Supreme Court dismisses ACB appeal on Magistrate Mvula, Msungama, Gaffar: Acquittal upheld

An appeal by Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB)  against interdicted Blantyre principal resident magistrate Mzondi Mvula, who was acquitted by the High Court in May last year on corruption charges, has been dismissed by the Supreme Court of Malawi. ACB had filed an appeal against last year’s High Court judgement that acquitted Mvula and two others […]

Magistrate Mvula files contempt of court proceedings against Malawi Judiciary

The Judiciary in Malawi risks being turned into a clown court after it ignored a court ruling ordering it to reinstate and pay all arrears owed to Blantyre principal resident magistrateMzondi Mvula, who was acquitted by the High Court in May last year on corruption charges.. The Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested Mvula in June 2011 accusing him […]

Court acquits Magistrate Mvula, Gaffar on corruption charges

The High Court in Blantyre has acquitted Principal Resident Magistrates Zondi Mvula, politician Rashid Gaffa and soccer agent  Kondi Msungama on the accusations that they tried to extort K5 million from a businessman Ramish M Patel. The three were arrested last year on allegations that they conspired to defraud and extort K5 million from Patel […]

Chaponda ‘fighting’ against northern region judicial officers

Minister of Education George Chaponda who was instrumental in the formulation of the ‘quota system’ in public universities which annoyed the northern region is reported to be on another crusade to fight judicial officers from the north. According to published report, former Attorney General Ralph Kasambara accused Chaponda before High Court judge Geoffrey Mwase of […]

Magistrate Mzondi Mvula suspended

Blantyre principal resident magistrate Mzondi Mvula who the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested in June on corruption allegations, has been interdicted by the Judiciary, it has been reported. According to The Nation, Judicial Service Commission (JSC) secretary Dickson Chunga confirmed that the commission has received a copy of the interdiction letter from the Human Resource Department […]