Day: January 13, 2023

By Deus Chikalaza President Lazarus Chakwera’s Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is under intense pressure to win back Malawians trust over numerous scandals being exposed just two years in power. Reverend Chakwera has been betrayed by his own trusted errands whom were put in key Tonse Alliance government position. Chakwera with appetite for power despite his […]

The Lilongwe Chief Resident Magistrate Madalitso Chimwaza has committed the human trafficking case involving Mutharika’s stepson Tadikira and five others to High Court in Mzuzu. According to Chimwaza, this has been done with a sole reason that the cases were committed in Mzuzu. Meanwhile, according to the court, Tadikira and the other five accomplies have […]

The National Planning Commission is set to award Former President Bakili Muluzi for among other things, leading the setting-up of governance institutions like the Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB), the office of the Ombudsman and Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC), among others. Director General of the Commission Thomas Munthali says the Inter-generational Development Champion award is also […]

Parliamentarians yesterday questioned the rationale behind a Malawi Government decision to guarantee $170 million (about K170 billion) for a United Kingdom-based supplier contracted by Smallholder Farmers Fertiliser Revolving Fund of Malawi (SFFRFM). But Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Sosten Gwengwe assured the legislators that the sovereign guarantee did not put public funds at risk […]

The Department of Prisons and Rehabilitation, Botswana Prisons Service revealed on Wednesday morning in Gaborone that a new law has been passed. The law states that inmates will soon begin to get a monthly salary for the work they do while in prison. This is done to help them with their daily needs while in […]

The Malawi National Association for the Deaf (MANAD) in conjunction with the Centre for Language Studies (CLS) yesterday, 24 November, launched the first ever Malawian Sign Language Dictionary at the University of Malawi. Commenting on the dictionary, UNIMA Associate Professor of Linguistics, Dr Winfred Mkochi heaped praises on MANAD saying itis a step in the […]

Riaz Jakhura of Speedy’s Car Sales Limited, who had allegedly fled the country when the police wanted him to answer criminal charges, finally appeared before the Blantyre Principal Resident Magistrate Court on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 and took plea. Jakhura pleaded not guilty to four counts of criminal trespass, intimidation, assault occasioning bodily harm, and […]

The Anti-Corruption Bureau–ACB is regarding revelations on dubious fuel contract deals as a complaint worth probing. Former Acting CEO of the National Oil Company of Malawi–NOCMA Hellen Buluma yesterday made shocking revelations that she was pressurized to sign dubious contracts. Buluma appeared before the parliamentary Appointments Committee-PAC on issues relating to her recruitment and apparent […]

Board members of the National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) board risk facing the wrath of parliament for failing to appear before Public Appointments Committee–PAC.They were summoned to appear before PAC yesterday over issues surrounding former NOCMA Acting CEO, Hellen Buluma, on whether she got fired or resigned on her own.According to the parliamentary committee, […]