News In Brief (876)
Anti-Corruption Alliance Calls For Monitoring of Judiciary Activities
Civil society organizations under the banner; National Anti-Corruption Alliance have called on various stakeholders to closely monitor operations of the judiciary.
"Implementation of Decentralization Hampered By Negative Mindset"
Director of Administration of Chiefs in the ministry of local government, Charles Makanga, said widening information gap and ancient mindset by local council officials are impeding effective implementation of Decentralization.
Street Views Ahead of ConCourt Judgement
It’s all ears to the courts the more the clock ticks away counting-down to the day of pronouncement of the Constitutional Court verdict on the presidential election case.
Scratching Party Around Phalombe Boma As Bedbugs Take Over Community
An outbreak of bedbugs has hit households in communities around Phalombe boma sparking discomfort among people who are now asking for official intervention.
NFRA Silos Fast Running Dry
The Budget and Finance committee of Parliament visited the National Food Reserve Agency-NFRA silos in Lilongwe on Wednesday where they discovered there is only 14 thousand metric tons (MT) of maize in stock.
Magistrate Sends Villagehead to Jail for Indecent Assault of Minor
A magistrate court in Kasungu has ordered that a village headman goes to jail for 12 months after he was convicted for indecent assault of an eight-year-old girl.
EU Envoy to Malawi Paesen Back in Office
Embattled EU ambassador to Malawi Sandra Paesen who was initially recalled by Brussels, is back at the EU delegation in Malawi where she continues to discharge duties.
Man Arrested in Phalombe for Alleged Murder
A man aged 31, Dyton Malinga, has been arrested in Phalombe for allegedly killing another man aged, 22, Chimwemwe Chimberenga over alleged theft of a bicycle.
Mpinganjira Free: Zomba Magistrate Quashes ACB Arrest Warrant
Lawyers for FDH Group boss Dr. Thomson Mpinganjira traveled to a magistrate in Zomba city from Blantyre where they have secured a late night court order quashing the whole basis on which the Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested their client in the first place.
Pathologists Sparring: What Really Killed Kottana?
Diana Bhagwanji, one of the suspects in the mysterious death of 23-year-old Kottana Maria Chidyaonga of Lilongwe, has hired a pathologist who is challenging the accuracy of an autopsy by another pathologist suggesting this was a homicide.
