Azam Tigers FC for allegedly slapping journalist Peter Kanjere at the Nation Publications Limited (NPL) offices in Blantyre. Both the police and Mpulula’s lawyer have confirmed the development. Blantyre police spokesperson Lameck Thembachako told Nyasa Times that Mpulula was picked for attacking Kanjere and has since been charged with common assault. […]
President Joyce Banda’s special advisor Reverend Malani Mtonga is one of the two State witnesses to testify against online journalist Justice Mponda in court on January 14, 2013 ho was arrested on Monday, October 15, 2012, for allegedly insulting President Joyce Banda and publishing false information. According to court documents, sourced by Nyasa Times, Ntonga claims to […]
The Lilongwe Magistrate Court has deferred to December 14 next month a case involving case involving online journalist, Justice Mponda, who was arrested on Monday, October 15, 2012, for allegedly insulting President Joyce Banda and publishing false information. The court was set to start hearing the case on Friday however, state prosecutor Happy Mkandawire told […]
The demotion of Malawi’s renowned crime buster Bob as police detective director has reportedly affected investigations of a case involving online journalist, Justice Mponda, who was arrested on Monday, October 15, 2012, for allegedly insulting President Joyce Banda and publishing false information. Mtekama was in charge of the case and news about his demotion came […]
The High Court in Blantyre has granted an injunction to Ndirande based businessman Thom Njilika, owner of Thompex Hardware and Liqour stopping the tax collector, Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA), from impounding a truck on tax evasion allegations. The truck belongs to opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) southern region governor Noel Masangwi. Justice Anaclet Chipeta granted […]
Two men suspected of playing a role in the murder of fourth-year Malawi Polytechnic student Robert Chasowa were on Tuesday denied bail by the High Court sitting in Blantyre. In his brief ruling, Justice Maclean Kamwambe observed that the prosecuting authority succeeded in establishing a ‘strong link’ between the suspects – Geoffrey Bottoman and Peter […]
The High Court of Malawi sitting in Blantyre is set to let go former Malawian envoy to Japan Dr. John Chikago who is an accomplice of former head of state Bakili Muluzi in the corruption case. The marathon trial, against the former career diplomat, started in 2006 however Chikago through his attorney Chancy Gondwe prayed […]
The High Court in Blantyre has given state prosecutors a 14-day ultimatum to justify the basis of arresting two people suspected to have had a hand in the death of fourth-year Polytechnic student Robert Chasowa. The two suspects Geoffrey Botomani, 28, and his accomplice Petro Petros Tembo, 30, were nabbed on July 13, 2012 and have […]
The High Court in Blantyre has ordered the state prosecutors to respond to submissions filed by former Malawi ambassador to Japan, Dr John Chikago, in which he has asked the court to discharge him from the corruption case he is facing together with former president Bakili Muluzi. Chikago was arrested in 2006 and charged with […]
After a spate of uncertainty that surrounded the reasons behind the arrest of two Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) associates, Geoffrey Botomani and Petro Tembo, the state has finally charged the two in connection with last year’s murder of Polytechnic student Robert Chasowa . It had to take close to two weeks for the suspects to know […]
Two young men arrested in connection with last year’s murder of Polytechnic student Robert Chasowa are yet to be formally charged by the court despite spending close to a fortnight at the Chichiri prison. The two suspects, identified as Geoff ‘Dolph’ Botomani and Petro Tembo, were picked on July 15 but no reasons have been […]
The controversy surrounding two Blantyre based women who were reported to have held a traditional engagement has taken a new twist as the alleged couple has instructed their lawyer to drag Malawi’s giant media house Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL) to court demanding a whooping K50 million in damages for publishing what they call a ‘defamatory’ […]