Month: October 2023 Posts

Court discharges Cassim Chilumpha’s 17-year-old treason case

Oct 18, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The High Court in Blantyre has discharged the case involving Malawi’s former vice president Cassim Chilumpha who was accused of plotting to assassinate former president late Bingu Wa Mutharika. The case commenced in 2006 when… ...

Yoneco ordered to compensate sex workers

Oct 10, 2023 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The High Court has ordered Youth Net and Counselling (Yoneco) to pay compensation to Female Sex Workers Association of Malawi over breach of contract in a K3.5 billion project. The High Court in Blantyre has… ...

DPP challenges High Court ruling on convention

Oct 01, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has challenged the High Court's order for the party to hold a convention in 90 days. The DPP says in a statement it has applied for a stay of the… ...

High Court orders DPP to hold convention

Sep 30, 2023 Chikondi Daza 0 &

The High Court in Lilongwe has ordered the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to hold a convention within 90 days. In July this year, DPP National Governing Council (NGC) made a resolution that the elective conference… ...

Chilima asks court to throw out corruption case

Sep 26, 2023 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Vice President of Malawi Saulos Chilima has asked the High Court in Lilongwe to dismiss corruption charges against him as the charges do not show the amount Chilima allegedly received from businessperson Zuneth Sattar. Chilima… ...

Man granted bail after close to two years in prison

Sep 08, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A 54-year-old man has been granted bail in Lilongwe after spending over one-and-a-half years in prison without being prosecuted following allegations that he killed a suspected intruder. The man Madalitso Shuga of Ngomani Village in… ...

Chilima gets his wish in K300 million corruption case

Aug 01, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The High Court in Lilongwe has varied Vice President Saulos Chilima's bail conditions, saying it is not necessary for the state to keep his passport and for Chilima to appear before the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)… ...