Month: January 2022 Posts

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… ...