The political air is getting more exciting in the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) as days draw closer to July 1, the day the party is slated to hold its national convention. It is at the national convention where position holders will also seek a fresh mandate from the delegates to continue serving in their positions while […]
Scandal-riddled former Cabinet minister George Chaponda has engaged another gear in pursuit of his presidential ambitions when he invited all Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) district governors from the southern region to his Oasis Lodge in Limbe, Blantyre on Saturday, June 9, 2018 to lobby them to support his political agenda, Nyasa Times understands. According to […]
Flamboyant Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president for southern region, Dr. George Thapathula Chaponda does not want to face voters at the party’s national convention but instead he is lobbying President Peter Mutharika to declare that positions of regional vice presidents should not be open for contest at the convention. According to a DPP national […]
Zomba chief resident magistrate (CRM) Paul Chiotcha who acquitted former Cabinet minister George Chaponda in his corruption-related case regarding the Zambia maize purchase in 2016, “errerd in law” to dismiss two of Chaponda’s three counts, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has said at it lodged an appeal bid at the High Court. Chaponda was acquitted on three charges of giving […]
That former Minister of Agriculture Dr. George Chaponda has a burning ambition to become President of Malawi is now becoming crystal clear. That his ambition is for selfish reasons and not out of any genuine desire to serve Malawians is also well documented. However, Chaponda’s presidential ambition appears to be so powerful to the point […]
It’s battle of the ‘beasts of prey’ as a senior Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) official says President Peter Mutharika is working behind the scenes to request the DPP director of operations Ben Phiri to withdraw his party vice presidency candidature as this threatens the position of top financier and groomed successor George Chaponda. The source […]
Scandal-hit Dr George Chaponda is nursing misplaced and extremely unrealistic ambitions to become President of the Republic of Malawi sooner than later despite his alleged involvement in the infamous maizegate scandal and other serious allegations of misappropriation of public funds and abuse of office. I am not someone to say ‘never’ but it is incredibly […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is set to hold its elective convention few days from now in June where all national governing council (NGC) positions will be up for grabs, including that of party president, although it is a foregone conclusion- President Peter Mutharika is likely to stay at the helm of the party as its […]
Governance expert and human right activist Makhumbo Munthali has welcomed the decision by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to appeal the acquittal of former Cabinet minister George Chaponda following criticism from some civil society organisations (CSOs) that it presented a weaker case against the former minister. Zomba chief resident magistrate Paul Chiotcha acquitted Chaponda and businessperson […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is going to appeal former minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda’s acquittal by Zomba Magistrate Court which found him with no case to answer on corruption-related case regarding the maize procurement from Zambia. Chaponda is the powerful figure in the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and seen as […]
Some members of Parliament for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) want party vice-president (South) George Chaponda be restored as Leader of the House a position currently held by Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Kondwani Nankhumwa. Chaponda, former Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development was removed from the position when he was answering corruption […]
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president (South) George Chaponda has said he is not one of the “beasts of prey” referred in the the game-changing socio-political remarks of the former First Lady Callista Mutharika, who have surrounded President Peter Mutharika and misleading him. Callista said the “beasts of prey are everywhere, at State House, […]
Legal Affairs parliamentary cluster on Wednesday pressed on the graft busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on allegations that brought a week corruption case against former Agriculture minister George Chaponda inorder to secure his acquittal. The ACB on Wednesday appeared before the cluster committee on budget related matters but the acquittal of Chaponda took centre […]
Malawi’s Former Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda has been shielded from trial according to the civil society organisations who have called on the Zomba Magistrate Court ruling last Friday that he had no case to answer in corruption-related charges regarding the 2017 maize procurement deal from Zambia as “utter miscarriage of […]
Former Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda is going to proceed with defamation case against media giant Times Group and some of its editorial staff in connection to stories and comments regarding the 2017 maize procurement deal from Zambia after the Zomba Magistrate Court found he had no case to answer in corruption-related charges. […]
Malawi’s Former Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda has spoken out for the first time after being acquitted by the Zomba Magistrate Court in corruption-related charges regarding the 2017 maize procurement deal from Zambia, saying he has been vindicated that there was no case at all to answer. Chaponda was found with no […]
Following the Zomba Senior Magistrate Paul Chiotcha’s acquittal of former minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda and businessperson Rashid Tayub in the Zambian maize procurement case, lawyers for the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) were not confident that they could appeal while the defence said they are comfortable with the ruling. On Friday, the […]
Former minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda and businessperson Rashid Tayub have been acquitted after court ruled on Friday that they have no case to answer in the Zambian maize procurement case. Chaponda appeared relieved at Zomba Magistrate’s Court as Zomba chief resident magistrate Paul Chiotcha prounuced his determination. The court acquitted […]