‘Kamuzu’s son’ Jumani buried in Mzimba with ashes of his mum ex-Miss Malawi

Jumani Johansson, a man who claimed to be the son to Malawi’s founding President Hastings Kamuzu Banda, was on Saturday  laid to rest at Chawuluma village, T/A Kampingo Sibande in Mzimba. He died last Saturday at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (Qech) in Blantyre, leaving unanswered questions regarding his paternity. Ashes of Jumani’s late mother Mirriam Kaunda – […]

Jumani’s uncle gets emotional after media question on his nephew’s link to Kamuzu

James Kaunda, uncle to Jumani Johansson—the man who claimed to be son to Malawi’s first president Hastings Kamuzu Banda but died suddenly of heart failure last week—has said the family can neither confirm nor dismiss possibilities that his nephew was Banda’s child. Kaunda, brother to Mirriam Kaunda a mother to late  Jumani the Miss Malawi […]

State promises autopsy on Kamuzu Banda’s ‘son’ Jumani body

Malawi Police Service say they will soon conduct an autopsy on the body of a person who claimed to be  the biological son of the founding president Hastings Kamuzu Banda, Jumani who died suddenly of heart failure on Friday at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre. Police spokesperson at police headquarters in Area 30 in […]

Jumani dies: Man who claimed to be Kamuzu’s son gone before DNA test

Jumani Johansson, a man who claimed to be son to former Malawi president Hastings Kamuzu Banda’s son, has died Saturday at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in the commercial capital of Blantyre of a sudden illness. According to information Nyasa Times has sourced, Jumani complained of body pains before being rushed to Mlambe Hospital. “He was taken […]

Jumani insists on DNA test to prove he is Kamuzu Banda’s son

A 45-year-old Swedish Malawian, claiming to be the biological son of Malawi’s founding president Hastings Kamuzu Banda,  has returned; and, says he will involve chiefs to ascertain his claim. Jim Jumani Johansson made some intriguing allegations about how his identity was concealed and how he had been prevented from returning to Malawi to ascertain his […]

Malawi deportations that boomerang, case for dual citizenship

It is Kafkaesque! Recently the Malawi Government explained it was ‘reversing’ its deportations of former British High Commissioner Fergus Cochrane-Dyet, and that of new Zambian President Michael Sata. Sata was deported in 2007, before he became President of Zambia, when he entered Malawi to visit ex-President Bakili Muluzi. Government does not explain why it removed […]