corruption Archives

Cashgate: Leonard Kalonga gets 7 years

Mar 16, 2018 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 17 &

Cashgate convict Leonard Kalonga has been handed a 7-year jail sentence for stealing close to K4 billion of public funds. Kalonga, who worked as Ministry of Tourism Assistant Director, was convicted in August 2015 for his involvement… ...

Kaliati duped

Mar 12, 2018 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 14 &

Former Malawi cabinet minister, Patricia Kaliati, has lost over one million Kwacha to a fraudster who has conned several DPP and government officials. According to published reports, Kaliati deposited the money into an Airtel Money… ...

Loans board under probe over K17m contract

Feb 26, 2018 Russell Kondowe 4 &

Higher Education Students Loans and Grants Board (HESLGB) is being investigated by Police following revelations that the Board paid K17 million for printing of forms. It was revealed earlier this month that the board paid… ...

JB asks for support to fight corruption

Feb 22, 2018 Bright Malenga 67 &

Former Malawi president Dr Joyce Banda has asked western countries to support leaders who are fighting against corruption in Africa. Banda made the call in United States on Wednesday during a panel discussion titled "The… ...

Jacob Zuma resigns

Feb 15, 2018 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 38 &

South Africa's embattled President Jacob Zuma has resigned, ending a 9-year rule seen by many as the most troubled period for the rainbow nation since the end of the apartheid. Zuma’s decision came after days of intense… ...

State capture: Malawi’s Attorney General ‘Lawyers’ private firm

Feb 09, 2018 Thokozani Chenjezi & Collins Mtika 0 &

Malawi’s Attorney-General – the government’s legal adviser and representative in all court cases against the state – improperly acted for a multinational company embroiled in a long-running legal dispute, the Centre for Investigative Journalism Malawi… ...

Mzomera out on bail

Jan 05, 2018 Mwayi Mkandawire 68 &

Just hours after his arrest, DPP lawmaker Christopher Mzomera Ngwira has successfully been granted bail. The Anti Corruption Bureau, in a statement released today indicated that the Mzimba Hora member of Parliament was arrested for… ...