A baffling one-hour discrepancy has emerged over the moment the wreckage of the aircraft carrying former Vice-President Saulos Chilima and eight others was discovered — raising fresh questions over the desperate search operation and the preservation of vital evidence. Parliament’s Ad-hoc Committee investigating the Chikangawa plane crash has expressed concern after being presented with two […]
A fiery parliamentary inquiry into the tragic plane crash that killed Malawi’s Vice-President Saulos Chilima descended into chaos on Monday after an explosive row erupted between furious politicians. The Ad-Hoc Parliamentary Committee hearing turned into a dramatic showdown when Lilongwe Mude MP Mphatso Boti Phiri blasted suggestions that phones were the only items damaged when […]
The Parliamentary Ad-Hoc Committee investigating the Chikangawa plane crash says it’s on track to wrap up the third phase of its probe by the end of October, after hammering out a fresh six-week schedule to grill key witnesses involved in the search and rescue operation. Committee members were locked in lengthy talks over the revised […]
A Malawian MP has demanded an urgent shake-up of retirement rules for the country’s most critical professionals, warning Malawi is haemorrhaging vital expertise abroad — after the parliamentary inquiry into the crash that killed former vice-president Saulos Chilima heard a top aviation expert was forced to stop flying simply because he turned 65. Walter Nyamilandu, […]
MP Walter Nyamilandu has melted hearts online after sharing a glamorous photo with his wife to celebrate a huge relationship milestone – their 11th wedding anniversary. The politician, dapper in a navy blue suit with a red patterned tie and matching pocket square, posed alongside his elegant wife, who stunned in a chic white pleated […]
Investigators probing the Chikangawa plane crash have called in two South African forensic pathology experts as the parliamentary inquiry into the disaster enters a critical new phase — amid growing questions over whether Malawi has the expertise to handle the investigation alone. The Ad Hoc Committee investigating the crash has enlisted renowned specialists Dr Robert […]
Chaos erupted in Malawi’s National Assembly today after an MP was falsely accused of breaching the chamber’s strict dress code, prompting a stern rebuke from the Speaker over the importance of getting facts right before making accusations. As MPs filed back into the chamber following a break, the Member of Parliament for a southern Mzimba […]
Chaos erupted at the Commission of Inquiry into the Chikangawa plane crash after the chairperson was forced to publicly rebuke former National Intelligence Service (NIS) Director General Dokani Ngwira for repeatedly laughing during his testimony — warning his reaction risked trivialising the tragedy that claimed nine lives. Commission chairperson Walter Nyamilandu Manda hit out at […]
Reports indicate that the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) is taking unnecessary time to give Meck Mwase a full-time job as Head Coach for the Malawi National Football Team. Mwase’s short term contract came to an end last December and was asked by FAM to take care of the team on interim basis from January […]