The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president for the South George Chaponda is mobilising party lawmakers to publicly endorse President Peter Mutharika as their torch bearer and fend off the voices calling for which Vice President Saulos Chilima to lead. Chaponda organised a meeting in Lilongwe where lawmakers were asked to endorse Mutharika as […]
Embattled former Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Development, George Chaponda, has embarked on a campaign whose chief aim is to distance some Cabinet Minister from President Peter Mutharika so that they fall out, Nyasa Times understands. Chaponda, who is also ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for the southern region, was fired from cabinet following his […]
Lawyers for former minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda and Transglobe’s Director Rashid Tayub in the corruption-related case on Monday described oral submissions by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) as lacking substance and full of contradictions. ACB arrested Chaponda, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president for Southern Region, last year alongside Tayub for suspected […]
The much-talked about demonstrations organized by some Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in this country finally took place on Friday, April 27, 2018. Among some of the demands by the organizers is the resignation of Minister of Finance Goodall Gondwe and Minister of Local Government, Kondwani Nankhumwa over their role in the MK4 billion that Members […]
Blantyre City East parliamentarian Noel Masangwi, who is also governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), director of special events, is the latest top party official to add voice in the ‘Hurricane Callista’ , siding with former first lady Callista Mutharika’s sentiments that President Peter Mutharika is being misled by “beasts of prey” who have surrounded him and […]
Lawyers for Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president for the South George Chaponda and Transglobe’s Director Rashid Tayub on Friday submitted for a ‘no case to answer’ defense before the Zomba Senior Resident Magistrate in the Zambia maize procurement deal. Chaponda is answering three charges which include giving false information to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), […]
Defence lawyers in the Maizegate case involving Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice- president George Chaponda and businessperson Rashid Tayub again accused the State of employing delaying tactics to stall proceedings after prosecutors dodged the oral submissions before the Zomba Senior Magistrate court on Friday. This was the second time when the prosecution has asked the court for further […]
The declaration by ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president George Chaponda that President Peter Mutharika will represent the party during the 2019 Tripartite Elections and those harbouring any presidential ambitions must wait for 2024 has drawn anger from some quarters, describing it as anti-democracy and a way of suffocating vice president Saulos Chilima. Chaponda […]
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) says it is still holding some millions it took from Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice- president George Chaponda in the Maizegate case. Malawians, in different social media platforms, reacted angrily to the decision by graft bursting bodyto give back K29m to Chaponda. However ACB director Reyneck Matemba said the money had not been […]
Former Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda has been given millions of Kwachas found by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) stashed inside suitcases hidden in the bedroom of his bedroom during a search. Between US$58,000 and MK124 million in cash was found after a search at Chaponda’s home last year following investigations in the procurement […]
The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has dodged the oral submissions in a case aginst former minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda and asked the Zomba Magistrate Court to move it to April 20 in a move which has irked the defence. The State prosecutirs said the are not ready for the submissions. […]
Objections and poor time managent took center stage in defamation case by former Minister of Agricuture Dr George Chaponda against media giant Times Group and some of its editorial staff in connection to stories and comments on the suspicious maize deal between Malawi and Zambia as court has to adjourn the matter until corruption related case […]
Former Mnister of Agricuture Dr George Chaponda defamation lawsuit against media giant Times Group and some of its editorial staff in connection to stories and comments on the suspicious maize deal between Malawi and Zambia failed to start at Blantyre High Court because the defence was not prepared. Chaponda sued Times Group Editor-In-Chief and Malawi […]
When the local press ‘exposed’ the maize deal where Agricultural development and Marketing corporation (Admarc) ‘flouted procedures’ to buy 100,000 Metric Tonnes of maize from neighbouring Zambia at a whooping price of US$34 million (Approx K26 billion), everyone was livid with anger. The press was awash with stories on how Admarc dealt with a middle […]
The last State witness in the case involving former Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda and two others has told Zomba Magistrate Court that there was no enough evidence to arrest Chaponda. .ACB Principal Investigator Eston Kankwete was giving his testimony before Zomba Magistrate Paul Chiotcha on Tuesday afternoon. As head of the […]
State prosecutors had a rude awakening on Tuesday at Zomba Magistrate Court court when its 11th witness, Finance, Economic Planning and Development Minister Goodall Gondwe vindicated claims made by former minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda in the case relating to the Zambian maize import transactions that he got permit to keep […]
Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism Henry Mussa, who is also treasurer general of the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has said claims by former minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda that K95 million seized from his residence belonged to DPP could be true as the party operates a decentralized policy. Mussa […]
Minister of Information Nicholas Dausi has told the court as a State witness in the case of corruption in the procurement of maize from Zambia that former Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda claims that thousands of dollars and millions of Kwachas found by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) stashed inside suitcases hidden in the […]