Month: September 2016 Posts

Karonga council workers in cooler over MASAF money

Sep 15, 2016 Luke Bisani 8 &

Karonga Police have arrested seven senior Karonga District Council workers suspected to have plundered money meant for Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF IV) projects. Among the seven include the director of planning and development David… ...

ChangemakerXchange set to curb corruption

Jul 31, 2016 Luke Bisani 3 &

With corruption being a song that has now been part of the day, three international organizations have organised a workshop to equip interested youth from Malawi and other countries with skills they can use to… ...

Corruption lands Bisnowaty in hot soup

Jul 30, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 39 &

Member of the Malawi Parliament (MP) for Lilongwe City Central David Bisnowaty is in trouble after his donors dumped him following reports that implicated him in a multimillion corruption scandal. It was reported earlier this… ...

Nankhumwa warns chiefs against corruption

Jul 27, 2016 Richard Jimu 28 &

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Kondwani Nankhumwa has warned chiefs against being involved in corruption saying the vice negatively affects the country’s development. Nankhumwa made the remarks during the installation of two people… ...

Mphwiyo has last ‘Ralph’ as Bushiri fails to save his servant

Jul 21, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 308 &

The High Court in Lilongwe has found guilty former Malawi attorney general and justice minister Ralph Kasambara guilty of conspiring to murder the country's former budget director Paul Mphwiyo. In a televised ruling, Judge Micheal… ...

No Holds Barred! Issa Njauju: No justice, one year on

Jul 17, 2016 José Safarao 19 &

On 2 July last year, Issa Njauju left his office at the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to head home. He never reached his destination. His body was discovered two days later behind Presidential Villas in Lilongwe.… ...

BREAKING: Lionel Messi sentenced to 21 months in jail

Jul 06, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 93 &

Barcelona football icon , Lionel Messi, has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for tax fraud amounting to €4.1 million (MK3.2 billion). He has been jailed along with his father, Jorge Messi. Prosecutors said… ...

No Holds Barred! Corruption in police recruitment must be investigated, punished

Jun 12, 2016 José Safarao 44 &

Malawi Police Service (MPS) officials this week seemed proud of their efforts in identifying and dismissing from police training schools a total of 442 bogus recruits. “We have managed to send back 361 people from… ...

Lutepo wants K1 Billion for sex report

Jun 06, 2016 Aubrey Makina 214 &

...I am not having sex Cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo is ready to knock on the doors of the courts again, in demand of a staggering one billion Malawi Kwacha. According to information that Malawi24 has, Lutepo… ...

No holds barred! A reflection on Gondwe’s K1.1 trillion budget

May 29, 2016 José Safarao 24 &

In his remarks at the beginning of his 77-page budget statement, Malawi's Finance Minister, Goodall Gondwe, decried what he described as “Western-style bonuses to top executives in the private sector,” and called them a major… ...

No Holds Barred! What is the truth on China money?

May 22, 2016 José Safarao 19 &

Malawi President Peter Mutharika said in his State of the Nation Address on Friday that the much-touted $600 million Kam’mwamba Coal Fired Power Project will be funded by a loan from a Chinese Bank called… ...

Panama papers: Press Trust among 46 Malawi businesses in off-shore tax haven

May 17, 2016 Collins Mtika 5 &

...Reserve Bank defends 'tax dodgers' ...“We don’t pay tax to Malawi” says Press Trust The Reserve Bank of Malawi has disclosed that it duly approved Press Trust Overseas Limited, a subsidiary of Press Trust, to… ...

No holds barred: Mutharika must be impeached for meddling with the Muluzi case

May 15, 2016 José Safarao 102 &

One day in December last year, President Peter Mutharika arrived at Chisitu Community Ground in Mulanje District wearing a grey suit and dark glasses. He was here to preside over the commemoration of the International… ...

Breaking: Muluzi’s co-accused, Lyness Whiskey, collapses in Court

Apr 18, 2016 Luke Bisani 198 &

Second accused in former Malawi President Bakili Muluzi’s  K1.7 bllion corruption case Lyness Whiskey has collapsed in Blantyre high court today. According to Judiciary Spokesperson Mlenga Mvula Whiskey started gasping as soon as she got… ...

Zuma found guilt! Asked to pay back money he stole from SA govt

Mar 31, 2016 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 238 &

…Zuma’s journey ends here - Malema The South Africa Constitutional Court has given President Jacob Zuma three months to pay back the money he drew from the public coffer that he used to upgrade his… ...