Month: October 2020 Posts

K1.2 trillion of corruption investigated: More than half of national budget end in looting

Oct 19, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has revealed that 73 cases which involve accumulated loot of K1.2 trillion have been reviewed for prosecution. ACB Director General, Reyneck Matemba, revealed this at a press briefing in Lilongwe. He… ...

Corruption at State House: Chakwera using “Do as I say not as I do” policy

Oct 19, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

State House officials in the Lazarus Chakwera administration have been named in a scam in which K65 million in taxpayers’ funds has been stolen. Chakwera was elected in June after promising to eradicate corruption but… ...

South African lecturer gets life in prison over murder of Malawian academic

Oct 19, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A South African lecturer has been handed a life sentence for killing a Malawian academic who was his workmate. The Malawian is Gregory Kamwendo who was killed outside his home in 2018. He was the… ...

Katili community demands potable water, good road

Oct 19, 2020 Jordan Simeon-Phiri - MEC Stringer 0 &

Community members from four villages under group village headman Chaghama in the area of Paramount Chief Kyungu in Karonga Central constituency have called on government to open up the hard to reach area by rehabilitating… ...

Four arrested for vandalizing police unit in Mponela

Oct 19, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Four people have been arrested at Mponela in Dowa on suspicion that they were involved in vandalising Bowe Police Unit in an attempt to attack a suspect who was in the police cell. The vandalism… ...

Chakwera yet to fire Malawi’s Chief Mining Director

Oct 19, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera is yet to fire Chief Mining Director in Malawi’s Ministry of Mining who demanded money and mobile phones from a Chinese miner in exchange for renewing a mining licence. Leaked recordings have… ...

Hockey Stadium launched in Blantyre

Oct 19, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Minister of Youth and Sports Ulemu Msungama on Sunday commissioned the Hockey Stadium in Blantyre as Malawi plans to host the Africa Hockey Club Championship next year. The launch comes four years down the line… ...