Bingu’s children withdraw Tigresses sponsorship

The four-year-old marriage between Tigresses Netball Club and late President Bingu wa Mutharika is finally over after the family announced it will no longer sponsor the team. The late president rescued the then cash-strapped club in 1999 after staying for about three years without sponsorship following the withdrawal by ADMARC. But after months of uncertainty […]

Callista succeeds in removing Mutharika’s children as managers of K61bn estate

Former first lady Callista Mutharika has so far succeeded in her pursuit to remove former president Bingu wa Mutharika’s daughters, Duwa and Tapiwa as administrators of the controversial deceased’s estate Callista, who did not appear as a beneficiary in Bingu’s will drawn in March 2008, about two years before the late Mutharika married her, filled […]

Mutharika’s widow, children agree out-of-court settlement on K61bn deceased estate

Former Malawi first lady Callista Mutharika has withdrawn her application in court to remove her stepchildren, Duwa and Tapiwa, as administrators of the controversial K61 billion (about $152m) deceased estate left by the late Bingu wa Mutharika, opting for an out-of-court settlement. Callista lodged an application at High Court in Zomba to revoke letters of […]

Malawi diplomatic passports withdrawn from Bingu’s children, ex- ministers

Malawi Immigration Department says it has ordered late president Bingu WA Mutharika’s children to surrender their diplomatic passports and that all former ministers with diplomatic passports should also surrender. Chief Immigration Officer Hudson Mankhwala confirmed to Nyasa Times that the published reports on the matter were true, saying the revocation of the diplomatic passports in […]

Callista suspects foul play, to challenge Mutharika’s will

Former First Lady Callista Mutharika is suspicious that her late husband’s children might have played a fast one on her following revelations that her name is missing on the list of beneficiaries of former president the late Bingu wa Mutharika’s Will. The will was written after the death of Mutharika’s first wife Ethel in 2007. Callista said in an interview with Nyasa […]

Callista asks Malawi court to remove Duwa, Tapiwa as administrators of Mutharika’s estate

A rift between Malawi’s former first lady Callista Mutharika and her step daughters shows no sign of abating following Callisita’s latest move in which she is asking the Malawi High Court to remove the children as administrators of the late President Bingu wa Mutharika’s estate. The two parties are already embroiled in another legal battle […]

Investigate Bingu’s billions, urges Malawi activist: Accounts frozen as daughters started money transfers

Human rights activist Justin Dzonzi of Justice Link, in an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times, has called on the authorities to investigate on how former President late Bingu wa Mutharika managed to amass worth totaling to K61 bilion in seven years. Dzonzi’s calls add on views expressed by many people on comments posted on Nyasa Times and […]

Malawi court orders MRA to pay Tapiwa Mutharika’s hotel bills for causing adjournment

The High Court in Blantyre has ordered Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) to settle hotel accommodation bills for late President Bingu wa Mutharika’s daughter, Tapiwa occasioned as result of case adjournment amounting to around K800,080.00. MRA and late Mutharika’s family are in court fighting over the intention by the tax-collection body to impound 41 vehicles late […]