Inside the alleged network where an Indian restaurant worker and corrupt officials reportedly sold visas, work permits and tip-offs to foreign nationals bypassing Malawi’s borders A shadowy parallel immigration operation is reportedly producing fake visas, work permits and residence permits for foreign nationals in Malawi, allegedly working hand-in-glove with corrupt immigration officials to bypass the […]
A house for sale in Lilongwe, a fresh start abroad — and unanswered questions about how a suspect under investigation was able to leave the country There is a modest, red-roofed house in Lilongwe currently listed for sale. Its owner, according to reports, is no longer in the country — and has not been for […]
Blantyre City Mayor Jomo Osman has met members of the city’s Asian community to discuss security and development concerns, pledging council action on street lighting, CCTV installation and enforcement of by-laws against unauthorised shabeens. Speaking after the engagement, Osman said unity had to underpin efforts to improve the city, calling for “one community, one city” […]
Malawi has paid tribute to the Indian diaspora’s decades-long contribution to the country’s economic and social development, with a senior government minister using the occasion to call for a more serious and strategic partnership between the two nations. The gathering in Blantyre on Friday evening, held under the theme “Bridging Nations: Celebrating the Indian Diaspora’s […]
Debates dominating public spaces recently haven’t been rosy for Malawians of Asian origin. If you sniff around—both in mainstream and social media; there appears to be a tacit understanding, or call it an agreement, that Malawians of Asian origin, commonly called ‘Amwenye’, are the country’s biggest players in the game of looting public resources. It […]
Some National Statistical Office (NSO) enumerators in the Population and Housing Census (PHC) underway have expressed concern over unwillingness by some Malawian residents of Asian origin to participate in the exercise. One enumerator in Mzuzu who opted for anonymity said some of the residents refuse to be interviewed. “I was denied access to some residences […]
Malawi police in Limbe have confiscated two pistols which two Asians used to shoot in the air after their car collided with a minibus in Limbe on Thursday in the evening. Police say the incident happened at Churchill street near Madinna Mosque, Limbe. Police say Sattar Zen, aged 31, Asian of Malawian origin, c/o P.O. […]
A self –proclaimed spiritual healer, an Asian Imtiaz Ali of Blantyre is a target of Malawi law enforcing agencies over obscene wealth he is amassed apparently by defrauding people . Ali, who has a Malawian passport obtained in questionable circumstance, charges people mostly rich business men and women for spiritual healing. His clients believe Ali […]
Fear has gripped the Asian community in Malawi as a prominent businessman was abducted and later found murdered with his mutilated body stuffed in his car boot (trunk) in the commercial capital, Blantyre, police and a human rights activist confirmed Wednesday. “We got a report of a missing person last (Tuesday) night and today (Wednesday) […]
Malawi Deputy High Commissioner to the United Kingdom John Tembo Jnr has asked Malawians of Asian origins to return and invest in their country, saying the legislative, business and political environment is conducive for any investor. Tembo made the call after touring Fashion Fabrics Transprinters, Europe’s 5th largest textile supplier Ismail family and Letsa Packaging […]
The Malawi Asians Organisation-United Kingdom has pledged to build 100 new strong houses for victims of the January, 2015 in worst affected villages. Chairman of MAO-UK Mr. Sony Pandekar made the announcement in Leicester in the United Kingdom during the launch of a joint Malawi Relief Effort fundraising campaign with Sebras Radio on Monday, 2 […]