Month: December 2021 Posts

Talking Blues: Talk is cheap; actions speak

Dec 05, 2021 Mapwiya Muulupale 2 &

“Within the first two years of being president, I will change everything in the way that we run things. If I don’t change everything in two years, I will resign.” Then-leader of opposition, now State… ...

ACB says Mota Engil was awarded 48 billion Malawi Kwacha contract without solid basis

Dec 04, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) says the Ministry of Transport Public Works awarded a 48 billion Malawi Kwacha contract for upgrading of Marka-Bangula railway to Mota Engil without any solid basis. The bureau has ordered the ministry… ...

I will come back to South Africa – Bushiri

Nov 25, 2021 Sibu M. Mokoena 0 &

Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, an alleged fugitive who is fighting extradition to South Africa to face fraud and money laundering charges, is reportedly ready to return to the Rainbow nation if his safety is guaranteed. News24… ...

Magistrate Court replaces MUST on 2000 Malawi Kwacha banknote

Nov 24, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has replaced the image of the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) at the back of the K2000 banknote with an image of Blantyre Magistrate Court to represent the… ...

CDEDI wants fresh probe into Malawi State House’s payment to Crossroads Hotel

Nov 23, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Rights group, Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI), says it will soon write the Director General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Martha Chizuma to propose a fresh probe into the K12.5 million Crossroads… ...

Talking Blues: Mr President, Malawians’ patience is wearing thin

Nov 21, 2021 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

“Corruption costs Malawi K412.5 billion”, “MW2063 agenda faces corruption threat”, “13 suppliers Boycott AIP”, “10 AIP suppliers yet to sign contracts”, “Malawi helpless on price increases”, “Patients forced to skip meals” and “Bureaucracy irks Lazarus… ...

Immigration officer arrested over corruption

Nov 19, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Immigration Officer Paul Lada for demanding and receiving K1 million from a Cameroonian national who was convicted by a court in Malawi after trying to obtain a Malawian passport. ACB… ...