Maizegate Archives

Macra questions Times over programming

Jan 15, 2017 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 53 &

Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has demanded an explanation from Times Group after the media house changed programming for Times Radio and Times TV on Friday. This comes after Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) closed the… ...

Janet Banda’s impartiality in investigating Chaponda under microscope

Jan 14, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 73 &

Janet Banda who is a member of the commission of inquiry investigating minister of agriculture George Chaponda has had her impartiality questioned after she attacked the courts for suspending the minister. Soon after the Mzuzu… ...

The Courts have overstepped mandate on Chaponda

Jan 12, 2017 Pearson Nkhoma 73 &

The news that Malawi High Court sitting in Mzuzu has ruled that Minister of Agriculture, Mr. George Chaponda, should be suspended pending outcome of the investigation into the maizegate scandal has been welcomed with jubilation.… ...