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Chaponda office fire: Kalua quells fears of evidence being destroyed

Feb 20, 2017 32

Outspoken Rumphi East legislator Kamlepo Kalua has claimed that the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the maizegate scandal has evidence on the saga which investigators can use. This follows fears that the inferno at the ministry… ...

Police warn rapists ‘we will arrest you’

Feb 20, 2017 7

Police in Chikhwawa have fired a warning shot at people who rape girls in the district saying that they are to be arrested. This comes barely five days after the Police at Nchalo in Chikhwawa… ...

Environmental expert happy with efforts to save forests

Feb 20, 2017 6

As Malawi is striving to increase its forest cover, an environmental expert Sosten Chiotcha has applauded the efforts of various stakeholders who have joined hands to bring back the glory of forests in the country.… ...

Mutharika told to clear maizegate mess

Feb 18, 2017 101

...Anti-Chaponda demos justified As pressure continues mounting on Malawi leader Peter Mutharika to fire Minister of agriculture, irrigation and water development George Chaponda over maizegate, a political scientist has urged the president to act in… ...

Fake doctor arrested

Feb 17, 2017 20

Police in Chikhwawa are keeping in custody a 46-year-old man for operating a clinic and practising medicine without a license. The suspect, John Mathews, was arrested on 8th February this year on suspicion that he… ...

Parliamentary inquiry: Transglobe connived with Chaponda in corrupt deal

Feb 16, 2017 32

A report by joint parliamentary committees of public accounts and on agriculture has repeated that transporter Transglobe and minister of agriculture, irrigation and water development George Chaponda should be investigated further on their involvement in… ...

MISA Malawi happy with ATI law

Feb 16, 2017 5

The Media Institute of South Africa (MISA) has applauded the signing of Access to Information (ATI) Bill into law. On Wednesday, government officials revealed that President Peter Mutharika has signed the much awaited ATI bill… ...