Malawi Defence Force (MDF) has categorically denied that the military is having an appetite to seize power, following last week’s election impasse. The army issued the statement made available to Nyasa Times on Monday following speculation going viral on social media that the solider were plotting a take over as the circus that has become […]
A group of the Malawi Defence Force soldiers and police officers on Monday in Mzuzu roughed up a man and passengers in a vehicle flying the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) flag despite the official political campaign period closed last Sunday morning. A black vehicle in tinted glasses registration number NA 4581 with MCP flag was […]
A Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Warrant Officer Class One (WOI) Yohane Mwalera Dick has died under the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) sanctioned by the United Nations. Serving as a motor vehicle mechanic WOI Mwalera died in the line of duty when he was recovering a […]
It is not only in the United Kingdom where sportsmen can be decorated ‘Sir’ for their outstanding accomplishments in the field of play. Golfers from Lilongwe Golf Club (LGC) have proved just that by decorating Deputy Malawi Defence Force (MDF) Commander Lieutenant General Clement Kafuwa with a title of ‘Sir’ following the General’s achievements on […]
The Malawi Defence Force (MDF) has been commended for empowering female soldiers through various military trainings. This comes after a female soldier, Officer Cadet; Patricia Fungula was nominated by the Malawi Army Commander, General Henry Odillo to attend the Prestigious Royal Military Training at Sandhurst academy in the United Kingdom (UK). In a Press statement […]
The ruling People’s Party (PP) in its manifesto has proposed and pledged to construct a state of art military hospital in Lilongwe once voted to power in the forthcoming Tripartite Elections. PP furthermore reveals to boost the health sector across the country by constructing district hospitals and rehabilitating health centers which are dilapidated in all the cities. The hospital […]
Law enforcement agencies have dismissed Cashgate allegations levelled against business tycoon Shiraz Ferreira of S.F International in supplying to Malawi Defence Force, as he is cleared as genuine supplier who followed the terms. Ferreira was embroiled into Cashgate accusations that he was defrauding government by getting payments on goods he did not supply. But investigations with the […]
The Malawi Defence Force (MDF) is reportedly being investigated by the country’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) for some of the payments it made amounting to about K3 billion following revelations by Nyasa Times. The amount was paid through five cheques of K499 million each and another of K456 million for supply military items. The six […]
The First Grade Magistrate Court in Mzuzu has ordered a convicted Soldier from Moyale Barracks in Mzuzu in to pay MK1.2 million as compensation to a man he disembowelled at Jombo Trading Centre on Christmas Day in 2012. The convict is Corporal Davie Nganga of Matwika Village, Traditional Authority Nkanda in Mulanje District. During sentencing […]
The First Grade Magistrate Court in Mzuzu has convicted a Soldier from Moyale Barracks of the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) for disembowelling a 38 year old man at Jombo Trading Centre on Christmas Day in 2012. Court records show that Corporal Davie Nganga 34 attacked Innocent Chandiwira because he had failed to pay for the […]
A senior Malawi Defence Force (MDF) officier has been charged with an offence of causing death by reckless driving after an official vehicle he was driving hit and killed on the spot a standard two child. During the accident, the officier, Brigadier Namathanga, also injured 19-year-old girl who is currently in critical condition at Dedza […]
General Henry Odillo, the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) Commander, has promoted the MDF’s Air Wing year end best soldiers to an immediate rank ahead. Speaking during the Lilongwe’s Rotor Wing base Year End party on Thursday, Chief of Staff Brigadier Clement Namangale announced that it had pleased General Odillo that those that had emerged best […]
Three Malawi Defence Force (MDF) officers from Kamuzu Barracks in the capital Lilongwe are in military police custody on suspicion of dubious transactions. According to published reports, MDF public affairs officer Taweni Kalua confirmed the officers’ names as Stewart Kasambala, Charles Kamwana and Richard Kazado. The officers were arrested on Tuesday following revelations by the […]
The crackdown on corruption has gone as far as the barracks as Malawi Defence Force is being investigated by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) over billions of kwacha in what has been dubbed as ‘cash-gate’ scandal. The social media has been awash with reports that the MDF K2.9 Billion unaccounted for. It is reported that the graft-busting […]
A Malawian soldier was among three dead during the foreign members of special forces participating in Sadc War games drowned after the two boats they were using capsizedon Sunday. “Three foreign members of the special forces participating in the SADC war games drowned after two boats they were using capsized during an early morning operation […]
It is tight hot security. No, it is not a state of emergency. The Malawi Defence Force (MDF) on Friday were deployed in the capital, Lilongwe and Mzuzu in the north. Their mission is still not yet clear, but speculations indicate this is a special sting operation designed to net culprits in the ongoing Capital Hill […]
President Joyce Banda has said her government will substantially advocate for widening the availability of decent accommodation in Malawi because she believes that better houses are a good measure of any country’s wealth. She made the remarks on Tuesday in Karonga when, as Commander-In-Chief of the Malawi Defence Force, she presided over the handover ceremony […]
Malawi Defence Force Commander, General Henry Odillo has duly rewarded Mafco FC for winning the country’s prestigious K60 million Presidntial Cup after beating Super League champions Silver Strikers on Sunday. General Odillo directed that all the players and officials for the military outfit be promoted to their next ranks. Mafco FC Chairperson Captain Chitumbo Chirambo said […]