Month: August 2020 Posts

ESCOM loses K10.5 million from illegal connections at Nthandizi Market

Aug 04, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says it has lost K10.5 million from illegal connections that bypassed ESCOM meter board and supplied electricity to 30 buildings at at Nthandizi Market in Blantyre. ESCOM Public Relations… ...

A con man, the Eiffel Tower and lady Karma

Aug 02, 2020 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

History is littered with infamous con men. Gregor MacGregor and Victor Lustig are perhaps the most legendary. MacGregor, a Scot, is best known for a scam where he invented an entirely non-existent country and was… ...

The mystery behind the gruesome murder of Issa Njauju! A whistle-blower’s account

Aug 01, 2020 Wise One From the East 0 &

First published in 2016* Advisory: Wise One from the East, like you, has unanswered questions about the gruesome murder of Issa Njauju who at the time of his death was Malawi Anti–Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director… ...

23 computers stolen at Malawi audit offices

Jul 31, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Thieves have stolen 23 computers at Central Internal Audit Unit offices, days after President Lazarus Chakwera claimed that over K1 trillion was stolen from government coffers. Director of the office, Dickson Chasambira, said the thieves… ...

Govt urged to establish national prosecution agency

Jul 28, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Alliance has proposed the setting up of a national prosecution agency to take away one role of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) because the ACB has a lot on its plate. The chairperson of… ...

Chakwera is a liar – Nankhumwa

Jul 28, 2020 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 0 &

Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa has hit back at President Lazarus Chakwera for accusing the former governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of stealing more than MK1 trillion during its six years in power. In his… ...

Politicians, Asian-Malawians control billions of Malawi’s taxes – Chakwera

Jul 27, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says his government will break the cartel of politicians and politically connected Asian-Malawian businesspersons which control billions of taxes using a flawed system of awarding government contracts. The Malawi leader said this… ...