Speaker of Parliament, Richard Msowoya has sued public funded Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) for defamation. Msowoya sued MBC over a report it carried on April 15, 2016 on allegations connecting the Speaker to a stolen laptop at the Ministry of Finance. MBC reported that Msowoya used his Personal Assistant Patrick Kayira to steal the laptop […]
The High Court in Blantyre has given Times Media Group 14 days to indicate whether they will contest libel suit filed by cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo, failing which judgment may be entered without further notice. The prisoner is demanding K1 billion damages from Times for libel and has commenced legal proceedings against the country’s major […]
Chief Cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo and his wife Gertrude, through Blantyre-based legal firm Joe and Max Chambers, are demanding K1 billion from Times Media Group for damages after filing a libel suit in the High Court. The Sunday Times, one of the titles for Times Media, reported on Sunday that the convict was allowed to have sex sessions with […]
The heat keeps escalating in the court of law between Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s lawyer Ralph Kasambara who is pressing defamation charges for two journalists and online publications against the man of God for their “false publication”. However, in a twist of events, Justice Mponda and Austin Kakande, through their lawyer Chancy Gondwe have denied being […]
Information minister Jappie Mhango has slapped firebrand government critic Kamlepo Kalua for defamation, demanding K100 million in injuries for allegedly saying the minister is behind the violence that erupted recently at an opposition rally in Mzuzu. Kalua described the suit as laughable saying political statements are not defamatory in nature. In an interview, Mhngo said […]
Beleaguered Presidential Press Secretary, Gerald Viola on Wednesday, sued Malawi media giant, Times Group, on defamation charges over the story which appeared in the Malawi News alleging that Viola told the grouping that President Peter Mutharika may contemplate buying a jet once the economy improves. According to the writ of summons filed at the High Court […]
High Court Sheriffs on Wednesday afternoon seized a vehicle for Joy Radio Station after its manager, Lloyd Zawanda failed to pay libel damages amounting to K5 million. Zawanda was last year dragged to court by former Peoples Party (PP) Secretary General, Henry Chibwana over defamatory remarks he made in one of Joy Radio’s ‘press review’ […]
Former presidential aide Allan Ntata has filed at the High Court in Blantyre counter-claims against President Peter Mutharika defamation lawsuit as he is ,also demanding damages for defamation, arguing that it was, in fact, the President who defamed him through a statement his press secretary Gerald Viola released on July 27 2015. President Mutharika took […]
The Nyasa Times media group has filed at the High Court an acknowledgement of service of writ of summons filed by President Peter Mutharika on defamation and the online publication is proceeding with the defence. Mutharika sued Nyasa Times alongside former presidential aide Allan Ntata over Ntata’s article which was posted on various media networks […]
Former presidential aide Allan Ntata has hired lawyer Gustav Kaliwo to defend him in the defamation lawsuit filed by President Peter Mutharika over Ntata’s article which was posted on various media networks including social-media platform Facebook, and on Nyasa Times on June 22 this year, alleging the President is implicated in the K92 billion Cashgate. Mutharika sued […]
Former President Joyce Banda has not opted for an “out-of-court settlement” in Civil Cause Number 194 of 2015 where she is suing Local Government Minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa and the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) for defamation. The Daily Times of Friday, September 18, 2015 erroneously reports that Banda, through her legal counsel, Lusungu Gondwe, made the […]
Following reports that President Peter Mutharika served Nyasa Times court summons through the press for alleged defamation, the online publication has indicated that it intends to mount “a vigorous defence” and believe the matter will help the battle to fight wrongful self-enrichment in Malawi. In a lawsuit filed at the High Court in Blantyre, the President […]
When I first read on the social media that the President was going to sue his prime critic, Allan Ntata, I thought it was only a hoax. I just could not fathom that the president would actually do that. But when the mainstream media finally confirmed the case yesterday on July 26 2015, I was […]
Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security Atupele Muluzi’s lawyer has sent a letter to a Daily Times newspaper demanding an apology and the retraction of an allegedly defamatory article published on Thursday May 28, 2015. The paper published a report that the minister has been implicated in a case in which two people are […]
Malawi former president Joyce Banda is said to be considering the legal options against Minister of Informations Kondwani Nankhumwa as suggesting publicly that Banda and co-conspirators should be arrested and investigated for the murder of Bingu wa Mutharika, her predecessor . Though Nankhumwa referred to Banda only as “JB”, that is evidently what she is […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation George Chaponda has won damages after a High Court registrar Justus Kishindo ruled in his favour in a defamation lawsuit against Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera. Chaponda took legal action against Chakwera for slander and defamation over the remarks he made to the media that Chaponda said […]
CCAP church in Ntchisi was on Friday ordered to pay K130,000 as compensation to a pregnant woman who dragged the church to court for defamation, after delegates from the church confronted her to enquire if the man responsible for her pregnancy was a member of their church. The woman, Ruth Maundu,32, complained that her rights […]
The Balaka Second Grade Magistrate court has sentenced a 41-year-old Pastor of a certain Ministry at Balaka Town for conducting in manner likely that could breach peace. Police Prosecutor Constable Aida Mzama told the court that the suspect Pastor Victor Nankhata together with his co-accused Zione Namboya 25, on Monday morning went the house of the complainant […]