Richard Jimu, Author at Malawi 24

Malawi VP Chilima on ‘hit list’

Oct 14, 2016 318

Thugs in the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration have masterminded a plot to kill Vice President Saulos Chilima, according to a leaked message. The text was leaked after the intelligence officer mistakenly sent it to… ...

Joyce Banda to launch 2019 presidential bid

Oct 11, 2016 392

Malawi's former President Joyce Banda will launch a presidential bid for the 2019 elections when she comes back to Malawi, according to reports. The former president has been globetrotting since losing the 2014 elections but… ...

Govt. statement on Mutharika’s whereabouts raises questions

Oct 10, 2016 259

The recent press statement from government on the whereabouts of the state President Peter Mutharika has raised questions with critics claiming that it has not addressed the serious questions that Malawians have on the whereabouts… ...

Agitated! Malawi Govt. to arrest anyone sharing news about Mutharika’s ‘death’!

Oct 10, 2016 1,106

The Malawi Government says it will arrest anyone spreading reports that President Peter Mutharika is ‘dead’, saying the stories are bringing fear and panic among Malawians. Mutharika is in the United States of America where… ...

‘ A short walk to freedom’ : Malawi cashgate convict Senzani now out of prison

Oct 07, 2016 165

She walked smiling to her home in Lilongwe yesterday having had her three year jail term cut short because of showing a ‘good character’; that is a brief story of former Principal Secretary in the Ministry of… ...

Mutharika’s delay not due to heart attack

Oct 04, 2016 179

Widespread reports on social media are showing that Malawi President Peter Mutharika has suffered a heart attack, but this is just not true, if what Information Minister Malison Ndau said is anything to go by.… ...

Poly opening stopped

Oct 02, 2016 3

In the continued unrest over new University of Malawi (Unima) fees structure, the university council has announced that the Malawi Polytechnic will not be opening this Monday as it was supposed to be. The college… ...