HTD’s K10m boost for Malawi football legends

HTD Limited has thrown its weight behind Malawi’s football greats, donating K10 million to the Football Legends Association (FLA) ahead of the body’s high‑profile fundraising gala set for August 29 at Bingu International Convention Centre in Lilongwe. The donation, made during a symbolic presentation in Blantyre, was announced by HTD general manager Ziyaad Sidik, who […]

HTD Limited provides scooters for Bullets players

The partnership between Nyasa Manufacturing Company and HTD Limited bore extra fruits when the company provided ten scooters for use by players. HTD Public Relations Officer, Sharon Jumbe, said the relationship between NyasaManufacturing Company and HTD Limited has been there for ten years. “It is important to sponsor sports and football in particular. We felt […]

Malawi coach RVG gets his ride from HTD K10mil discount

Football Association of Malawi (Fam) has bought Malawi’s Flames Coach, Ronny van Geneugden, a Kia Sorento CRDI motor vehicle at a subsidised price of K12 million from HTD Limited and has been officially handed to the tactician. HTD valued the vehicle at K22 million  duty-free as the company was using it for a demonstration but […]

Malawi President’s defamation claims: Kaliwo representing Ntata, Nyasa Times to name legal team this week

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 […]

Malawi President Mutharika sues Nyasa Times, fierce critic Ntata over K92bn cashgate

Malawi President Peter Mutharika has rushed to court to file defamation charges and seek an order restraining leading online publication Nyasa Times from further publishing the issue of K92 billion Cashgate linked to the Head of State. The law suit also includes Mutharika’s fierce critic barrister Z. Allan Ntata and the President wants to be […]

Chaponda pressing ODPP to favour HTD Limited

Office of the Director of Public Procurement (ODPP) is facing political pressure from Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr George Chaponda to “cut corners” for HTD Limited to get procurement deals from government. According to sources from ODPP, HTD Limited have been going through Chaponda to “influence” the office in approving the procurement deals against all […]

Fresh Malawi army probe, HTD involved in cashgate affair

There are fresh cashgate corruption scandal fears in Malawi Defence Force (MDF) and the law enforcement agencies are also probing HTD Limited on leads that they have been enjoying the favours of the government pay-out thought to have been made against dubious transactions – cashgate – where they were involve in illegal externalization of forex […]

BEAM official Nazma Ishmael pressing Malawi Police for a contract to supply 40 Land Rovers

First Lady Gertrude Maseko Mutharika is reported to have recommended to Malawi Police top brass to “assist accordingly” a member of her Beautify Malawi (Beam) trust, Nazma Ishmael in obtaining a business contract. Ishmael, who was also a member of the Mudzi Trust of former president Joyce Banda, through her family’s motor company, HTD Motor […]

Ntata implicates Mutharika in K92bn cashgate: ‘Malawi President delaying to release forensic report’

Allan Ntata, the late Bingu wa Mutharika’s legal adviser, has implicated President Peter Mutharika in the K92 billion (US$206.7 million) Cashgate which was reportedly mismanaged during the first Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). K92 billion went missing over the eight years of the presidency of the late Bingu wa Mutharika and the structure of that government […]

Rise of HTD Limited: Malawi ruling parties best ‘well-wishers’

Motor vehicle dealers HTD Limited continue to rise in their business endeavours in Malawi with the company being reputed as the best “well-wishers” of every ruling party. HTD Limited is a private local Limited Liability Company incorporated in Malawi in 1993 . The company has been making political donations to the former president late Bingu wa Mutharika regime […]

HTD to help Beautify Malawi Trust in girls’ education

Motor vehicle dealers HTD Limited have committed to contribute towards girls’ education in Malawi. This was disclosed on Friday in Blantyre at the newly-launched Abdul Majid Motor City where HTD donated a three-ton KIA truck, wheelbarrows, shovels and an office to First Lady Gertrude Mutharika’s Beautify Malawi (Beam) Trust. HTD board member Javid Sidik said […]

Symbolism is everything, Mr. President: Muckraking Extra

President Barrack Obama was in Beijing this past week. There are a lot of issues the leader of the free world and his counterpart Xi Jinping – leader of the not-so-free Chinese, disagree about.  Issues of trade imbalances, human rights et al. But do you know what hogged the headlines? The Chinese media, the mainstream […]

President opens Abdul Majid Motor City, hails HTD investments in Malawi

Malawi President Peter Mutharika on Thursday opened Hard to Defeat (HTD)-Abdul Majid Motor City at at Ginnery Corner in the commercial capital Blantyre with a call to Malawians and business community at large to invest in new infrastructure for their businesses. HTD Limited is a private local Limited Liability Company incorporated in Malawi in 1993 […]

Mutharika snubs Chakwera at HTD launch

President Peter Mutharika on Thursday revealed his cold side when he snubbed leader of opposition in parliament Lazarus Chakwera during official opening of Hard to Defeat (HTD)-Abdul Majid Motor City at Ginnery Corner in the commercial capital Blantyre. Chakwera was among the invited guests who included former president Bakili Muluzi, Mayor for Blantyre City Assembly Noel Chalamanda, […]

Corrupt Asians dent Malawi image: K600m treasury payouts open can of worms

Most of Asian businesses are said to be getting contracts in government and payments swiftly using corrupt means, a Malawian democracy activist based in the UK has said. The  observation comes after Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), with the help of the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM),  said it is investigating how Treasury  paid out a […]

HTD Limited introduces three new vehicles

HTD Limited distributors of Kia motors, Iveco and Shineray motor bikes in Malawi recently introduced three brands of vehicles. The introduced vehicles are Kia Rio, Kia Optima and Kia Picanto. HTD Limited Lilongwe branch general manager, Irfan Tayub, said the newly introduced vehicles have features which are good for technology. “All vehicles have different features […]