An outspoken South Africa-based law professor has bashed the University of Malawi (Unima) council for stopping the delinking of university colleges, saying Unima has acted unlawfully. Professor Danwood Chirwa says the Unima council chairperson professor Jack Wirima for acting in self interest. “Wirima seems to have managed to mislead other members of UNIMA council to […]
A vocal and outspoken law professor has declared that Malawi is too broken to be fixed, saying he cannot understand why the defense lawyers in the presidential election petition case were awarded a staggering K7 billion as legal costs. In a Facebook post, Danwood Chirwa says he is yet to be given a satisfactory answer […]
The ongoing debate regarding proliferation of fake PhDs among some Malawi executives has taken an interesting twist with politician Ken Zikhale Ng’oma and academician Danwood Chirwa trading deadly barbs on social media. The debate started weeks ago when Chirwa, professor of law at University of Cape Town in South Africa, questioned the authenticity of doctorate […]
Institute of Chartered Accountants in Malawi (ICAM) chief executive officer (CEO), Dr Francis Chinjoka Gondwe says he is aggrieved by allegation made by Malawian law Professor Danwood Chirwa on social media that asserts that Gondwe’s doctoral degree in Business Administration obtained through Columbia Commonwealth University in 2011 is ‘fake’. Chirwa, who is Professor and Dean […]
A prominent university professor and a social media influencer has questioned the credibility of the Inspector General of Police George Kainja’s PhD. Professor Danwood Chirwa says Kainja has a PhD from a non-existent university. “He claims to have a PhD from a non-existent Columbia Commonwealth University. It’s most likely one of those counterfeit universities Gadama […]
South Africa-based Malawian professor of law, Danwood Chirwa, has faulted the police for the arresting former president Peter Mutharika private bodyguard thrice even though courts granted him bail on different cases. Writing on his Facebook wall, Danwood Chirwa said the conduct of the police on the matter was a matter of concern, saying the law enforcers seemed […]
South Africa-based Malawian professor of law, Danwood Chirwa has condemned President Lazarus Chakwera as a master of flip-flopping, likening him to the behavior of reverends that preached one thing in the morning and did exactly what they had condemned in the afternoon. In a strong Facebook post reacting to Chakwera’s defense of his faulted Cabinet, […]
Renowned South Africa-based Malawian professor of law, Danwood Chirwa, has faulted former president Peter Mutharika for staying away at the swearing in ceremony of President Lazarus Chakwera and vice-president Saulos Chilima on Sunday in the capital Lilongwe. Chakwera and Chilima were sworn in by Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda after being declared winner of the June 23 […]
Government has sent Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda on leave pending retirement, according to a public notice from chief secretary to government Lloyd Muhara. The notice says Nyirenda has accumulated more leave days than the remainder of his working days to retirement age. “In accordance with the Constitution, the most senior Justice of Appeal will act […]
A South Africa-based Malawian law professor Danwood Chirwa has faulted Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale for preparing the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) appeal submissions to the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal challenging the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) judgement that nullified the May 21 2019 presidential election. University of Cape Town legal expert says there are some […]
A prominent law professor has backed Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general Reyneck Matemba for his decision not to bow down to public pressure to arrest suspects alleged attempts to bribe judges overseeing a legal challenge to the re-election last year of President Peter Mutharika. South Africa-based Professor Danwood Chirwa said Matemba studied law and has […]
Prominent South Africa-based Malawian law professor Danwood Chirwa has put his weight behind Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) decision to keep under wraps suspects’ names in the alleged judge bribery saga. Chirwa says the ACB director general Reyneck Matemba has been correct in his decision to shield the suspects names as of now. “He has been correct […]
Professor Danwood Chirwa, a legal expert based at South Africa’s Cape Town University has said the submissions in the presidential elections nullification petition case by Malawi Law Society (MLS) as friends of the court, are “appalling” and of no value to the case. MLS submission, prepared by private practice lawyer Powell Mkutabasa and MLS lead counsel […]
A renowned law professor has painted some grey areas of both the petitioners of the just ended presidential election case. Professor Danwood Chirwa says both sides in the case; Dr. Saulos Chilima and Dr. Lazarus Chakwera on one hand and Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and president Peter Mutharika on another had their big moments in […]
A renowned law professor says pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) faces an uphill task to save the presidential election after its chief executive officer admitted to a litany of irregularities. South Africa-based professor Danwood Chirwa says having admitted to the litany of irregularities, the entire defense of MEC that these irregularities had been investigated […]
A prominent law professor says the Constitutional Court needed the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chair Jane Ansah , a judge of the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal, to testify in the ongoing election case to make up for the missing puzzle. South Africa-based Danwood Chirwa says the MEC chief executive officer Sam Alufandika can only […]
Malawian legal scholar based at the at South Africa’s Cape Town University, Professor Danwood Chirwa has stated that the testimony by Malawi Congress Patrty (MCP) IT expert and witness in the on-going elections case, Daud Suleman, on Friday was “hughely devastating”. He said Suleman’s simulation in court on how Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) computerised election […]
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has last week announced the appointment of Malawi’s Professor Danwood Chirwa as the institution’s new Dean of the Faculty of Law. Chirwa said in an interview with UCT’s news that he was humbled. “I am humbled by my appointment and by the overwhelming support I’ve received from staff and […]