Month: August 2020 Posts

A con man, the Eiffel Tower and lady Karma

Aug 02, 2020 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

History is littered with infamous con men. Gregor MacGregor and Victor Lustig are perhaps the most legendary. MacGregor, a Scot, is best known for a scam where he invented an entirely non-existent country and was… ...

Msonda, Dausi fight

Jul 30, 2020 Lyonike Mughogho 0 &

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) spokesperson Nicholas Dausi is fighting with party's outspoken member Kenneth Msonda for asking ex-President Peter Mutharika to retire from active politics. Msonda was quoted as telling a local newspaper on Tuesday… ...

Malawi Police interrogate Mutharika

Jul 29, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Malawi Police officers on Wednesday questioned former President Peter Mutharika over his involvement in the K5 billion free duty cement scandal. According to reports, Head of Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Deputy Commissioner of Police Bob… ...

Mutharika’s ex-bodyguard back in police custody

Jul 28, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Former presidential bodyguard Norman Chisale has been arrested for the third time in 14 days. Police re-arrested Chisale today shortly after he was released from Chichiri Prison. According to reports, Chisale is suspected to have… ...

Former Malawi State House Chief of Staff Mukhito arrested

Jul 28, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Former Director of State Residences Peter Mukhito has been arrested in connection to the K5 billion cement scandal. National police spokesperson James Kadadzera has confirmed that Mukhito is in police custody at Area 3 police… ...

Chisale released on bail

Jul 27, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The High Court in Blantyre has granted bail to Norman Chisale, the ex-bodyguard of former President Peter Mutharika. Judge Sylvester Kalembera has ordered Chisale to pay a cash bond of K1 million and present two… ...

DPP’s reign was as bad as colonialism, lock them up!

Jul 26, 2020 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

The trajectory of an average Malawian family’s rise from poverty to affluence used to be predictable. A family invariably started humbly. Then it tried this and that business before specializing in one. What followed was… ...