Month: January 2018 Posts

Christopher Mzomera Ngwira arrested: DPP MP nabbed for corruption

Jan 05, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 87 &

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Member of Parliament for Mzimba Hola Constituency, Christopher Mzomera Ngwira, has been arrested. While confirming the arrest, the Malawi AntiCorruption Bureau (ACB) revealed that Mzomera Ngwira had employed cashgate tricks to… ...

APM admits corruption is rife in government

Dec 25, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 37 &

President Peter Mutharika has admitted that corruption remains a big challenge in government. Mutharika made the sentiments during an interview with Zodiak Broadcasting Corporation. Mutharika said there are some government departments like Admarc where corruption… ...

Police Commissioner, two others convicted over theft of millions

Dec 20, 2017 Bright Malenga 3 &

The Magistrates Court in Lilongwe has convicted three people for stealing tax payers millions and has acquitted one in the process. In a statement released by Anti-Corruption Bureau and signed by its Senior Public Relations… ...

Activist Jephter Mwanza dead

Dec 13, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 17 &

Development and human rights activist Jephter Mwanza has died. Mwanza served as Plan Malawi Kalondolondo programe manager for about three years. He has been critical on authorities on matters of good governance, human rights, corruption… ...

JB accused of signing a pact with ‘the Devil’

Dec 02, 2017 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 47 &

Africa Confidential, one of Africa's celebrated publications, has described as a 'pact with the devil' the alliance that former Malawi president Joyce Banda is forging with the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). According to reports… ...

MCP: A party on the rise but hubris could make it lose everything

Nov 29, 2017 Stanley Onjezani Kenani 48 &

There are all signs that the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is in serious contention for the spot of ruling party in the 2019 elections. Even an Afrobarometer survey, the likes of which predicted a Peter… ...

ESCOM hikes blackout-persistent electricity tariffs by 25%

Nov 26, 2017 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 181 &

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) will be hiking the rates that Malawians pay for blackout-persistent electricity by 25%. The hike, likely to come into effect next month, will see people pay out K73.23 from… ...