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Airtel Malawi official arrested for stealing customers’ money

Apr 14, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police in Mzuzu have arrested an Airtel Malawi Customer Service Representative identified as Jacob Singini for allegedly stealing money from Airtel customers' mobile money wallets. Inspector Paul Tembo who is Mzuzu Police Publicist has confirmed… ...

SAPS caught pants down: Charters Thabo Bester a private jet

Apr 14, 2023 Sibu M. Mokoena 0 &

South Africa Police Service (SAPS) failed to provide concrete explanation why they chartered a private jet to extradite fugitive Thabo Bester and his wife, Dr Nandipha Magudumana from Tanzania. During the Portfolio Committee on Justice… ...

Four Greenbelt ex-directors arrested over missing K2.4 billion

Apr 13, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi Police have arrested four former directors of Nchalo Greenbelt Limited (NGBL) for failing to account for K2.4 billion which ADMARC gave NGBL for production of cotton. The four are accused of misappropriating public funds… ...

Pemphero Mphande sues TNM

Feb 19, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Social media influencer, Pemphero Mphande, is demanding damages from Telekom Networks Malawi (TNM) and TNM Mpamba Limited, saying some people were allowed to register sim cards under the name ‘Pemphero Mphande’ without proper documentation and… ...

K40 million missing at Malawi Sugarcane Association

Feb 01, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Members of the association during their annual general meeting The Sugarcane Growers Association of Malawi (SUGAM) is failing to account for over 40 million kwacha allegedly lost due to maladministration. This was revealed during the… ...

Driver earns 3 years for stealing money from boss’ bank account

Jan 12, 2023 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

A 42-year-old man identified as Rex Impossible has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for transferring K620,000 from his boss' National Bank of Malawi account into his Mobile Airtel Money account in Blanytre. This… ...

Zamkutu! Gwengwe wati a Malawi ayiwale za K7 thililiyoni ya Bridgin

Jan 11, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Pomwe anthu anali ndichiyembekezo kuti zinthu zambiri zitha kuyamba kuyenda bwino kaamba ka ndalama yokwana K7 thililiyoni yomwe bungwe lakunja la Bridgin Foundation limayenera kupeleka ku dziko lino, nduna ya zachuma a Sosten Gwengwe athira… ...

Tnm employee, agent arrested for stealing over K3 million from customers’ bank accounts

Dec 17, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Police have arrested a Tnm employee and a Tnm Mpamba agent in Zomba for fraudulently swapping customers' SIM cards and using the SIM cards to empty bank accounts belonging to the customers. Two ex-convicts involved… ...

Malawi’s K176 billion deal with UK company raises suspicions

Nov 24, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi Government signed a sovereign guarantee for Auzano Capital Management Ltd, a United Kingdom based which is 10 months old, to provide US$170 million (about K176 billion) for procurement of 350,000 metric tonnes of fertilizer.… ...

Tisiyileni Buluma timuthyole khosi – achinyamata a MCP

Nov 23, 2022 Aubrey Makina 0 &

Mdima umene a Malawi ena anauona mu utsogoleri wa chipani cha MCP wayandikanso pamene a chinyamata a chipanichi ati akufuna kupha Helen Buluma. Malinga ndi mchezo wa pa makina a Intaneti a WhatsApp umene wafala… ...

Parliament to investigate Alliance Capital fallout

Nov 16, 2022 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Parliament of Malawi has instituted an inquiry to investigate Alliance Capital Limited, a company in which people invested and lost billions of Kwachas. This was disclosed in Parliament yesterday after a member of Parliament for… ...

2022 AIP to be launched this weekend

Nov 15, 2022 Shorai Mopiwa 0 &

The Government of Malawi will launch the Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) in Dedza district on 19th November, weeks after K750 million was lost in the procurement of fertilizer for the program. Secretary for Agriculture Medrina… ...

Fraud Alert: Chimwendo Banda threatens to sue Gaming Board finance Director in relation to K0.6 billion scandal

Nov 12, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Chimwendo Minister of Sports and Youth Richard Chimwendo Banda has threatened to sue Malawi Gaming Board (MGB) Finance Director Henry Bakuwa over the K600 million scandal. The threat follows Bakuwa’s claim that the Minister received… ...

Parliamentary Committee probes disappearance of NFRA maize worth K112.5 million

Nov 07, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Kalekeni The Joint Parliamentary Committee has today questioned National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) board over the disappearance of 7,500 bags of maize worth K112.5 million. The maize was taken in 13 trucks by businessperson Smollett… ...

Fraudsters selling fake fertilizer in Malawi

Nov 07, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Minister of Agriculture Sam Kawale says authorities are investigating reports that some people are selling fake fertilizer in Malawi. The minister has said this in a statement today after a video circulated on social media… ...