Month: August 2022 Posts

MERA warns filling stations over fuel hoarding

Aug 04, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) has warned that it will revoke licences of fuel service stations found hoarding fuel. MERA released a statement yesterday saying it had noted an increase in illegal fuel vending in… ...

Village headman arrested for forgery

Aug 03, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police in Lilongwe have arrested Group Village Headman Noah Sosola and a man identified as Boniface Gauti for allegedly soliciting funds from various people using letters containing a forged signature of the Chairperson of the… ...

Deloitte fined over its audit of Malawi Leaf Company

Jul 21, 2022 Shorai Mopiwa 0 &

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Malawi (ICAM) has fined Deloitte Malawi after finding the auditing firm guilty in cases involving its audits of Malawi Leaf Company. ICAM conducted investigations through the Ethics and Investigations… ...

K1 million winner says he thought win was fraud

Jul 13, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The man who has won K1 million in the FDH Bank “Kukonza Tsogolo Promotion” is a police officer and he says he suspected fraud when he received a call from the bank. The winner has… ...

K1 million winner rejects prize

Jul 13, 2022 Russell Kondowe 1 &

A man who has emerged winner of K1 million in the FDH "Kukonza Tsogolo Promotion" first draw has told the bank to give the money to the poor because he already has money. FDH Bank… ...

Batatawala: Details revealed of how tycoon duped the Malawi army, Police and Immigration

Mar 23, 2022 Sibu M. Mokoena 0 &

Abdul Karim Batatawala - a Malawian of Indian origin who came to Malawi as a shopkeeper operating in Limbe but rose to a business kingpin is said to have scammed the Malawi army, Police and… ...

Shiraz Ferreira’s multibillion claim questionable

Mar 03, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawians are questioning the legitimacy of a claim for 24 billion Malawi Kwacha from government by controversial businessman of Indian origin Shiraz Ferreira. A report by Platform for Investigative Journalism (PIJ Malawi) states that Ferreira… ...

Police tips mobile money agents

Jan 07, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Ndirande Police Station through the Community Policing branch has commenced its activities for this year by engaging Mobile Money Agents in the area on fraud prevention. The Crime Prevention Office took the initiative to the… ...

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… ...

Call him Dr Nankhumwa: Malawi Leader of Opposition buys degree

Nov 15, 2021 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The pandemic of fake papers continues to terrorise Malawi after it has emerged that Leader of Opposition who is also Presidential aspirant, Kondwani Nankhumwa, has purchased himself a doctorate degree. Nankhumwa, who is also the… ...

Kachaje has a Master Degree from “Jerusalem University”, reveals Ombudsman leaked report

Nov 10, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Malawi Ombudsman has determined that the appointment of Mr Henry Kachaje as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) flouted procedures as the motivational speaker did not possess the minimum qualification… ...

Inside the Ombudsman report nullifying the appointment of MERA ex-CEO Henry Kachaje

Nov 10, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A court injunction has this morning sought to save embarrassment from illegally appointed Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) CEO, Henry Kachaje. However, the contents of the report (which you can download here) have not failed… ...

Kachaje appointed MERA CEO

Aug 24, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Economist and motivational speaker Henry Kachaje is the new Chief Executive Officer of Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA). The MERA board of directors has appointed Kachaje as MERA boss effective today. MERA received 92 applications… ...

Airtel, Standard Bank fined over K100 million after fraudsters steal customer’s money

Jul 21, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Airtel Malawi and Standard Bank have been ordered to pay over K100 million to a customer whose K24 million was stolen from a Standard Bank account following a swim swap conducted by Airtel Malawi. Judge… ...

Nyekhwe! Zameer Karim re-arrested

Apr 15, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Controversial business mogul, Zameer Karim, who donated several cars and cash of about K145 million to the then Malawi President Peter Mutharika has been arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on fraud related charges. ACB… ...