corruption Archives

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… ...

Kamlepo: PP met Mutharika to save Joyce Banda from arrest

Nov 22, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 159 &

…APM accepts to protect JB Peoples Party (PP)’s vice president Kamlepo Kalua has disclosed PP is forging an alliance with Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in order to save Joyce Banda from cashgate-related arrest. Kamlepo also… ...

Malawi Cashgate thief, Godfrey Dzanjalimodzi, jailed for 8 years

Nov 15, 2017 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 111 &

The High Court in Lilongwe has jailed contractor Godfrey Dzanjalimodzi to eight years for theft and money laundering K338million in connection with the cashgate scandal. He had deposited into WG Construction, a company he co-owned,… ...