Month: June 2022 Posts

Joshua Chisa Mbele defends his Facebook posts in court

Jun 17, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Activist Joshua Chisa Mbele today in court defended his Facebook posts including one in which he wrote "voting out DPP is like jumping urine just to end up stepping on faeces" and another in which… ...

Screenshots of Chisa Mbele’s Facebook posts allowed as evidence in court

Jun 14, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Senior Resident Magistrate Wanagwa Nyirenda has allowed the state to present documents containing screenshots of activist Joshua Chisa Mbele's Facebook posts as evidence. Nyirenda has given the go ahead today as the state wants Mbele… ...

Corruption goes after Joshua Chisa Mbele

Jun 09, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Activist Joshua Chisa Mbele was back in court this morning as the state wants him re-arrested over his social media posts. Mbele appeared before Senior Resident Magistrate Wanangwa Nyirenda in Lilongwe where the state argued… ...

Police want Chisa Mbele re-arrested

Jun 06, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Malawi Police want activist Joshua Chisa Mbele’s bail to be revoked due to his social media posts. Mbele, a critic of the Tonse Alliance government, was arrested in January for sharing a document on social… ...

Quay Energy is a bogus company established to defraud Malawi: Government plans to pay K1 billion every month for 25 years

Apr 06, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Social media commentators have described Quay Energy as a "bogus company" with the sole purpose of defrauding the Malawi government through the Salima-Lilongwe Water Project. The company, social commentators have found, will be pocketing K1… ...

Joshua Mbele waitanitsa zionetsero zoikira kumbuyo Martha Chizuma

Feb 24, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

M’modzi mwa anthu oyankhulapo pazinthu zosiyanasiyana makamaka pa masamba a mchezo a Joshua Chisa Mbele, ayitanitsa zionetsero sabata yamawa powonetsa kusakondwa ndi zomwe mkulu wa bungwe la Anti-Corruption Bureau, Martha Chizuma akukumana nazo. Kuitanitsidwa kwa… ...

I am standing for presidency: Joshua Chisa Mbele reveals plans to defeat Chakwera

Feb 19, 2022 Baxter Mkumba 0 &

Social commentator and clean energy business mogul Joshua Chisa Mbele says he is repositioning to kick out Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera and the Tonse Alliance regime out of power in 2025. Chisa Mbele made the… ...

Chisa Mbele arrested after ‘orders from above’

Jan 12, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawians are demanding the release of social media activist Joshua Chisa Mbele amid revelations that he was arrested "on orders from above." Writer and Social media commentator Onjezani Kenani said he has spoken to Mbele… ...

Mbele charged with defamation

Jan 12, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi Police says social media activist Joshua Chisa Mbele will answer the charge of defamation after he shared a document on social media. The document, which is deemed to contain fake and defamatory information, lists… ...

Malawi Police arrest social media activist

Jan 11, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi Police have arrested social media activist Joshua Chisa Mbele after he posted on Facebook a document that contains names of government officials. The document, which seem to contain fake information, claims that the listed… ...

Joshua Mbele apologises to Pastor Chakwera

Nov 01, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Social and political commentator Joshua Chisa Mbele has issued a public apology to  Pastor Nick Chakwera, who is President Lazarus Chakwera’s son. Mbele has apologised for claiming that Chakwera was a business partner of Pastor… ...

Chakwera’s defamation case: Social commentator ordered to pay K3 million

Aug 27, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A social commentator has been ordered to pay K3 million in the case in which Nick Chakwera claimed damages for defamation. Chakwera, President Lazarus Chakwera’s son, initially demanded K270 million from social commentator Joshua Chisa… ...

Chakwera’s son demands K270 million from social commentator

Aug 08, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

President Lazarus Chakwera’s son, Nick Chakwera, is demanding K270 million from a social commentator over defamatory content posted on Facebook. This is according to submissions by Chakwera’s lawyers dated 5 August. The submissions come days… ...

Court orders social commentator to apologize to Chakwera’s son

Aug 05, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Lilongwe High Court on Wednesday ordered social and political commentator Joshua Chisa Mbele to issue a public apology to President Lazarus Chakwera's son, Nick Chakwera. In April this year, Mbele alleged that Martin Mainja,… ...

Return of Police State: Malawi Police summon commentator for questioning

Jul 28, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Police in Salima this morning summoned a social media commentator for questioning. Joshua Chisa Mbele says he was taken from Salima by Assistant Commissioner of Police CID and driven to Lilongwe on a Cyber related… ...