Month: January 2022 Posts

Chakwera’s daughter starts working at Malawi mission in UK

Jan 04, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Violet Chakwera, the daughter of President Lazarus Chakwera, has started working at the Malawi High Commission in United Kingdom. Pictures shared on social media show Violet, her children and her husband visiting Buckingham Palace following… ...

Rev Nyondo confirmed as Malawi ambassador to Brazil

Nov 11, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Reverend Levi Nyondo, the former Secretary General of CCAP Livingstonia Synod, has been confirmed as Malawi's Ambassador to Brazil. Public Appointments Committee of Parliament Chairperson Joyce Chitsulo has approved the appointment of Nyondo who still… ...

My daughter not going to Brussels – Chakwera

Jul 28, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has denied appointing his daughter, Violet, to the to the Malawi Mission to the European Union in Brussels. In his first direct comment on alleged appointment of his daughter, the President challenged… ...

Chakwera practicing nepotism – Nankhumwa

Jul 09, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Leader of Opposition in Parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa has condemned President Lazarus Chakwera for appointing his own relatives, friends and cronies to serve in foreign missions without regard to merit and qualifications. Nankhumwa made the remarks… ...

I suffered alone in prison – Sembereka defends appointment

Jul 09, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) member  Macdonald Sembereka has defended his appointment as a diplomat, saying he suffered alone in prison. Sembereka together with two other rights activist, Luke Tembo and Billy Mayaya, have been… ...

HRDC defends activists turned diplomats

Jul 08, 2021 Martha Chikoti 2 &

Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has applauded its members for exercising their rights by accepting diplomatic appointments. Three HRDC members – Billy Mayaya, Luke Tembo and McDonald Sembereka – are among people appointed by President… ...

Boozegate: Malawi sends fraud-ridden diplomat to South Africa 

Jun 14, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi has replaced diplomats embroiled in the boozegate Scandal in South Africa with another controversial diplomat of questionable repute who was accused of using public funds for private purposes. Malawi's diplomats at the embassy in … ...