Month: August 2020 Posts

DPP fires Secretary General Jeffrey

Aug 26, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has fired Secretary General Grezelder Jeffrey for pushing for party president Peter Mutharika’s resignation. Jeffrey has confirmed about her dismissal and that it relates to her calls for Mutharika to… ...

K0.5b bridge shocks Malawi: ACB opens corruption docket

Aug 23, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Malawi Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is investigating how a substandard bridge constructed in April in the commercial city of Blantyre cost the taxpayer close to half a billion Kwacha. Whistle-blower and Journalist Idriss Ali Nassah… ...

Chakwera says he will abide by Constitution on number of terms

Aug 21, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says he intends to abide by what the Malawi Constitution says on the number of terms a president can serve. Chakwera made the remarks on Wednesday in an interview with Straight Talk… ...

Mutharika’s bank accounts frozen

Aug 15, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Former Malawi President Peter Mutharika and wife Gertrude Mutharika’s bank accounts which contain “a lot of money” have been frozen as the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) investigates the K5 billion cement scandal. The bureau has also… ...

Chisale’s bail ruling set for August 28

Aug 14, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Judge Ivy Kamanga has set 28 August, 2020 as the date for the ruling on the bail application by former presidential bodyguard Norman Chisale who is facing murder charge over the killing of Issa Njauju.… ...

Chakwera and Chilima’s lawyers get K323 million

Aug 13, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Days after being awarded K7 billion, lawyers for President Lazarus Chakwera and Vice President Saulos Chilima have also been awarded K323 million in legal fees. Senior Deputy Registrar of the High Court, Justus Kishindo, has… ...

Talking Blues: Presidential benefit of doubt? That quota is exhausted

Aug 11, 2020 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

Since independence, Malawi has had six presidents who have presided over ‘seven’ regimes. We had the Kamuzu era, Bakili’s lost decade, Bingu’s first and second terms, Joyce Banda’s cash-gate stained short stint, Peter Mutharika’s six… ...