Month: January 2022 Posts

Buluma: I was offered K410 million bribe

Jan 20, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) acting Chief Executive Officer Helen Buluma has revealed that she was told she would be given US$500,000 (about K410 million) if she corruptly awarded contracts to companies favoured by… ...

Malawi ex-miners start accessing benefits

Jan 20, 2022 Contributor* 0 &

Deputy Minister of Labour, Vera Kamtukule, says 15 ex-miners have received benefits from the Provident Fund of South Africa. Kamtukule made the remarks in Lilongwe on Thursday during a press briefing under Government Faces the… ...

Court adjourns Kalindo case over lawyer no-show

Jan 20, 2022 Contributor* 0 &

Zomba Chief Resident Magistrate, Austin Banda, has adjourned to a later date a case involving politician, Bon Kalindo, following the absence of his lawyer Gilbert Khonyongwa. Counsel Timothy Chirwa who represented Kalindo's lawyer, requested for… ...

Malawians take over BBC social media pages over coverage deemed racist

Jan 20, 2022 Baxter Mkumba 0 &

Malawians have taken over British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) social media pages, demanding an apology from the media company over its Facebook post about President Lazarus Chakwera’s pledge to the Malawi National Football Team. On Tuesday,… ...

Buluma says she was threatened with job loss over NOCMA fuel deals

Jan 20, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Kambala (2nd from R) and Chihana (3rd from R) at the court National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) acting Chief Executive Officer Helen Buluma has told a court in Lilongwe that former Minister of Energy… ...

People in Lilongwe city asked to plant more trees

Jan 20, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Mayor for Lilongwe City Council Mayor Richard Banda has encouraged people in the city to plant more trees in order to restore the environment. Banda made the statement during the official launch of Greening Lilongwe… ...

Ex-convict gets 21 years in jail for raping nine-year-old child

Jan 20, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Sopani Ng'ambi A 30-year-old man, who was released from prison after serving two years of a nine-year sentence for raping a child, is going back to prison for raping another child. The Senior Resident… ...