In denying Chancellor College law students’ application for judicial review asking for the reopening of the institution that was closed on orders from t President Peter Mutharika, Zomba-based High Court judge Zione Ntaba admonished the students that what they were asking could have compromised immune systems of those who can easily catch the coronavirus. The […]
High Court judge Zione Ntaba, has denied Chancellor College law students’ application for judicial review that they were demanding for an order to quash President Peter Mutharika’s directives issued on March 20 2020 that led to the decision to close down Chancellor College. The leave for judicial review from the four students, among others issues, […]
In her key note address at the opening ceremony of the 2019 Institute of Chartered Accountants of Malawi (ICAM) conference at Sun ‘n’ Sand Holiday Resort in Mangochi on Thursday evening, guest of honour High Court judge Zione Ntaba said professionalism should not only be evidenced through academic and professional papers but the output they […]
Zomba-based High Court Judge Zione Ntaba has asked McDonald Masambuka’s family to be patient because one day justice will prevail in the case where their relation, a person with albinism, is believed to have been murdered in Machinga in April last year. Justice Ntaba made the assurance when she recused herself from the murder case […]
Zomba-based High Court Judge Justice Zione Ntaba has recused herself in a murder case of a 22-year-old young man with albinism MacDonald Masambuka after Alfred Yohane, one of the suspects, implicated some high profile Malawi government politicians including her uncle Dr Hertherwick Ntaba, an aide to President Peter Mutharika. Yohane, represented by lawyer Trouble Kalua […]
The High Court in Zomba Registry has ruled in favour of some disgruntled employees of the Judiciary who had taken to court the Chief Justice and the Judicial Service Commission, challenging their decisions to recruit new third grade magistrates from outside the civil service. The 16 employees, who work as court clerks of different grades […]
Hot Fellaz Entertainment Promotions in conjunction with HB Multimedia and Youth Net and Counselling (Yoneco) will on December 30, hold a Mr. and Miss Zomba pageant at Eastern Region Robin’s Park in Zomba. According to Hot Fellaz director Adolf Ndovie, the event has drawn together 10 contestants who are expected to outsmart each other in […]
The Women Judges Association of Malawi (WOJAM), Saturday, commemorated 16 days of Gender Based Activism with refugees and asylum seekers at the Dzaleka camp in Dowa. Speaking at the function, WOJAM’s Programs Coordinator, Justice Zione Ntaba, called on all the communities in the country not to entertain GBV cases in their respective areas. She urged […]
The High Court in Lilongwe has dismissed an application to stop, Zione Ntaba, a judge of the High Court based in Zomba, from the sale of a house in Lilongwe’s Area 12 which she claimed was fraudulently sold against the wishes of her late father, George Maurice Justice Ntaba. In a judgement delivered on June […]
Presidential aide Dr Heatherwick Ntaba has been faulted by the High Court in Lilongwe for his conduct in the deceased estate belonging to his relation in which he was one of the executors. Ntaba, who is also governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president for the Central Region, is at the centre of controversy over the fraudulent […]
Scores of sex workers ululated and handclapped at Zomba High Court after a judge quashed a lower court conviction of 19 prostitutes and ordered the state to return their K7000 each fine. Dedza fourth grade magistrate convicted and sentenced the prostitutes on February 24 on charges of living on earnings of prostitution. Police had no […]
Malawi’s revered female Judge Anastarzia Msosa was on Tuesday sworn-in by President Joyce Banda to manage the Judiciary in the country following the retirement of Justice Lovemore Munlo, SC and the Head of State pointed out that Malawians have huge expectations on fairness, justice, and timely delivery of judgments. There were also swearing-in of four new […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda has appointed four new High Court Judges, two of which are female, and elevated one High Court Judge to the Supreme Court of Appeals. According to the Office of President and Cabinet (OPC), the appointments of the five are with effective from Monday, June 17, 2013. The Malawi leader, first female […]